Category: Ecology (Flora and Fauna)
JOE SKYRNSKI, CO-FOUNDER CHAMP EQUITY: 'A must read for every Australian! Drawn from the diaries of European explorers, it comprehensively explodes the self-serving myth we perpetrated about Terra Nullius, that the first Australians were hunter-gatherer savages with no traits of civilisation. Pascoe cle ...Show more
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides) | Series: Michelin Green Guides
The Australian Green Guides have been created for wildlife enthusiasts of all ages. The most commonly asked questions are answered with particular emphasis on fascinating behavioural insights into both common and unusual creatures. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied b ...Show more
Category: Botany/Plant field guides
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never ...Show more
Category: Ecology (Flora and Fauna)
A luminous and remarkable memoir of a singular life in art and nature.
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides)
''This book has found a special place in my heart. It''s as strange, beautiful and unexpected, as precise and exquisite in its movings, as bees in a hive. I loved it'' Helen Macdonald, author of H IS FOR HAWK ''Everyone should own A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings, which moved ...Show more
Category: Ecology (Flora and Fauna)
Australian Medicinal Plants is an essential guide and invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine, Aboriginal culture and Australian flora. Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since earliest recorded history and Australia's varied flora provided Aboriginal people with medici ...Show more
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides)
Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent specie ...Show more
Category: Botany/Plant field guides
One of the first three titles in an exciting new series of concise field guides. This is the ultimate keep in your pocket guide to Australian wild flowers. It may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its weight in terms of usefulness, being packed with more than 250 images of many of the spec ...Show more
Category: Botany/Plant field guides
Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia embraces an area that stretches from the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia, across Victoria and southern New South Wales to the NSW South Coast. It records the land and its vegetation in a scientifically accurate, but accessible, style. Vi ...Show more
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides)
Covers over 200 species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features. Written accounts on habitat, behaviour and range. Plastic cover ideal for use in field.
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides)
Category: Zoology (Birds, other wildlife, field guides)
Beginners and experienced birdwatchers turn to this guide to identify the birds they see in their backyards and on bushwalking or birdwatching expeditions. Designed to slip easily into a pocket, backpack or glove box. This is a new and updated version of the very popular Slater Field Guide to Australian ...Show more