Windswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands by Annie Worsley
38.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
'Windswept is a wonderful work, prose-painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE'I have read pages and pages of this wonderful book, swept away by its beauty and understanding, its chromatic brilliance' ADAM NICOLSON A few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a bus ...Show more
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals Observations from a Family Farm by Rosamund Young
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows. We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave ...Show more
Honey Bee Pests and Diseases: A complete guide to prevention and management by Robert Owen
70.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Honey Bee Pests and Diseasesprovides up-to-date information on the management of honey bee diseases found globally, not just in the U.S., Europe, or Australia. Of particular interest are the explanations of how pathogens affect honey bees. This facet of diseases is usually left out of honey bee disease ...Show more
Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived by Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behaviour and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stori ...Show more
Dust: The Story of the Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
DUST is unmistakably a major book in the making. This is a book with an extraordinary global story to tell, but - and - also with an ethical argument to advance. - Robert Macfarlane Four-and-a-half billion years ago, Planet Earth was formed from a vast spinning nebula of cosmic dust, the detritus left ...Show more
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of i ...Show more
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination.For centuries, owls have capti ...Show more
Life on the Rocks Building a Future for Coral Reefs by Juli Berwald
35.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLISTThe story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us allCoral reefs are a microcosm of our planet- extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When they're thriving, these fairy gardens hidden ben ...Show more
Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ni Dochartaigh
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A lyrical and captivating meditation on nature, time and the meaning of home from the acclaimed author of Thin Places
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
28.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
'The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. ...Show more
This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms by Meg Madden
30.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Series: This Is a Book for People Who Love Ser.
A celebratory compendium of nature's weirdest and most wonderful fungi, with gorgeously illustrated profiles of notable mushrooms and information on foraging, understanding, and appreciating these magnificent living thingsFor amateur mycologists and experienced foragers alike, this delightful guide acts ...Show more
Many Things Under a Rock The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
"Fascinating... the deepest of octopus books.' Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Mind-blowing and soul-expanding' Sy Montgomery Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none captivates us quite like the octopus. This highly intelligent master of disguise is one of our planet's most intriguing and enigmatic creatures ...Show more