Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law by Katy Barnett, Jeremy Gans
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
An illuminating and entertaining history of the law's treatment of animals Trespassing bees, murderous zebras, reasonable cows ... Ever since Biblical times, animals have been clashing with human laws.What to do with animals that injure or kill people, in particular, has long troubled humans. In medie ...Show more
Australian Rainforest Plants: In the Forest and in the Garden: Book V by Nan Nicholson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
Presents another 114 species, accompanied by full-colour illustrations, that are from all parts of Australia wherever rainforest can be found. It covers trees, shrubs, ferns, vines and orchids.
Birds: The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest ...Show more
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge by Hamylton Sarah M.
$99.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed as a bedrock of coastal livelihoods, as uncharted and perilous nautical hazards, as valuable natural resources, and as unique, natural ...Show more
Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood: A Field Guide by Darryl Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Interested in birds but don’t know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around you? Then this is the book for you!Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood is the first complete beginners’ field guide to the birds you are most likely to see in t ...Show more
Reed Concise Guide Insects of Australia by Paul Zborowski
$16.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A new addition to our exciting series of concise field guides. It is the ultimate keep-in-your-pocket guide to Australian bugs. It may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its weight in terms of usefulness, being packed with more than 200 images covering many of the species most likely to be ...Show more
The Cat Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$55.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
A stunning celebration of all things feline, from domestication and anatomy to practical advice on breeds and cat care Are you a feline fanatic? Could you tell the difference between a Housecat and an Ojos Azules? Do you want to know how to keep your kitty happy and healthy? The Cat Encyclopedia is a co ...Show more
The Ethnobotanical - A World Tour of Indigenous Plant Knowledge by Sarah Edwards
$69.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Since the beginning of humanity's existence, plants have provided us with everything we need for our survival - they sustain us with air to breathe, food to eat, materials to make clothes and shelter with, and medicine to treat and prevent disease. Their beauty can also enhance our mood and provide spi ...Show more
Green Guide: Mammals of Australia by Terence Lindsey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Australian Green Guides
Information is organized simply, with individual species or group entries describing key characteristics such as where they are found, food requirements and behavioural habits. Each entry is accompanied by a photograph and, where appropriate, distribution maps. A key feature of the text is the "gee whiz ...Show more
The Book of the Frog by Sally Coulthard
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Frogs are remarkable creatures. They have mastered both land and water, and can breathe through their skins and their lungs. Some of them are so poisonous that just one tiny frog harbours enough toxins to kill ten people, while others hold the key to lifesaving medicines. Frogs have colonised some of th ...Show more
The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition: Afterword By Robert Macfarlane by J. A. Baker
$27.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane. Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a lo ...Show more
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World by Tim Low
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are ...Show more