Birds of the Outback by Don Hadden
$16.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Following on from Birds of Australia, this new book from Don Hadden showcases more than 85 birds that live in some of Australia's direct and hottest regions.The beauty of these birds, such as the tiny delicate Emuwren that lives exclusively among Spinifex clumps, the unmistakable majestic Wedge-tailed E ...Show more
The Secret Therapy of Trees by Marco Mencagli; Marco Nieri
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Our connection to nature is deeply rooted in the history of our evolution. Unfortunately, we have less green space than ever, and our stress and anxiety levels are at an all-time high. Studies have shown that increased exposure to green space can result in a regulated heartbeat, lowered blood pressure, ...Show more
Photoguide to Mammals of Australia by Ronald Strahan
$21.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Series: Photographic Guides Ser.
This photographic guide is designed as a companion for the traveller, local or international, who is interested in Australian mammals. The guide identifies different species, over 168 of which are illustrated in colour.
Aftershocks - Selected Writings and Interviews by Anthony Macris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Explanatorium of Science: Where the Wonders of the World are Revealed by DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
The only science encyclopedia for children you'll ever need, with amazing photography that shows and explains how chemistry, physics, and biology work. Watch as mixtures merge and matter changes state. Discover how some chemical changes can be reversed, yet others can't, and why some reactions go with a ...Show more
Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosquito Assassins and More - 297 Terrifying Ways Nature Is Trying to Murder You by Editors of Media Lab Books
$24.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
Why does nature try to kill us? In the same way that humans "thin the herd" when a particular group of animals grow too dense or too expansive for their habitat, nature tries make sure we live in balance with the world as well, which, let's face it, we suck at. Toxic Farts, Brain-Eating Amoebas, Mosqui ...Show more
Crystals - A Complete Guide to Crystals.. by Jennie Harding
$26.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Reading Level: near fine
A complete guide to collecting and using crystals, covering their meaning, physical characteristics, and healing properties. Crystals divides the earth's most significant minerals into twenty color bands and explores the meaning and healing qualities of each color ray alongside the properties of the sto ...Show more
Music by the Numbers - from Pythagoras to Schoenberg by Eli Maor
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century Music is filled with mathematical elements. The works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote music explicitly ba ...Show more
A Cloud A Day (HB) by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Series: A\Day Ser.
Cloudspotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney delivers a moment of calm atmospheric contemplation to members of his Cloud Appreciation Society by sharing a cloud image and story every day. A Cloud a Day urges all of us to keep our heads in the clouds with 365 fascinating formations from his e ...Show more
Gender: In World Perspective by Raewyn Connell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And how is gender entwined in global politics and debates over trans issues? Raewyn Connell – one of the world's leading scholars in the fi ...Show more
The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds by Mark Humphries
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
The story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains workWe see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our brain, billions of neurons communicate with one another, sending blips of voltage through ...Show more
Bird Talk: An exploration of Avian Communication by Barbara Ballentine, Jordan Hyman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science
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