Wildlife Heroes by Julie Scardina
37.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
With one-third of known species being threatened with extinction, wildlife conservationists are some of the most important heroes on the planet, and Wildlife Heroes profiles the work of 40 of the leading conservationists and the animals and causes they are committed to saving, such as Belinda Low (zebra ...Show more
Nest: The Art of Birds by Janine Burke
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health of a place. When they're gone, it's as though there's a hole in the sky, in the air, an absence of beauty and grace, and vivid chatter or haunting cries are replaced with eerie sil ...Show more
Pandora's Seed : Why the Hunter-Gatherer Holds the Key to Our Survival by Spencer Wells
32.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
In the Western world we are more comfortable than ever before. So why aren't we happier or healthier? Spencer Wells uses the latest research to show the answer lies in our hunter-gatherer roots. Settling 10,000 years ago may have led to modern civilization, but it also opened a Pandora's box: everything ...Show more
The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a Species by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence
27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least his orphaned rhino Heidi is calm around people and a favourite of staff and guests alike. Until she is brutal ...Show more
Mushroom by Nicholas P. Money
40.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
The overnight appearance of mushrooms in a meadow or on a suburban lawn is a marvelous sight. It is one of many awe-inspiring, magical processes that have evolved among the fungi, yet this group remains the least studied and most poorly understood kingdom of organisms. In Mushroom, Nicholas Money offers ...Show more
Bird Sense: What it's Like to be a Bird by Tim Birkhead
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
A hugely engaging book about birds, their senses and behaviour that is informed by an attractive blend of personal experience, entertaining stories and cutting-edge science.
The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth's Deep History by Jan Zalasiewicz
24.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
In this narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, Jan Zalasiewicz shows how many events in the Earth's ancient past can be deciphered from a single pebble. He explores how geologists reach deep into the past by forensic analysis of even the tiniest amounts of mineral matter, demonstrating and ...Show more
Frozen Planet by Alastair Fothergill & Vanessa Berlowitz
70.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
"Frozen Planet" is the exciting successor to the ground-breaking "Planet Earth" and "Blue Planet" series, and has been created by the same award-winning team. Most of us will never travel to these great wildernesses and, even for those lucky enough to have gone, this portrait of our polar regions will s ...Show more
The Book of Deadly Animals by Gordon Grice
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Consider, if you can, the case of Jacob Fowler, who heard what he thought was the sound of his own skull cracking between the jaws of a grizzly bear - only to discover that it was. Or the Arizonan jogger who ran a mile back to her car with a rabid fox clamped to her arm before driving to hospital for li ...Show more
Diving & Snorkelling Guide to Tropical Marine Life of the Indo Pacific Region by Matthias Bergbauer
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
This handy pocket guide enables divers and snorkelers to identify more than 270 of the most common species of marine life likely to be encountered in and around the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region, including fish, reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates.
Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine by Piotr Naskrecki
92.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Horseshoe crabs are far from the only contemporary manifestation of Earth's distant past. This book leads readers on a journey through those lingering traces of a lost world. It begins by defining the concept of a relic - a creature or habitat that, while acted upon by evolution, remains similar to its ...Show more
Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids by Christiane Ziegler
91.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Confucius called them the "king of fragrant plants," and John Ruskin condemned them as "prurient apparitions." Across the centuries, orchids have captivated us with their elaborate exoticism, their powerful perfumes, and their sublime seductiveness. But the disquieting beauty of orchids is an unplanned ...Show more