What's Your Dog Telling You? Australia's Best-Known Dog Communicator Explains Your Dog's Behaviour by Martin McKenna
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
After helping thousands of people improve their dogs' behaviour, Martin 'The Dog Man' McKenna believes the real problem is the same as it's always been - despite centuries of sharing our lives with each other, we humans still can't truly understand or communicate with dogs. This book will change that. W ...Show more
Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Newitz Annalee
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Climate change. Pandemics. Catastrophic volcanoes. Should we just give up and accept our doom? Absolutely not. Homo sapiens will survive the next mass extinction. Annalee Newitz's brilliantly speculative and hopeful work of popular science focuses our attention on humanity's long history of dodging the ...Show more
The Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names by Susan Myers
69.99 AUD
Category: Animals
A marvellously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globe.The Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from 'accentor' to 'zeledonia'. A cornucopia of engaging facts and anecdotes, this superbly researched compendium ...Show more
Overloaded - How Every Aspect of Your Life Is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals by Ginny Smith
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Our lives are ruled by one particular group of chemicals. These are the hormones and neurotransmitters that regulate and drive our brains. Overloaded looks at the roles these chemicals play in all aspects of our life experiences, from how we make decisions, who we lov ...Show more
The Dark Cloud: How the Digital World Is Costing the Earth by Guillaume Pitron
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which addresses the pressing question of the carbon footprint it leaves behind. In a sort of news thriller, the author reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. A simple 'like' sent ...Show more
Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English by Michael Gordin
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone conclusion. In a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordin untangles the web of politics, money, personality and ...Show more
Tide: The Science and Lore of the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
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The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers Are Transforming the Lives of Animals by Wayne Pacelle
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER "ESSENTIAL READING." -- JANE GOODALL "A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BOOK." -- JACK WELCH From the leader of the nation's most powerful animal-protection organization comes a frontline account of how conscience and creativity are driving ...Show more
Just Cool It : The Climate Crisis and what we can do, a Post-Paris Agreement by David Suzuki; Ian Hanington
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A resounding post-Paris Agreement wake-up call about the urgency of the climate crisis that offers a range of practical solutions - and above all, hope. Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there ho ...Show more
Climate Wars by Mark Butler
27.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
As the consequences of climate change become perilously close to the point of no-return, time-wasting wars over what to do distract us from taking real action. Mark Butler, the opposition minister for climate change and energy, makes a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global a ...Show more
Farewell to the Horse by Ulrich Raulff
55.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world...Farewell to the Horse is a grown-up, but also lyrical and creative, history book, and I very much enjoyed it.' James Rebanks The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For mi ...Show more
Dharma of Dogs by Tami Simon
26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
We spend countless hours training our dogs, but how often do we consider what they have to teach us? "Our canine companions aren't just our best friends," explains Tami Simon "They naturally embody many of the spiritual principles we ourselves aspire to." The Dharma of Dogs shares the reflections of Bud ...Show more