The Animal Book (Miles Kelly)
28.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
The Animal Book is the ultimate encyclopedia, exploring the majesty and drama of the animal kingdom. Packed with hundreds of awe-inspiring photographs and mind-blowing facts, children aged 9 will be pulled in and engrossed from start to finish. The Animal Book looks at amazing natural events such as the ...Show more
An Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth by Cally Oldershaw
48.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
A celebration of the beauty and majesty of planet Earth with more than 100 incredible stories and images. From molten-hot rock and smoldering volcanoes to icy glaciers and bubbling springs, this stunning compendium unlocks the mysteries of our living, breathing planet Earth. The latest title in the hu ...Show more
Into the Forest by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
77.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
For millennia, trees have offered renewal and inspiration. They have provided for humanity on every level, from spiritual sanctuary to the raw material for our homes, books, and food. In this beautiful and revealing book, National Geographic combines legendary photography with cutting-edge science to il ...Show more
Conversatio: In the Company of Bees by Anne Noble
60.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES Conversātiō looks at the astounding practice of leading photographer Anne Noble, set against the issues of ecosystem collapse and climate change and examining what an artist can do in response. Its creative focus is on that most important insect, ...Show more
The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It by Fiona McMillan-Webster
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Plants evolved seeds to hack time. Thanks to seeds they can cast their genes forward into the future, enabling species to endure across seasons, years, and occasionally millennia. When a 2000-year-old extinct date palm seed was discovered, no one expected it to still be alive. But it sprouted a healthy ...Show more
Wintering - A Season of Geese by Stephen Rutt
27.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The new season begins. The geese return... The arrival of huge flocks of geese in the UK is one of the most evocative and powerful harbingers of winter; a vast natural phenomenon to capture the imagination. So Stephen Rutt found when he moved to Dumfries one autumn, coinciding with the migration of tho ...Show more
The Wild Isles: An Anthology of the Best of British and Irish Nature Writing by Patrick Barkham
45.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.The landscapes of Britain and Ireland, together with the creatures and plants that inhabit them, have penetrated deep in our collective imagination. From Gilbert White and Dorothy Wordsworth to Lauri ...Show more
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming
30.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as sher embarks on her journey through life Follow the life cycle of this devoted and extraordinary worker as she cleans the hive, tends to larvae and the queen, builds wax comb, and guards the hive from invaders - before embarking on her first flight to seek nec ...Show more
H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick by Helen Macdonald
26.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. Years later, when her father died, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to ...Show more
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson
25.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
A fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid is the first major book by a biologist to focus on the fascinating story of how the natural world is adjusting, adapting, and sometimes measurably evolving in respons ...Show more
Jewels by Victoria Finlay
30.00 NZD
Category: History
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels . . . a wonderfully generous gift' - John de Falbe, Spectator In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real sto ...Show more
The Secret History of Here - A Year in the Valley by Alistair Moffat
28.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways.