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Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. This region is one of the richest in the world for its diversity of temperate...
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the
A graceful, illuminating study of the wisdom of the natural world, from a world-renowned indigenous scientist As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature...
Beachcombing: A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere
If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it by the waves, this book is for you. Beaches...
The Life of Birds
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home...
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
*A FINANCIAL TIMES , GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One...
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
*A FINANCIAL TIMES , GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER* 'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One...
The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living
From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees comes an exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the entire natural world An exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the...
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape
A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and...
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that...
Big Pacific: An Incredible Journey of Exploration and Revelation
The Pacific Ocean has been the focus of our fascination for as long as we have lived beside and on it. It covers one-third of Earth's surface - greater than...
The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: Pollination Ecology and
The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests provides a comprehensive introduction to the pollination ecology, evolution and conservation of Australian rainforest plants, with particular emphasis on subtropical rainforests and their associated pollinators....
The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management
The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With contributions from international experts, this timely and fully...
Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles
In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection...
Heretics Of Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film
What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Heretics of Dune, the fifth book in one of the most influential series of all...
The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell
Human olfaction - the sense of smell - enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable. However, olfaction is...
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time
A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species....
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook: A Practical Guide to Overcoming
A practical companion to the international bestseller Dopamine Nation , for individuals, families, counsellors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices that will...
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation RefinedaEURO"and RedefinedaEURO"Nature
From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR,...
Attention Span: Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life
AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD AND IN T HE WALL STREET JOURNAL , NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES **A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD...
The Life Trilogy Boxset
David Attenborough's Life Trilogy is a complete introduction to the animals and plants found on Earth. The three books - published to accompany the classic BBC TV series - are...
The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus
A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus's life and work. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalised and popularised the...
The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well
The neuroscientist and best-selling author of The Organized Mind explains what happens to our brains from womb to tomb. We have long been encouraged to think of old age as...
Human Origins: 7 million years and counting
Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink...
Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory
Author: James T. CostaFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 244mm, 800g, 464 pagesPublished: WW Norton & Co, United States, 2017How Darwin found universal evolutionary truths in simple yet ingenious home-spun experiments. James...
Upgrade Your Brain: Unlock Your Life's Full Potential
Discover the 8 steps you can take to optimise your brain for better mood, memory, sleep and stress resilience. The results are in: our mental health, memory and intelligence are...
Impossible Monsters: How the Discovery of Dinosaurs Changed the World
A superb narrative history of the discovery of dinosaurs and how they revolutionised our understanding of the Earth's and mankind's origins Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery...
Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future
How the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world's forests In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent "doing something good...
STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World
Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while? We live in a world that doesn't just encourage overtalking, but practically demands it. When...
The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human
A Seminary Co-op Notable Book "A big picture perspective on the mind, decision-making, and consciousness...Provocative and stimulating." - Philosophical Psychology "LeDoux's aim is to provide a new theory of being...
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history. ** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story...
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Science in the Soul is a kaleidoscopic argument for the power and glory of science- the wonder of scientific discovery; the practical necessity of scientific...
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives - And Our Lives Change Our
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Award-winning physician and New York Times bestselling author Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, reveals how genetic breakthroughs are completely transforming our understanding of both the world and our lives. Inheritance Conventional...
The Suggestible Brain: The Science and Magic of How We Make Up Our
Neuroscientist Amir Raz shares decades of research and case studies to show how suggestion changes the brain and shapes our behavior-and how we can protect ourselves from and harness suggestibility...
Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error
Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does...
Charles Darwin's Voyage Of The Beagle: The Journals that Revealed
HMS Beagle put out of Devonport dockyard, England, on December 27, 1831, and one of the most extraordinary voyages in history was under way. Aboard was a highly skilled crew...
The Idiot Brain: Why Your Brain Gets Things Wrong and Why That's
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION AND AFTERWORD 'A great read.' JON RONSON 'A wonderful introduction to neuroscience.' INDEPENDENT Have you wondered why we recognise people's faces but forget their names? Or...
The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely...
Slither: How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World
A spellbinding scientific and cultural study of snakes, the fascination and fear they inspire, and how surprising new science is indelibly changing our perception of these stunning and frightening creatures....
The Secret Life of Fungi
In The Secret Life of Fungi , obsessive fungi photographer Jay Lichter takes you on an extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of fungi - from the tiniest fruiting bodies...
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love
NPR SciFri Book Club Pick Next Big Idea Club 's "Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022" Behavioral Scientist Notable Books of 2022 A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking...
Coming to Our Senses: A Boy Who Learned to See, a Girl Who Learned to
Doctors have been able to cure some forms of congenital blindness and deafness for decades. But this has created another problem: most people end up hating their new senses. To...
What the Wild Sea Can Be: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION No matter where we live, 'we are all ocean people,' Helen Scales observes in her...
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
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The best-selling author of Subliminal and The Drunkard's Walk teaches you how to tap into the hidden power of your brain. " Elastic is a book that will help you...
White Light: The Essential Element that Changed the World
'At once lyrical and exacting, clear-sighted and deeply informed - a beautiful book.' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction A fascinating natural history for fans of Underland by Robert...