The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic by Sandy Winterbottom
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: David Suzuki Institute Ser.
"Urgent and moving."--Publishers Weekly ★An elegant blend of "polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy and ecology" (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author's thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic.In 2016, Sandy ...Show more
What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia by Dave Witty
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
The trees around us - some we may walk past every day - tell a story. The mallee box by the twelfth hole of North Adelaide Golf Course evokes a time when Adelaide was clothed in mallee scrub and desert senna. Brisbane' s remnant blue gum, growing by the botanic gardens, indicates a time when the city wa ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian by Yuval Noah Harari
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
A Million Wild Acres: 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest by Eric Rolls
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. By popular demand from a number of libraries and institutions, Hale and Iremonger will be producing a hardcover edition of Eric Roll's A MILLION WILD ACRES in a very short run of 300 copies. This will be a very useful Christmas gift for the serious reader of Australian history ...Show more
Call of the Reed Warbler: Revised Edition by Charles Massy
$39.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Call of the Reed Warbler will change the way we farm, eat and think about food. In this groundbreaking book Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health. Using his personal farming experience as a touchstone, he tells the real story behind ind ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Science and Nature
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Iron Flame (#2 The Empyrean) HB by Rebecca Yarros
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: The\Empyrean Ser.
THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NUMBER ONE GLOBAL PHENOMENON, FOURTH WING! The deadly second year at Basgiath awaits. Don't miss out on the series that the world can't stop talking about: 'This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish ...Show more
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A deep-dive into the astonishing nature and true science of longevity Molecular Biologist Nicklas Brendborg takes us on a journey from the farthest reaches of the globe to the most cutting-edge research to explore everything the natural world and science have to offer on t ...Show more
Lonely Planet Stargazing Around the World: A Tour of the Night Sky by Lonely Planet
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world's best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing - with essential travel tips so ...Show more
Mescaline - A Global History of the First Psychedelic by Mike Jay
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describ ...Show more
Soil: The Incredible Story of What Keeps the Earth, and Us, Healthy by Matthew Evans
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
'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
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
As heard on NPR's This American Life "Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." --Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime a ...Show more