Geography, Earth Sciences

Mapping the World takes you on a journey through the history of cartography and is essentially a history of the world and how its territories were discovered and explored. Maps...

Author: Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Four Winds Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles humanity's enduring fascination with life beyond our planet, presenting a comprehensive...

World-renowned gemmologist, Helen Molesworth traces the journey of gems, showing how their remarkable stories are a sparkling new way of exploring the history of humanity. 'A gem of a book'...

Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, and available to all. Neither the internet nor the cloud would work without the...

Author: John GribbinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work of popular science chronicles humanity's quest to...

Author: Michael DisneyBinding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe academic work The Hidden Universe by Michael Disney presents a compelling journey into the...

Abalone Pioneers is the Australian story of the divers, deckhands, researchers and processors who established and developed the zone's abalone industry, from the amateur fishermen of the 1950s and the...

Author: Alex. Keith JohnstonBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: [RARE] - Spine...

Captain James Cook's three epic journeys between 1768 and 1779 were the last great voyages of discovery. Sailing some 170,000 miles, Cook's ships reached every continent and every ocean, from...

Some parts of the Australian landscape are more than 100 million years old. The dinosaurs roamed a land in which Kakadu, the Macdonnell and Flinders ranges, the Arcoona Plateau and...

With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of slow but steady Zoox (zooxanthellae). As the coral bleaches, everyone...

Written as a unification of Eastern and Western approaches, Astrology by Moonlight presents a fresh look at the Moon and how its eight phases interact with every sign and planetary...

Over millions of years, countless animals, plants, fungi and other forms of life evolved together to form complexecosystems in each habitat type. Today, each resulting ecosystem of our world comprises...

Covering around 70 per cent of our planet's surface and home to more than 200,000 known species, the world's oceans are vital to life on Earth. However, despite producing around...

This book seeks to awaken a new generation to the wonders of the Murray-Darling Basin; to explore its heart and soul as we connect with its ancient history, First Nation...

This book illustrates and celebrates Australia's vibrant cultural diversity as we visit islands of the Torres Strait to the sea cliffs of the Great Australian Bight. Through the insight and...

The Australian mainland is surrounded by over 8,000 islands, islets and rock stacks.Each of these offers unique habitats for animals and plants, which has driven the evolution of thousands of...

From the islands of the Torres Strait to the sea cliffs of the Great Australian Bight, this book illustrates a vibrant and living cultural diversity. Through the insight and perspectives...

Greenland: a remote, mysterious, ice-covered rock with a population of just 56,000, has evolved from one of earth's last physical frontiers to its largest scientific laboratory. Locked within that vast...

Geography is getting stranger. Out there, fleets of new islands are under construction and micro-nations are struggling into the light. As new borders and boundaries ebb and flow with increasing...

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and...

Australia is one of the world's richest countries for mineral resources, with thousands of jobs and much of our national wealth coming from minerals manufactured into products or exported for...

Australia is one of the world's richest countries for mineral resources, with thousands of jobs and much of our national wealth coming from minerals manufactured into products or exported for...

Australia is one of the world's richest countries for mineral resources, with thousands of jobs and much of our national wealth coming from minerals manufactured into products or exported for...

Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses in The Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. In First Light , he demonstrates his gift for creating...

The Adventurist is one man's story, a story that will change the way you think about travel, survival, where you have been, and where you are going. Enter the world...

"A compelling portrait of the future and vividly relates the big challenges facing the world now."-Jared Diamond, New York Times bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel The...

" The Universe and Beyond is a celebration of the human spirit of exploration. It is a majestic voyage to the most distant realms we can imagine. Prepare yourself for...

p>A beautiful photography book on one of Australia's top tourist destinations./p>p>Take a journey through the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland with lovely photography and information on the environment and the...

The Australian Geographic Book of "The Corner Country" is a truly comprehensive guide to the outback borderland, where NSW, SA and Queensland meet. Townships and settlements of this legendary region,...

Author: Michael Marten; John ChestermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Blandford Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Radiant Universe: Electronic Images From Space presents a stunning collection of celestial photography, illustrating...

Author: Kenneth GatlandBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative reference work, The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Space Technology: A Comprehensive History Of Space Exploration,...

No other planet has so fired the human imagination as Mars. The possibility of life on the planet was an obsession in the 19th century. It is not surprising to...

The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 billion...

In this fascinating book, the renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott leads time travel out of the world of H. G. Wells and into the realm of scientific possibility. Building on...

The 110 galaxies, star clusters and nebulae catalogued by the comet hunter Charles Messier in the late 1700s are still the most widely observed celestial wonders in the heavens. They...

Although it was only designed for a ninety-day surface mission, the Viking 1 lander ultimately transmitted science messages to Earth for seven years. This authoritative history chronicles the remarkable achievements...

Author: James A. Mcwilliams, S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped and has wear and tear along some edges and corners,...

Author: Colin A. RonanBinding: HardbackPublished: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some minor wear and tears along edgesColin A. Ronan's...

Author: Fred HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work presents a radical reinterpretation of the universe's origins and the development of life. In...