The Dog Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$55.00 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
Explore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this visual guide to over 400 different dog breeds. From Afghan Hounds to Yorkshire Terriers, from gun dogs to designer breeds - and from Beethoven to Toto - for centuries, dogs have been adored for their unswerving loyalty, and this new ...Show more
The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As we ...Show more
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. 'This is, quite simply, the best thing I've ever done.' Sir David Attenborough on the ...Show more
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
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
Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World - and Us by Patrick Roberts
$24.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins_________________________Jungle tells the remarka ...Show more
Good Dog by Kate Leaver
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
Good Dog is about the power of canine friendship - in particular the profoundly healing role that dogs can play in our lives - a celebration of the extraordinary creatures who change - and sometimes even save - our lives. Covering the science and history of our extraordinary relationship with dogs, an ...Show more
Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation by Tim Birkhead
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
A sweeping and lyrical history of the relationship between birdlife and humankind over twelve millennia, exploring how birds have captured our imaginations and inspired our culture and our science. In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling jour ...Show more
Trees: An Illustrated Celebration by Kelsey Oseid
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
Discover the wonder of trees-one of the most essential life forms on the planet-in this beautifully illustrated, entertaining, and educational guide from the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars. Trees are fascinating- They live longer than anything else on Earth and can't die of old age. More t ...Show more
In Search Of One Last Song: Britain's Disappearing Birds and the People Trying to Save Them by Patrick Galbraith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
'Wonderful and enriching' Adam Nicolson 'Without a doubt in my mind, it's my book of the year' Mark Avery 'A modern pastoral written with intelligence, wit and lyricism' Cal Flyn Our wild places and wildlife are disappearing at a terrifying rate. This is a story about going in search of the peopl ...Show more
The Jewel Box How Moths Illuminate Nature s Hidden Rules by Tim Blackburn
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
Every morning, ecologist Tim Blackburn is inspired by the diversity contained within the moth trap he runs on the roof of his London flat. Beautiful, ineffably mysterious organisms, these moths offer a glimpse into a larger order, one that extends beyond individual species, beyond lepidoptera or insects ...Show more
Frozen Planet II by Mark Brownlow,Elizabeth White
$59.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
Accompanying the landmark BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, an unforgettable exploration of our most fragile worlds of beauty and brutalityFind a world of wonder beneath the ice. One quarter of our planet is frozen, locked in ice and blanketed with snow. These are the last true wildernesses - s ...Show more
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals and nature
The natural history of humankind, told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been i ...Show more