Beetles of the World - A Natural History by Maxwell V. L. Barclay; Patrice Bouchard
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: A\Guide to Every Family Ser.
A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the world Beetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on Earth: almost 400,000 species have been formally described so far, and it is likely that this number merely sc ...Show more
Why Do Birds Do That?: Over fifty answers to the most often asked questions by Grainne Cleary
32.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Reading Level: very good
An entrancing, informative book filled with answers to many of the common questions we ask about birds and their lives. For thousands of years birds have fascinated us. We've observed what they do - their behaviours, their characteristics, their survival skills, the food they eat and their habitats - an ...Show more
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination.For centuries, owls have capti ...Show more
Life on our Planet by Dr Tom Fletcher
59.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Accompanying an 8-part Netflix series from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, a new 'Walking with Dinosaurs' that offers a stunning re-examination of prehistoric life on Planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is ...Show more
The Golden Mole, And other living treasure by Katherine Rundell
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world's most extraordinary endangered animals - a treasure trove of vanishing wonders. A pangolin's tongue is longer than its body. It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip.A swift flies 200,000 miles in its lifetime. That's far enough to ...Show more
Soil: The Incredible Story of What Keeps the Earth, and Us, Healthy by Matthew Evans
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: very good
'A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival' Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler. What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. Soil is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and c ...Show more
Zen Dogs by Alex Cearns
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: General Adult
Award-winning animal photographer Alex Cearns celebrates the peace, calm, and joy dogs bring to our lives with this unique full-color collection capturing eighty dogs in their most relaxed and contented moments. When Alex Cearns caught Suzi the Sharpei on film with eyes closed and an endearing smile on ...Show more
Woo's Wonderful World of Maths by Eddie Woo
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: 4 Science
Why is a rainbow curved? Why aren't left-handers extinct? How is a sunflower like a synchronised swimmer? Why is 'e' a magic number?The answer to these questions is contained within one simple word: MATHS. Because maths is all about patterns, and our universe is extraordinarily patterned.With enthusiasm ...Show more
Scientifica Historia: How the World's Great Science Books Chart the History of Knowledge by Brian Clegg
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Liber Historica Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Scientifica Historica is a unique, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from classical times to the new millennium. The result is a fascinating chronological exploration of human endeavour within the context of society, politics and even the military, where the twists ...Show more
Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence
34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What is it like to be a plant?It's not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Science has long explored the wonderful ways in which plants communicate, behave and shape their environments: from chemical warfare to turning their predators to cannibalis ...Show more
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani
22.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
What can nature teach us about working together? Exploring evolution, animal behaviour and human psychology, THE SOCIAL INSTINCT reveals how cooperation has shaped humankind - and what happens when it goes wrong. Why do we live in families?Why do we help complete strangers?Why do we compare ourselves to ...Show more
Anatomical Oddities by Alice Roberts
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Every part of the human body has a name - and story. But how familiar are you with your arachnoid mater or your Haversian canals? Anatomical Oddities is an artistic and linguistic adventure, taking the reader on a journey to discover the hidden landscape of the human body: its crypts and caverns, gorges ...Show more