The Dogs That Made Australia by Guy Hull
$34.99 AUD
Category: Dogs
Hunter. Worker. Legend. The untold story of the dog's role in building a nation. The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fearless hounds that saved fledgling colonies from famine; the courageous heelers and tireless collies that powered the rise ...Show more
Birdwatchers Journal by Australian Geographic
$19.99 AUD
Category: Birds
The Australian Geographic Birdwatcher’s journal provides a practical, pocket-sized journal for all your bird observations.
Backyard Chickens: How to Keep Happy Hens by Dave Ingham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Birds | Series: How to Keep Happy Hens
A henkeeping companion to the bestselling Backyard Bees, covering everything you need to know about keeping chickens even in urban areas.
Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia by Michael J. Tyler; Frank Knight (Illustrator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining, with the survival of many species under threat. In Australia, several species have become extinct in the past 35 years. This second edition of Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia provides fully updated accounts of all the known frogs of ...Show more
Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World by Tim Low
$22.99 AUD
Category: Birds
Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are ...Show more
H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick by Helen Macdonald
$22.99 AUD
Category: Birds | Reading Level: very good
As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. Years later, when her father died, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to ...Show more
Bees and Their Keepers - From waggle-dancing to killer bees, from Aristotle to Winnie-the Pooh by Lotte Moller
$39.99 AUD
Category: Insects | Reading Level: very good
A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift. Beekeeper and garden historian Lotte Möller explores the activities inside and outside the hive while charting the bees' natural order and ha ...Show more
The Book Of The Earthworm by Sally Coulthard
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Sally Coulthard explores the miraculous world of the earthworm, the modest little creature without whom life as we know it would not be possible. Sally Coulthard explores the miraculous world of the earthworm, the modest little creature without whom life as we know it would not be possible. For Charles ...Show more
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature by Peter Wohlleben
$36.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
In an era of mobile phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature - but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the natural world remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilises near trees, the ...Show more
Sharks of the World: A Complete Guide by Dr. David A. Ebert, Dr. Sarah Fowler
$89.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life | Series: Wild Nature Press Ser.
The most comprehensive reference guide to the world's sharks — now fully revised and updated Sharks of the World is the essential illustrated guide for anyone interested in these magnificent creatures. Now fully revised and updated, it covers more than 525 of the world's shark species and is packed with ...Show more
Bird Talk: An exploration of Avian Communication by Barbara Ballentine, Jordan Hyman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Nature Writing
Bird Talk delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of songs and calls. The beauty of birdsong is one of the joys of nature, and this book reveals how songs are learned and performed, why the quality of a male’s repe ...Show more
Flight of the Budgerigar: An Illustrated History by Penny Olsen
$49.99 AUD
Category: Birds
The Budgerigar is arguably Australia’s best-known bird. At the same time, it is so ubiquitous that not everyone knows that it is Australian. Nor do many realise that the multicoloured bird that comes to mind — not to mention today’s super-sized, extravagantly coiffed show budgie — is as different from t ...Show more