Complete Herbal by Nicholas Gent Culpeper
$16.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
This work offers remedies for all the ills known to 17th century society. Together with an alphabetical section on herbs, their provenance and properties, it includes "The English Physician and Family Dispensary", which provides an astrologo-physical discourse of the human virtues of the body.
Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales by Sara Maitland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient and primal landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are ...Show more
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places by Bernie Krause
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
This is a fascinating and unique exploration of nature's music, from plants and animals to wind and rain. Bernie Krause is the world's leading expert in natural sound. Beginning by recording the sound of wheat growing in a Kansas field, he has spent the last 40 years recording ecological soundscapes and ...Show more
Things That are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals by Amy Leach
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
From the tiniest Earth dwellers to far-flung celestial bodies - considering everything from the similarity of gods to donkeys, to exploding stars and exploding sea cucumbers - Amy Leach rekindles our communion with the world. This stunning debut will leave you with a deeper understanding of the universe ...Show more
Holloway by Robert Macfarlane
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Holloway - a hollow way, a sunken path. A route that centuries of foot-fall, hoof-hit, wheel-roll and rain-run have harrowed deep down into bedrock. In July 2005, Robert Macfarlane and Roger Deakin travelled to explore the holloways of South Dorset's sandstone. They found their way into a landscape of s ...Show more
The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for 'Leviathan'. The sea surrounds us. It gives us life, provides us with the air we breathe and the food we eat. It is ceaseless change and constant presence. It covers two-thirds of our planet. ...Show more
Pine by Laura Mason
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Botanical
Resilient and tenacious, pine trees deserve our admiration. Despite their dark and gloomy reputation they have been the subjects of artists for centuries, particularly in China and Japan where they symbolize wisdom and longevity, and are admired for their shapes. Pine symbolism runs deep in many culture ...Show more
Little Book of Banksias by National Library of Australia
$15.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Little Book Series
The banksia is quintessentially Australian. Known and loved for its brush-like flowers and sweet honey nectar, the plant embodies both the beauty and harshness of the Australian landscape. Little Books of Banksias features poems and extracts by some of Australias greatest poets, including Dorothy Hewett ...Show more
The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
$26.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science an ...Show more
Essay on the Geography of Plants by Alexander von Humboldt
$42.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aime Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson ...Show more
The Nature Magpie: A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature from the Natural World by Daniel Allen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
A collection of anecdotes, facts, figures, folklore and literature, The Nature Magpie is a veritable treasure trove of humanity's thoughts and feelings about nature. Join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet, see London Zoo through the eyes of its earlie ...Show more
Otter Country: In Search of the Wild Otter by Miriam Darlington
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
Over the course of a year, Miriam Darlington travelled around Britain in search of wild otters; from her home in Devon to the wilds of Scotland; to Cumbria, Wales, Northumberland, Cornwall, Somerset and the River Lea; to her childhood home near the Ouse, the source of her watery obsession. Otter Country ...Show more