Deep Listening to Nature by Andrew Skeoch
Category: Environment
Deep Listening to Nature is an invitation to open our ears to the natural world. Beginning by tuning in to the sounds of creatures around us, Andrew discusses how to identify species by call, interpret their communications and find empathy for their sentience. He also suggests that we not only listen to ...Show more
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Wildlife by Leonard Cronin
Category: Natural History
Beautifully illustrated and a wonderful introduction to identifying Australian plants and animals. An indispensable guide to Australian wildlife with plants and animals from the coral reefs to the rainforests, eucalypt woodlands and deserts. * Over 600 beautifully illustrated images. * Distribution maps ...Show more
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton
Category: Natural History
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian desert ...Show more
The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World by Suzie Sheehy
Category: Science
The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world.How did a piece a gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms? What part did a hot air balloon play in the discovery of cosmic rays?How did the experiments in the run-up to the Large ...Show more
100 Australian Wildflowers by Mel Baxter
Category: Natural History
100 Australian Wildflowers is a beautifully illustrated book that can be used as a handy field and planting guide, as well as being a visual feast for the eyes. Through fanciful botanical illustrations, matched with fun and detailed descriptions, author and illustrator Mel Baxter (aka Moonshine Madness) ...Show more
Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence
Category: Natural History
What is it like to be a plant?It's not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Science has long explored the wonderful ways in which plants communicate, behave and shape their environments: from chemical warfare to turning their predators to cannibalis ...Show more
The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries from a Hidden World by Aliya Whiteley
Category: Natural History
Fungi are not like us - they are entirely, magically something else... Erupting, spreading, decaying, changing.Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi - from a childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien ...Show more
Strahan's Mammals of Australia: Fourth Edition by Ian Andrew; Gynther Baker
Category: Natural History
"Fully updated and with completely reworked text and images, this is essentially the Fourth Edition of acclaimed The Mammals of Australia, with the name change acknowledging the contribution of the late Ronald Strahan, who authored the First Edition of the book in the 1970s. The previous (Third) edition ...Show more
History and Natural History of Spices: The 5000-Year Search for Flavour by IAN ANDERSON
Category: Natural History
An illustrated study into the dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavours changed and opened up our world. Spices have been highly valued since at least the Bronze Age, with the so-called Spice Trade, spanning Asia to the Mediterranean, developing from the late centu ...Show more
Silk and Venom: The incredible lives of spiders by James O'Hanlon
Category: Natural History
There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority are completely harmless to humans.In Silk & Venom, James O’Hanlon takes us from his backyard to all corners of the globe (and even outer space!) to explore these fasc ...Show more
Australian Geographic's The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia 3/e by Sue Taylor
Category: Natural History
The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia contains the author' s personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia. The sites are chosen for the large number of species or the large number of special birds to be found in each one. In some cas ...Show more
First Time Chicken Keeping - An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Chickens by Andy Schneider
Category: Natural History | Series: First Time Ser.
Filled with down-to-earth, common-sense advice, this absolute beginner's guide for first-time chicken keepers teaches you everything you want and need to know about raising a backyard flock.Keeping backyard chickens can be fun and simple, even if you have limited backyard space. To get started keeping b ...Show more