Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel
$27.99 AUD
Category: Nature
The oak is the wooden tie between heaven and earth. It is the lynch pin of the British landscape.' The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. It has roots that stretch back to all the old European cultures but Britain has more ancient oaks than all the other European countries put together. More ...Show more
The Pine Barrens by John McPhee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Nature
Most people think of the American state of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that sits just west of New York City. But in the centre of the state lies a vast wilderness - larger than most national parks - which has been known since the seventeenth century as the Pine Barrens. In The Pine Bar ...Show more
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
$55.00 AUD
Category: Nature | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
"When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the H.M.S Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence which would form the basis of his landmark theory of evolution of species by a process of natural selection. This theory, published as The Origin of Speci ...Show more
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
$22.99 AUD
Category: 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
Urban Aviary: A Modern Glossary for the Cosmopolitan Bird Lover by Stephen Moss; Marc Martin (Illustrator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature
A unique guide to the unusual and often surprising birds that soar above our cities around the world. From frigatebirds wheeling over Rio de Janeiro to bowerbirds displaying in the suburbs of Canberra, penguins in Cape Town to pelicans in San Francisco, and huge flocks of starlings roosting around the C ...Show more
The Story of Trees... And How They Changed the World by Kevin Hobbs; David West
$55.00 AUD
Category: Nature
The Story of Trees takes the reader on a visual journey from some of the earliest known tree species on our planet to the latest fruit cultivars. The chosen trees have all had a profound effect on the planet and humankind. Starting with the Ginkgo biloba, fossils of which date back 270 million years, we ...Show more
Still Water - The Deep Life of the Pond by John Lewis-Stempel
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature
______________BEST BOOKS FOR NATURE LOVERS 2019 - Daily MailBEST NATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2019 - The Times and Irish Independent'A beautifully written celebration of one of the natural world's most fertile founts of biodiversity and artistic inspiration ... A call to arms.' - The TimesThe Pond. Nothing ...Show more
Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future by Stephen Rutt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature
Summer is traditionally a time of plenty, of warmth, of breeding; a time to celebrate the abundance of nature teeming in our hedgerows, cities, marshlands and woodlands. But in the twenty-first century, 'summer' is becoming harder to define. The changing climate is bleeding our traditional distinctions ...Show more
Marsupials of Australia: Kangaroos, Wallabies and Rat-Kangaroos by John Calaby; Tim Flannery; Rosemary Woodford Ganf (Artist)
$1150.00 AUD
Category: Nature | Series: Marsupials of Australia Ser.
This distinctive volume completes the artist's series Marsupials of Australia. It covers the superfamily of marsupials known as macropods, which range in size and habitat diversity from the largest marsupial of all, the Red kangaroo, to the smallest, the Musky rat-kangaroo. This is a signed edition of ...Show more
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen
$69.99 AUD
Category: Nature
Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia — from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available today. It explores the early European approach, in which naval draughtsmen, officers, convicts, settlers, n ...Show more
The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish by Patrik Svensson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Nature
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' Sunday Times'What a joy! Patrick Svensson's sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy, psychology and autob ...Show more
Birds: Poetry in the Sky by CHRISTIAN SPENCER
$99.00 AUD
Category: Nature
The fascination birds evoke in us continues unabated. Australian artist and photographer Christian Spencer, living in the vicinity of the Brazilian rainforest since 2001, has surrendered to it as well. "The camera is my brush," is how he describes his style. His photographs truly capture the poetry of n ...Show more