Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
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
Farm - The making of a climate activist by Nicola Harvey
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural World
Is it possible to survive as a new farmer and change the future of farming at the same time? For years we've been told that the food system is destroying the planet. That there are too many cows and tractors, too much fertiliser, too much waste, and that farmers and food manufacturers are polluting our ...Show more
A Trillion Trees: How We Can Reforest Our World by Fred Pearce
27.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
A fascinating scientific journey through the world's forests - revealing what they do for us, what we're doing to them, and how we can help nature repair the damage.
Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Nature Is More Cooperative Than We Think by Kristin Ohlson
37.00 NZD
Category: Natural World | Reading Level: near fine
A revelatory work about the many connections and helping behaviours among plants, fungi, microbes, and animals, and the implications of this reality for the way we manage our forests, wilderness areas, farmlands, waters, and even our cities.In Sweet in Tooth and Claw, Kristin Ohlson explores the subtle ...Show more
Magic of Mushrooms (Kew Gardens): Fungi in folklore, science and the occult by Sandra Lawrence, Sandra Lawrence
32.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Featuring images of over 100 species, this book explains the folklore, science and occult of fungi, showing that from saving lives to expanding the mind, the potential of these fascinating organisms should not be underestimated.
The Trials of Life - A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Reading Level: very good
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. ‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the ...Show more
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by JENNIFER S HOLLAND
29.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Series: Unlikely Friendships
Written by a "National Geographic" magazine writer, "Unlikely Friendships" documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. Full color. 160 pp. 7 x 8. 35,000 print. Pub. 6/11.
Around the World in 80 Birds by Mike Unwin
50.00 NZD
Category: Natural World | Series: Around the World In 80 Ser.
This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia which constructs huge, multi-nest 'apartment blocks' in the desert, to the Bar-headed Goose of China, one of the highest-flying migrants which crosses the Himalayas twice a year. M ...Show more
Exotic Vetting: What Treating Wild Animals Teaches You about Their Lives by Romain Pizzi
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi has caught, anaesthetised, diagnosed, operated on, medicated, and then released some of t ...Show more
The Democracy of Species by Robin Wall Kimmerer
12.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, from the wild leeks in the field to the deer in the woods.
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence
40.00 NZD
Category: Natural World
A powerful blend of reportage, nature, travel and science writing, deeply researched and beautifully written, underpinned by a startling and urgent message for our time. 'The very treeline is on the move- a devastating image. This book is an evocative, wise and unflinching exploration of what it will m ...Show more
The Green Planet (HB) by Simon Barnes
55.00 NZD
Category: Natural World
Accompanying a major BBC series from the team behind Planet Earth II and presented by David Attenborough, a fascinating exploration of the hidden life of plants - by Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Barnes. There's something new under the sunPlants live secret, unseen lives - hidden in their magic ...Show more