The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
39.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association of Science Writers Award winner and Livingston Award finalist Zoe Schlanger'. Look at the green organism across the room or through the window: the potted plant, or the grass, or a tree. Think h ...Show more
A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice by Max Leonard
39.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Taking us from the beginning of our story to the present day, A Cold Spell examines how ice has shaped our thoughts, actions and societies - and what it means for us that it is rapidly disappearing from our planet. 'In a bracingly original book, Max Leonard makes something we all take for granted into ...Show more
All Through the Night: Why Our Lives Depend on Dark Skies by Dani Robertson
43.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Why darkness is so important – to plants, to animals, and to ourselves – and why we must protect it all costs. Darkness is the first thing we know in our human existence. Safe and warm inside the bubble of the womb, we are comfortable in that embracing dark. But as soon as we are bought into the light, ...Show more
Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world by Craig Foster
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
An awe-inspiring narrative about the power of nature and our place within it, from the creator of My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker Craig Foster Amphibious Soul is the long-awaited book from naturalist, adventurer, and scientific explorer Craig Foster. This is a raw and personal memoir (told here for the f ...Show more
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate by Sally Coulthard
25.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The humble chicken has conquered the world. This unlikely descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex is now so ubiquitous there are more than 20 billion chickens pecking, strutting and scratching around the planet at any one time. And yet, of all animals, the chicken perhaps best represents the contradictory way w ...Show more
How to Speak Whale - A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication by Tom Mustill
29.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg'Extraordinary' Merlin Sheldrake'A must-read' New Scientist'Enthralling' George Monbiot'Brilliant' Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordina ...Show more
The Elephants of Thula Thula by Françoise Malby-Anthony
28.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
'Enthralling' Daily MailIn 1998, Françoise Malby-Anthony founded a game reserve with her late husband, dedicating their lives to the protection of these beautiful, troubled animals. The Elephants of Thula Thula is the profound, compelling story of their life's work.Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner o ...Show more
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
43.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightn ...Show more
Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution by John Eidinow
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The thousands of academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her?This is the story of Esther Simpson, a remarkable woman history has largely forgotten, but whose selfless actions left an indelible mark on the cultural and intellectual ...Show more
Takahe: Bird of Dreams by Alison Ballance
60.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Takahe are ‘strange and wonderful avian beasts’, big purple-blue birds with a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. ...Show more
Darwin and the Art of Botany: Observations on the Curious World of Plants by BOBBI ANGELL
80.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Uncover Darwin's most important writings about plants with this important collection featuring expert interpretations and rare illustrations. Charles Darwin is best known for his work on the evolution of animals, but in fact a large part of his contribution to the natural sciences is focused on plants. ...Show more
Our Natural World Heritage: 50 of the Most Beautiful and Biodiverse Places by CHRISTOPHER WOODS
125.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Take an armchair tour through the planet's most beautiful-and biodiverse-places! Did you know that Kakadu National Park in Australia boasts some of the oldest exposed rock on the planet and is known to have been inhabited continuously for over 40,000 years? That Lake Malawi contains the largest number o ...Show more