Dead Zone - Where the Wild Things Were by Philip Lymbery
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them. Climate change and habitat destruction are not the only culprits behind so many animals facing extinction. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating and it is vital that we confro ...Show more
The Secret Language of Dogs: Unlocking the Canine Mind for a Happier Pet by Victoria Stilwell
26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Recent studies into the minds of canines show that they have a rich social intelligence and a physical and vocal language as complex and subtle as our own. The Secret Language of Dogs is a guide to understanding your dog, communicating effectively, strengthening your bond, and helping them to learn in t ...Show more
No Need for Geniuses : Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine by Steve Jones
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics. Many had an astonishing breadth of talents. The Minister ...Show more
Too Late. How We lost the battle with climate change by Geoffrey Maslen
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
NASA recently released data showing that the planet has just seen seven straight months of not just record-breaking, but record-shattering heat, and 2016 will likely be the largest increase in global temperature a single year has ever seen. An increasing number of climate change scientists now fear that ...Show more
Your Brain Is a Time Machine : The Neuroscience and Physics of Time by Dean Buonomano
38.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: General Adult
In Your Brain Is a Time Machine, brain researcher and best-selling author Dean Buonomano draws on evolutionary biology, physics, and philosophy to present his influential theory of how we tell, and perceive, time. The human brain, he argues, is a complex system that not only tells time but creates it; i ...Show more
The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology by John Bradshaw
45.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being human In this highly original and hugely enjoyable work, John Bradshaw examines modern humans' often contradictory relationship with the animal world. Why, despite the apparen ...Show more
The Goodness of Dogs: The Human's Guide to Choosing, Buying, Training, Feeding, Living with and Caring for Your Dog by India Knight
26.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'Mixing the personal with the practical ...a useful, well-structured read for those considering their first dog, and for the dog-ambivalent among us.' Observer This book is a celebration of happy dogs and the happy people who own them. At once a companion, a manual and a repository of useful informatio ...Show more
The Reassembler by James May
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
'A typically Mayesque celebration of classic engineering ...May is extraordinarily good at explaining what a carburettor is or outlining how a governor works...It's charming, transfixing and surprisingly intimate...It might be the best thing he's ever done.' - Guardian [review of BBC4 TV series]'Reassem ...Show more
101 Problems for the Armchair Scientist by Joel Levy
19.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Is running always faster than walking? If you froze your hand in liquid nitrogen and hit it with a hammer, would it shatter? Could you survive in a falling elevator by jumping as it hit the ground? Why can't a fly get out of the toilet? This fascinating foray into the world of science tackles some pe ...Show more
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans De Waal
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What separates your mind from the mind of an animal? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future - all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the pre-eminent species on Earth. But in recent decades, claims of human superiority have been ...Show more
As Kingfishers Catch Fire : Birds and Books by Alex Preston & Neil Gower
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
'A magical book: an inimitable fusion of ornithology, literary anthology and autobiography.' Tom HollandWhen Alex Preston was 15, he stopped being a birdwatcher. Adolescence and the scorn of his peers made him put away his binoculars, leave behind the hides and the nature reserves and the quiet companio ...Show more
The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
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Category: Science & Natural History
Leonard Mlodinow's "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world. Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? The same tools that help us understand the random paths of m ...Show more