Mushroom Botanical Art by Toshimitsu Fukiharu; Eugenia Bone (Commentaries by)
$57.50 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
The best-selling book of Mushroom Art is now available in a new luxury English edition! Mushroom Botanical Art is a collection of mushroom and fungi paintings by European and Japanese naturalists in 18th to 19th century. The paintings each show the plant in its natural habitat and have been executed in ...Show more
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.In these interwoven ...Show more
100 Australian Birds by Georgia Angus
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
100 Australian Birds is a beginner's guide to the world of birdwatching. From the outside, this strange hobby of birdwatching appears to consist of sizeable camera lenses, khaki pants that are pulled up too high, and gruelling treks in pursuit of rare bird species. But for those who haven't been scared ...Show more
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Reading Level: very good
Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal, Braiding Sweetgrass is poised to be a classic of nat ...Show more
Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind by Lyall Watson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Heaven's Breath, the first history of the wind, looks at this ubiquitous and invisible entity from the point of view of geography, biology, physics, sociology, physiology, psychology, history, and philosophy. Watson shows how winds shape the world and maintains its life world, functioning as the circula ...Show more
My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
$27.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Canons
In the summer of 1869, John Muir set out from California's Central Valley with a flock of sheep and trekked into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His journals describe the summer he spent in what would become Yosemite National Park. Celebrating the Sierra's lizards and mountain lions, tall trees and ...Show more
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
The acclaimed author of The Wild Places examines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we moveIn this exquisitely written book, which folds together natural history, cartography, geology, and literature, Robert Macfarlane sets off to follow the ancient routes that crisscross both ...Show more
Australian Native Plants: Concise Edition by Wrigley John ; Fagg Murray
$59.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
This concise edition makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden.This concise edition of the phenomenally successful Australian Native Plants (now in its fifth edition) makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden. It includes: more than 1500 specie ...Show more
A Cloud A Day (HB) by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | 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
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family by Mark O'Shea, Simon Maddock
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: A\Guide to Every Family Ser.
A richly illustrated guide to the world’s frogs that includes species from every family.With more than 7,600 known species, frogs exhibit an extraordinary range of forms and behaviours, from those that produce toxins so deadly that they could kill a human many times over to those that can survive being ...Show more
Wasps of the World: A Guide to Every Family by Simon Noort, Gavin Broad
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: A\Guide to Every Family Ser.
A richly illustrated guide to wasps around the world.Wasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one of the world’s largest insect groups. More than 150,000 species have been identified, and while the black-and-yellow insect with a cinched waist may be the most familiar, most wasps are tin ...Show more
The Lives of Butterflies: A Natural History of Our Planet's Butterfly Life by David G. James, David J. Lohman
$59.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats. Bright and beautiful, butterflies also have fascinating life histories and play an important role in our planet’s ecosystems. The Lives of Butterflies showcases the extraordinary range of ...Show more