Noongar Bush Tucker: Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western Australia by Vivienne Hansen, John Horsfall
$34.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities. Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instan ...Show more
National Geographic The Photo Ark Vanishing: The World's Most Vulnerable Animals by Joel Sartore
$64.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights | Series: The\Photo Ark Ser.
Joel Sartore's quest to photograph all the animal species under human care celebrates its 15th year with this glorious and heartwrenching collection of photographs. The animals featured in these pages are either destined for extinction or already extinct in the wild but still alive today, thanks to dedi ...Show more
Unravelling the Secret Life of Plant Roots by John Pate; Tina Bell; Bill Verboom
$55.00 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Roots are truly amazing structures. They show great flexibility when exploring and exploiting soil substrates of uneven penetrability and availability of water and nutrients, yet also possess highly ordered architectures and anatomical features which may turn out to be as diagnostic of a species as any ...Show more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Mountains of the Mind is a beautifully written synthesis of climbing memoir and cultural history. Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride.In this ground-breaking, cl ...Show more
Little Book of the Language of Flowers, The by Nathalie Chahine
$24.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
- A charming compendium of flowers their meanings and associations, richly illustrated with vintage, postcard-size chromolithographsHow does the daisy express love? What did the heliotrope mean in the time of ancient Greece? Why do Christians associate the holly with Jesus? In Japan, what does the chrys ...Show more
Incredible Edibles: Grow Something Different in Your Fruit and Veg Patch by DK Australia
$39.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Whether you're new to gardening and determined to make the most of your limited space, or a seasoned grower looking for exciting new challenges and flavours, this easy and informative guide will give you the confidence to grow some unusual and tasty crops. Try your hand at native Australian greens and h ...Show more
Underland - A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
$45.00 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights | Reading Level: very good
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time--from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a ...Show more
Rocks & Minerals: The Definitive Visual Guide by Pellant, Chris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights | Series: DK Handbooks Ser.
A comprehensive, up-to-date field guide to the world's rocks and minerals This detailed and easy-to-use guide contains striking photography of rocks and minerals from around the globe, and is designed to help readers and collectors identify specimens of these compounds, which are formed by geological pr ...Show more
Geology For Dummies by Alecia M. Spooner
$32.95 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Geology For Dummies is the most accessible book on the market for anyone who needs to get a handle on the subject, whether they're looking to supplement classroom learning or are simply interested in earth sciences.
Magic of Mushrooms (Kew Gardens): Fungi in folklore, science and the occult by Sandra Lawrence, Sandra Lawrence
$29.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
Featuring images of over 100 species, this book explains the folklore, science and occult of fungi, showing that from saving lives to expanding the mind, the potential of these fascinating organisms should not be underestimated.
Secret Network of Nature by Peter Wohlleben
$29.99 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
'Peter Wohlleben doesn't merely look, he sees. Let's all learn as much from him as we can, and quickly.'Rosamund Young, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF COWSDid you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth?Or that wolves can alter the course of a river?Or that earthworms control wild boar pop ...Show more
The Life & Love of the Forest by Lewis Blackwell
$80.00 AUD
Category: Earthly Delights
The latest in the popular Life & Love Of series by Lewis Blackwell Showcasing the work of the world's leading nature photographers, The Life & Love of the Forest is a breathtaking visual tour of our most remarkable woodlands. Author Lewis Blackwell takes us on an extraordinary journey with ess ...Show more