Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs by Nathalie Bardet, Alexandra Houssaye, Stéphane Jouve, Peggy Vincent
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A richly illustrated introduction to the spectacular reptiles that swam the oceans when dinosaurs roamed the land During the Mesozoic Era, 252 to 66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the land, but the ocean deeps were roiling with equally spectacular reptiles--including giant predators. This richly ...Show more
Orchid by Dan Torre
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Botanical Ser.
A wide-ranging natural and cultural history of orchids. Approximately eight percent of all the Earth's flowering species are orchids. Known for their beautiful flowers, delicate forms, and sweet fragrances, orchids are unlike any other flower. Orchids have been contemplated by philosophers, celebrat ...Show more
Green Guide: Frogs of Australi by Gerry Swan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: The\Green Guides Ser.
Books of the Green Guide series are not field guides, and so do not include entries for every species. Rather, the focus is on the species commonly found in Australia. Each description is accompanied by a photograph of that species. The information is presented equally across two types of spreads. The f ...Show more
Shark: the World's Most Misunderstood Predator by Paul de Gelder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
From shark attack survivor to the shark's biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them.Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks...We have a perennial fascination with sharks. Portrayed in the media and popular ...Show more
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
From the human being to the octopus, the shark to the humble sea squirt, all animals are physical beings made up entirely of cells. And yet they can think, to varying degrees. How did this come to be? How did a mind first grow from the matter that is the body? And at what stage did that clump of cells b ...Show more
The Language of Trees: How Trees Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Rewild Our Lives by Katie Holten
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
The Language of Trees is a gorgeously illustrated homage to the hidden wonders of the forest and our indelible connection to trees, filled with prose, poetry and art from over fifty collaborators, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Radiohead, Elizabeth Kolbert, Amitav Ghosh, Ri ...Show more
Green Guide Seashells and Other Marine Molluscs of Australia by Nigel Marsh
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
This new title in New Holland's award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia's seashells and other marine molluscs, including squid, cuttlefish, octopus and ridiculously colourful nudibranchs. The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the se ...Show more
Galápagos: A Natural History Second Edition by John C. Kricher, Kevin Loughlin
$59.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A richly illustrated nature tour of Galápagos--now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographsGalápagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago. Offering much more information than identification guides, the boo ...Show more
The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants - these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than fictions? This is the arresting and original idea that Adrienne Mayo ...Show more
Turin: Approaching Animals by David Brooks
$26.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
'Our lives with non-human animals are characterised by a kind of unremitting contempt. Habits of life, traditions of thought, and failures of imagination have rendered us blind to their invitations to companionship within a shared world. And philosophy, alas, has offered little to assuage our moral inco ...Show more