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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE....
Metamorphosis: How insects are changing our world
Insects are incredibly weird. Their morphology is about as alien to us as you can get without leaving this planet. They outnumber us 200 million to one. Before humans stamped...
Building an Innovation Hotspot: Approaches and Policies to Stimulating
How can you increase innovation at local levels and build new technology hotspots? Building an Innovation Hotspot outlines the approaches governments, communities and industry have used to stimulate innovation and...
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...
Weather: A Force of Nature
Weather collects some of the most breathtaking images from Weather Photographer of the Year, the annual competition held by The Royal Meteorological Society. Each image has been selected by a...
Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water's Edge
Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East. They have been viewed...
Bird Talk: An exploration of Avian Communication
Bird Talk delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of songs and calls. The beauty of...
Gemstones: A Concise Reference Guide
Gemstones have been a source of fascination for Millenia, from the icy brilliance of diamond and the soft iridescence of pearl, to the deep red garnets treasured by ancient Egyptians...
Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia
The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of the individual species in south-eastern Australia are found only...
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...
Drought Country: The Dry Times That Have Shaped Australia
Droughts have lurked behind Australia's major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage to Aboriginal, colonial and modern societies and, of course,...
Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country
Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia. The forests and woodlands of this region provide critical habitat for a...
Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand
Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand examines 14 species of these small, secretive ground-dwelling...
Food Plants of the World: Identification, Culinary Uses and
Plants and plant-derived products make up the bulk of what we eat and drink every day, and people often wonder where their favourite food or drink comes from. This scientifically...
Wildlife of the Otways and Shipwreck Coast
The Otways and Shipwreck Coast is known for its natural beauty and attracts millions of visitors each year, particularly along the Great Ocean Road. The value of the region's rich...
A Bat's End: The Christmas Island Pipistrelle and Extinction in
On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island. Scientists, desperate about its conservation, set up a maze of netting...
Bees of Australia: A Photographic Guide
Bees are the darlings of the insect world. It is a great joy to see these tenaciousinsects hard at work, peacefully buzzing from flower to flower on warm andsunny days....
Shark Attacks: Myths, Misunderstandings and Human Fear
Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moment's hesitation. Shark attacks...
Zoo Ethics: The Challenges of Compassionate Conservation
If you've visited a zoo and come face-to-face with a magnificent creature, such as a tiger, elephant or gorilla, you may have paused to wonder if the animals are happy...
Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics
Queensland's Tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: from lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains and extinct volcanoes, to drier savanna woodlands and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef...
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor
'Written in a lively, accessible style, The Waiting Game is full of insight' Suzannah Lipscomb, Literary Review Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only...
Manage Your Money, Manage Your Mind: Positive Psychology Skills for
What if just earning more money isn't the solution to our financial troubles? Most of us struggle with money issues on a daily basis and this is the source of...
One-A-Day Christmas Stories: 25 short stories perfect for kids aged
Countdown to Christmas with 25 festive stories from the world's best-loved storyteller - perfect for reading before bedtime! Cosy up with this cheery collection filled with the joy and wonder...
Bees and Their Keepers: A Journey Through Seasons and Centuries
In the tradition of Lars Mytting's Norwegian Wood , a beautifully illustrated chronicle of a year in the life of a beekeeper from Swedish author Lotte Moeller The study of...
Blood of the Old Kings: an unmissable epic fantasy where three heroes
There is no escaping the Empire. Even in death, you will serve. In an Empire run on necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and...
Red Sonja: Consumed: The exhilarating swords and sorcery novel
'Fierce and fascinating. This is the story Red Sonja has always deserved. Unmissable' FELICIA DAY 'An epic debut novel from one of the most entertaining writers on the planet' TOM...
The Villa Girls
THE VILLA GIRLS is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a...
Interior Style: Maximalism
The extrovert of interior design and the definition of 'more is more', maximalism is an exuberant celebration of pattern, colour and texture that deliberately clash. Its roots lie in 1930s...
Nearly Departed: A feel-good, funny love story about grief, ghosts,
It's not a ghost story, it's a love story. With ghosts. ' Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we've all been waiting for...
Modern Manga Tarot
A fresh, modern take on a classic tarot deck, Modern Manga Tarot combines two hugely popular trends in a beautifully illustrated and informative deck. With text by Hera David, author...
The Aussie Christmas Mix Up
More Aussie Christmas mischief - and teamwork - from the best-selling team behind An Aussie Christmas Gum Tree and When Santa Got Stuck in a Gum Tree Santa has checked...
A Sea of Unspoken Things: a spellbinding mystery to lose yourself in
Two twins. An unbroken bond. A truth unspoken. The only thing James and Johnny Golden have ever had is each other. For as long as she can remember, James's deep...
Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners, Volume 2: Read for pleasure at
Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work -...
Countdown to Christmas: 24 Magical Stories
A beautiful gift treasury of twenty-four of the most beloved classic stories, poems and songs from all around the world that love to be shared in the countdown to Christmas....
Tasmanian Mayflies: Identification, Ecology, Behaviour and Imitation
Mayflies are one of the world's most diverse, abundant and important aquatic insects. Famous for their brief adult life spans, mayflies play a key role in the ecology of aquatic...
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Volcanoes & Earthquakes features the earth sciences at their most spectacular. It reveals the massive internal forces that create and change the Earth's surface, with dramatic and sometimes beautiful consequences....
The Secret Life of Flies
Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex lives in The Secret Life of Flies. In The Secret Life of Flies entomologist Erica McAlister gets under...
Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist
This is a book of the discovery of birds and the places they live. Everywhere we go there are birds, and they all have mysteries to be unravelled. These mysteries...
Australasian Eagles and Eagle-like Birds
Eagles are awe-inspiring birds that have influenced much human endeavour. Australia is home to threeeagle species, and in Melanesia there are four additional endemic species. A further three large Australianhawks...
Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia
Australia's introduced vertebrate pest species cost at least $1 billion annually in economic, environmental, and social impacts. The Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia is a comprehensive, practical guide...
Insects of South-Eastern Australia: An Ecological and Behavioural
Insects of South-Eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for identifying insects. Richly illustrated with colour photographs, the different...
Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the...
El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
'A fascinating study of historical mythmaking . . . concise and absorbing' Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East 'Lively, original and fascinating' David Abulafia, Literary Review 'An enthralling...
My Dark Desire: The enemies-to-lovers romance TikTok can't stop
'Hands down one of my favourite reads of this year. Leigh and Parker did not come to play!' 'I loved this book - it had everything it made me laugh,...
Fearless: The epic conclusion to the trilogy taking the world by
OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. THE SIZZLING FINALE TO THE NO 1 BESTSELLING ROMANTASY TRILOGY PHENOMENON! ? Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya... ?...
A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories
A beautifully packaged, illustrated collection of twenty rediscovered early short stories by award-winning and bestselling author, Sir Terry Pratchett. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER - A truly unmissable, beautifully...
The Gods Below: the instant Sunday Times bestseller of warring gods,
'An epic and heart rending struggle between gods and mortals, lovers and siblings . . . Stewart is a writer of genius and brilliance' Hannah Kaner 'Stewart's worlds are some...
Offer From a Gentleman TV-Tie in
Coming soon to Netflix New York Times Bestseller A special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON , a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author...