Dark Winter: An insider’s guide to pandemics and biosecurity by Raina MacIntyre
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Category: Nature and Science
Renowned epidemiologist and biosecurity expert Raina MacIntyre reveals her insights into biological warfare, pandemics and the threats that lie ahead.In Dark Winter, world-leading epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre navigates the past, present and future of pandemics and biosecurity. MacIntyre exam ...Show more
Gum: The Story of Eucalypts & their Champions by Ashley Hay
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Category: Nature and Science
No matter where you look in Australia, you're more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as pearl or rough as a pub brawl, they have defined a continent for thousands of years, and they continue to shape our imagination.First Nations Australians have long known the abilities ...Show more
Call of the Reed Warbler: Revised Edition by Charles Massy
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Category: Nature and Science
Call of the Reed Warbler will change the way we farm, eat and think about food. In this groundbreaking book Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health. Using his personal farming experience as a touchstone, he tells the real story behind ind ...Show more
2024 Australasian Sky Guide by Nick Lomb
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Category: Nature and Science | Series: Australasian Sky Guide Ser.
This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with everything they need to know about the southern night sky. It contains the latest information on the solar system, historical features, monthly sky maps, details of the year’s exciting celestial events, and viewing tips fo ...Show more
Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth by David Attenborough
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Category: Nature and Science
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to ...Show more
Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi by Alison Pouliot
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Category: Nature and Science
'Mists waft gently around me and slowly drizzle water through the fronds of tree ferns. Lichens wrap around twisted blackwood limbs like ornate scarves. In the gloom of the forest floor, fallen branches are sheathed with fungal stripes of yellow and purple. But beneath the colourful surface, the fallen ...Show more
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors by David George Haskell
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Category: Nature and Science
The acclaimed author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees.In The Songs of Trees, David George Haskell brings his acute powers of observation to the biological networks that surround all species, including humans. He visits a dozen trees ar ...Show more
Astronomy (Ponderables) An Illustrated History of the Universe by Tom Jackson
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Category: Nature and Science
Here is the essential guide to astronomy, an authoritative reference book and timeline that traces how, over many centuries, great minds have figured out where we and our planet fit in the great expanse of the Universe. Since time immemorial people have looked out into the night sky and brought back kno ...Show more
Australian Birds of Prey in Flight: A Photographic Guide by Richard Seaton; Mat Gilfedder; Stephen Debus
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Category: Nature and Science
Identify the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high above you with this photographic guide. Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kit ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
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Category: Nature and Science
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
Reed Concise Gd-Lizards of Australia: Reed Concise Guide by Wilson Steve
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Category: Nature and Science | Series: Reed Concise Guide
There are more then 800 species of lizards in Australia, and that number grows each year. Lizards live virtually everywhere, from parks and gardens in our towns and cities to peaks of the highest mountains and plains. And some thrive in the harshest conditions. It may be diminutive in size but it punche ...Show more
Rock and Gem: The Definitve Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils by DORLING KINDERSLEY
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Category: Nature and Science
From glittering gemstones to fascinating minerals and fossils, this incredible reference book is a stunning celebration of the Earth's buried treasures. Innovative, specially commissioned photography captures the essence and beauty of over 450 superb specimens, while lively and informative text describe ...Show more