Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The correct reaction to a house cat isn't "awww." It's awe. We house and feed them, caress and obsess over them. How did these tiny creatures become so powerful? Science writer Abigail Tucker embarks on a remarkable adventure through history, evolutionary biology, and pop culture to discover the origins ...Show more
Painting by Numbers: The life and art of Ferdinand Bauer by David Mabberley
69.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Ferdinand Bauer is seen by many as the greatest natural history painter of all time. Hand-picked by Joseph Banks, in 1801-1805 Bauer accompanied Matthew Flinders during his circumnavigation of Australia, and lived in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Already celebrated in Europe for the precision and ...Show more
The Unexpected Truth about Animals by Lucy Cooke
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize'Endlessly fascinating.' - Bill Bryson 'Eye-opening, informative and very funny!' - Chris Packham'Well-informed and downright funny' - Richard DawkinsHistory is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest and most influenti ...Show more
Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together - and Why It Could Drive Us Apart by Rachel Botsman
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Nominated for the Business Book Awards 'Embracing Change' category ----- A ground-breaking exploration of how the digital era is revolutionising human trust If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust? From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. ...Show more
4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars by Nicky Jenner
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Red Planet, revealed in an up-close and personal tour of Mars. Mars is ingrained in our culture, from H. G. Wells's 1898 novel The War of the Worlds to Looney Tunes' hapless Marvin the Martian to David Bowie's extraterrestrial spiders. Ancient mythologies de ...Show more
Influenza: The Hundred Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History by Jeremy Brown
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu, from the origins and lessons of the Great Flu that killed millions to vexing questions like: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and are we close to finding a cure?
Digital Minimalism: Living Better with Less Technology by Cal Newport
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Most of us know that addiction to digital tools is costing us both productivity and peace. But giving them up completely isn't realistic. We're addicted to texting, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter not because we're stupid or shallow, but because they provide real value in the form of connection, commun ...Show more
What It's Like To Be a Dog by Gregory Berns
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What is it like to be a dog' A bat' Or a dolphin' To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step- they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner-completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different value systems, ...Show more
Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything by Robert Hazen
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: 4 Science
An enchanting biography of the most resonant – and most necessary – chemical element on Earth. Carbon. It's in the fibres in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat and the air that you breathe. It's worth billions as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still m ...Show more
18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and it's Weather by Christopher Dewdney
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
We live at the bottom of an ocean of air 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface in an alarmingly thin layer. Shrink the earth to the size of a basketball and our atmosphere would be as thick as a layer of food wrap 99 percent con ...Show more
Swan by Jim Crumley
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Encounters in the Wild
Jim Crumley is a nature writer, journalist and poet with 30 books to his name, mostly on the landscape and wildlife of Scotland. As a highly knowledgable and inspiring wildlife expert, he is in high demand as a contributor for TV and radio, as well as publications such as the The Scotsman and BBC Wildli ...Show more
Climate Justice: A man-made problem with a feminist solution by Mary Robinson
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The antidote for your climate change paralysis. --Sierra MagazineAn urgent call to arms by one of the most important voices in the international fight against climate change, sharing inspiring stories and offering vital lessons for the path forward. Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Ma ...Show more