Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A stunning account of this century's most intense urban fire, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind In May 2016, Fort McMurray, Alberta, the hub of Canada's oil industry, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster turned entire neigh ...Show more
Shells of the World: A Natural History by M. G. Harasewych
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: A\Guide to Every Family Ser.
A marvellously illustrated natural history of the world’s mollusks. Mollusks are invertebrate animals with a remarkable natural history and a rich fossil record, and their shells are prized for their breathtaking variety and exquisite beauty. Shells of the World provides a wide-ranging look at the incre ...Show more
The Naked Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak
42.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as inferior to Homo Sapiens. Today, Neanderthals are seen as fully human, different from us only because of their distant cultural tra ...Show more
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made - The Astonishing New Science of the Senses by Maureen Seaberg
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The Next Big Idea Club, August 2023 Must-Read Book In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about th ...Show more
Cave of Bones A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins by Lee Berger, John Hawks
36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover fossil remains that compel a monumental reframing of the human family tree. In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the ...Show more
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia 9th Edition by G Pizzey, F Knight, S Pizzey
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: General Adult
Bird guide that records the various species and population distribution of birds in Australia, first published in 1980. This 7th edition includes over 750 revised distribution maps, over 2500 large individual bird portraits and revisions to 26 colour plates, including 5 species illustrated for the first ...Show more
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual (Penguin Green Ideas series) by Michael Pollan
9.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Using those seven words as his guide, Michael Pollan offers this indispensable handbook for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable adages or 'personal policies' for eating wisely, gathered from a w ...Show more
Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A radical re-examination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we aren't supposed to remember everything. In fact, we're designed to forget. Over the course of ...Show more
Tales of Brave and Brilliant Animals by Susanna Davidson, Mairi Mackinnon, Lan Cook
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Illustrated Story Collections
Ten inspiring and enthralling animal tales from around the world. A beautiful anthology for animal lovers of ten folk tales, beautifully retold for a new generation of readers. Discover how Anansi the spider brought stories to the world, how trickster Coyote stole fire and follow a heroic wolf who helps ...Show more
Walter Chandoha. Cats. Photographs 1942–2018 by Susan Michals
34.99 AUD
Category: Animals
On a winter's night in 1949 in New York City, young marketing student and budding photographer Walter Chandoha spotted a stray kitten in the snow, bundled it into his coat, and brought it home. Little did he know he had just met the muse that would determine the course of his life. Chandoha turned his l ...Show more
The Seven Measures of the World by Piero Martin
39.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world "Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."--Kirkus Reviews From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experienc ...Show more