The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests by David Lindenmayer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Lifts the lid on destruction of native forests by government corporations and logging industry that is making bushfires worse, killing wildlife and costing taxpayers millions, for the sake of woodchips for export. Since colonisation, Australia has been frantically logging our native forests as if our l ...Show more
Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts
$36.99 AUD
Category: Environment
"The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Car ...Show more
Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging by Kate Evans
$34.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts. ...Show more
Mushroom Magic by Sapphire McMullan-Fisher
$29.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Mushrooms have existed for millennia, which can make it overwhelming to dip into mycology. Used throughout human history for food, medicine, and expanding the consciousness, fungi have shaped the planet and the past, appearing everywhere from fairy tales and health-food stores to The X-Files. There's an ...Show more
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making by Chris Packham
$55.00 AUD
Category: Environment
‘Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough’s Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox’s Universe’ Guardian A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history of our own planet. With the trade ...Show more
Otherlands: A World in the Making by Thomas Halliday
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environment
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Wainright Prize'The best book on the history of life on Earth I have ever read' Tom Holland'Epically cinematic... A book of almost unimaginable riches' Sunday TimesThis is the past as we've never seen it before.Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating jour ...Show more
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley
$36.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries, wonders and heartbreaking facts, this beautiful, lucid hymn to the sea is a reminder of what we still have, what we stand to lose, and why ...Show more
What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia by Dave Witty
$29.99 AUD
Category: Environment
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
The Ethnobotanical - A World Tour of Indigenous Plant Knowledge by Sarah Edwards
$69.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Since the beginning of humanity's existence, plants have provided us with everything we need for our survival - they sustain us with air to breathe, food to eat, materials to make clothes and shelter with, and medicine to treat and prevent disease. Their beauty can also enhance our mood and provide spi ...Show more
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life by Helen Scales
$55.00 AUD
Category: Environment
This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising and ...Show more
The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic by Sandy Winterbottom
$36.99 AUD
Category: Environment | 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
Deep Water: The Story of the Evolution of Our Seas and Oceans by Riley Black
$49.99 AUD
Category: Environment
The life story of the deep sea and its ancient creatures. Deep Water explains how this unique and largely unexplored habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring in this dark and mysterious environment.