Urban Reptiles-Snakes Lizard amongstus: The Snakes, Lizards and Turtles Living Among Us in Australia by Australian Herpetological Society
$34.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
From carpet pythons in the rafters to skinks climbing up the walls, this eye-catching, entertaining and informative book is both a guide book and a collection of images and accompanying stories of reptiles living in close proximity to humans in urban environments. It includes eye-open- ing photography a ...Show more
Snakes Without Borders: A collection of amazing stories from one of the world's leading herpetologists, who spent 50 years conducting research on snakes by Shine Rick
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
“My name is Rick, and I’m a snake-a-holic.” This book is a collection of amazing stories from one of the world’s leading herpetologists, Rick Shine, who has spent 50 years conducting research on snakes of many different kinds, in many different places around the world, from his home in Australia, throug ...Show more
Ethics in the Real World: 90 Essays on Things that Matter (A Fully Updated and Expanded Edition) by Peter Singer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
A revised edition of Peter Singer's powerful collection, featuring 37 new essays.A fully updated and expanded edition of Peter Singer's powerful collection, including 37 new essays.Free speech and fake news, stopping Putin, pandemic ethics, climate change, extreme poverty, abortion, euthanasia, sports d ...Show more
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER"Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of DopesickAs heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and wh ...Show more
Birds with Personality: A Guide to 50 of the World's Most Beguiling Birds by Georgia Angus
$26.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Birds with Personality is a fun gift book that takes you around the world through the eyes of some of the most charismatic bird species on the planet. Across Earth’s diverse ecosystems – from the deserts of Mexico to the rainforest-blanketed mountains of Papua New Guinea – birds have found remarkable w ...Show more
Igloo on the Moon: Exploring Architectur by David Jenkins; Adrian Buckley (Illustrator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
- A fun and engaging introduction to the basic principles of engineering and architecture - Encourages environmental awareness - Aimed at the next generation of architects "An excellent resource for educating and inspiring young minds on the subjects of architecture, engineering, and the built environme ...Show more
Australian Marine Parks: Living Offshore Reefs of by A Stuart-Smith R;Cooper Edgar Graham
$59.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
As an island contInent AustralIa is uniquely privileged in possessing extensive tropical and temperate reef ecosystems, and this book is a stunning visual celebration of the wonderful and vibrant life that they support. All Australians recognise and apprecIate the environmental value of coral reefs, as ...Show more
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge by Hamylton Sarah M.
$99.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed as a bedrock of coastal livelihoods, as uncharted and perilous nautical hazards, as valuable natural resources, and as unique, natural ...Show more
Silk and Venom: The incredible lives of spiders by James O'Hanlon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority are completely harmless to humans.In Silk & Venom, James O’Hanlon takes us from his backyard to all corners of the globe (and even outer space!) to explore these fasc ...Show more
Birds of Prey of Australia - A Field Guide 3ed. by Stephen Debus
$44.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Provides a field guide to Australia's iconic raptors and a handbook of our current knowledge. Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated Third Edition of the pop ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world." --The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)"A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the ...Show more