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Beyond Climate Grief: A journey of love, snow, fire and an enchanted beer can by Jonica Newby
$29.99 AUD
Category: Climate
How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally?In this magical, often funny and deeply moving personal story, award-winning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate the emotional turmoil of climate change.After researching what global warming will do to the snow count ...Show more
The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers by Adam Nicolson; Kate Boxer (Illustrator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire - beautifully illustrated by Kate Boxer. WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATUR ...Show more
Finding the Mother Tree - Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
The world-leading scientist of plant communication and intelligence reveals how she discovered the secrets of the forest No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling tru ...Show more
The Hunt for Mt. Everest by Craig Storti
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. The Hunt for Mt. Everest tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life chara ...Show more
Tree Story by Charlotte Day (Editor); Melissa Ratliff (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Monash University Museum of Modern Art Ser.
Tree Story brings together creative practices from around the world to create a 'forest' of ideas relating to critical environmental and sustainability issues. At its foundation--or roots--are Indigenous ways of knowing and a recognition of trees as our ancestors and family. The major international grou ...Show more
The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World by William D. Nordhaus
$29.99 AUD
Category: Climate
From a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why "green thinking" could cure many of the world's most serious problems — from global warming to pandemicsSolving the world's biggest problems — from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corpo ...Show more
Dark Ecology by Timothy Morton
$41.95 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: The\Wellek Library Lectures
Timothy Morton argues that ecological awareness in the present Anthropocene era takes the form of a strange loop or M bius strip, twisted to have only one side. Deckard travels this oedipal path in Blade Runner (1982) when he learns that he might be the enemy he has been ordered to pursue. Ecological aw ...Show more
My Forests: Travels with Trees by Janine Burke
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The narratives in My Forests are a pleasure to read; like strolling down a meandering track through the trees, you never quite know what you'll discover around that next bend. Travel the ancient Incense Road with the Biblical Magi. Enjoy the dancing Olive groves of Tuscany and read of 'sleeping' Silver ...Show more
Walks in the Wild: A Guide Through the Forest with Peter Wohlleben by Peter Wohlleben
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Can you tell which plants are safe to eat? Which trees are best to shelter under a storm? How do you tell a deciduous and coniferous tree apart? In his charming new book, bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben takes you on a journey of discovery. From learning what creatures l ...Show more
What If We Stopped Pretending? by Jonathan Franzen
$12.99 AUD
Category: Climate
The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn't have to mean the world is ending. 'Today, the scientific evidence verges on irrefutable. If you're younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth--massive crop fa ...Show more
Dead in the Water: A Very Angry Book about Our Greatest Environmental Catastrophe... the Death of the Murray-Darling Basin by Richard Beasley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Climate
Full-throated and provocative, this is a very personal battle cry to save our most precious natural resource. 'I LOVE IT.' Peter FitzSimons'With a deft mixture of outrage, humour and in-depth knowledge, only Beasley could make water policy a page turner.' Craig Reucassel'It's great to shed some more l ...Show more
The Edge of Memory - Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World by Patrick Nunn
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
We all know those stories that have been told in our families for generations. The ones that start 'Have I ever told you about your great-great-uncle...?' In some cultures these stories have been passed down for thousands of years and often reveal significant information about how the surrounding envi ...Show more