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Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees

Wisdom from the Hidden Life of Trees

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Author: Peter Wohlleben Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 152 A beautifully illustrated collection of insights from the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees. A perfect book for anyone who...
What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia

What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia

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Author: Dave Witty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The trees around us - some we may walk past every day - tell a story. The mallee box by the...
What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make

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Author: Michael J. Hathaway Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 296 What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a...
The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History

The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History

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Author: Robert Lucking (Curator) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology. Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of...
A Fragile Paradise

A Fragile Paradise

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The Paper Lantern

The Paper Lantern

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Author: Will Burns Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'Will Burns is a soulful English poet of the kind we don't make enough of' MAX PORTER 'Hugely affecting and timely'...
When There Were Birds: The forgotten history of our connections

When There Were Birds: The forgotten history of our connections

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Author: Roy Adkins Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Birds are a joy and solace in troubled times, as well as a reminder of past experiences and a symbol of...
Gifts of Gravity and Light

Gifts of Gravity and Light

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Author: Anita Roy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'A generous book, offering the small stories - of childhood, family, place, of growth and falling away and regrowth - that...
All in a Day's Walk

All in a Day's Walk

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The Amazon

The Amazon

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Robin

Robin

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Author: Helen F Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 A tuneful natural and cultural history of this globally renowned songbird. The robin is a small bird with a distinctive...
Human

Human

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Author: Charlotte Sleigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of...
Dinomania: Why We Love, Fear and Are Utterly Enchanted by Dinosaurs

Dinomania: Why We Love, Fear and Are Utterly Enchanted by Dinosaurs

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Author: Boria Sax Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 At once reptilian and avian, dinosaurs enable us to imagine a world far beyond the usual boundaries of time, culture and...
Llama

Llama

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Author: Helen Cowie Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Known for their haughty demeanour, woolly charm, and propensity to spit when threatened, llamas have a rich and varied history. Since...
House Plants

House Plants

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Author: Mike Maunder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants explores the stories behind the...
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

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Author: Andrew H. Knoll Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How...
The History of the World in 100 Plants

The History of the World in 100 Plants

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Author: Simon Barnes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes...
Shark: The world's most misunderstood predator

Shark: The world's most misunderstood predator

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Author: Paul de Gelder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 From shark attack survivor to the shark's biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals...
A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects

A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects

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Author: Dominic Couzens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A fascinating journey into the secret life of insects, experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton discover 52 minibeasts from around the...
Sardine

Sardine

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Author: Trevor Day Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The sardine is a paradoxical fish. Seemingly insignificant, its exploitation has made fortunes for some and, when stocks have collapsed, caused...
Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds

Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds

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Author: Boria Sax Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities and pets, to omens, muses,...
Climate

Climate

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Whale Nation

Whale Nation

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The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

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Meadowland: the private life of an English field

Meadowland: the private life of an English field

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Mountains: Over Australia's Blue Horizon

Mountains: Over Australia's Blue Horizon

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Author: Alasdair McGregor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 Australia's mountains may not stand as tall as the many mightier peaks stretched across other continents, but it is worth posing...
Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world

Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world

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Author: Craig Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An awe-inspiring narrative about the power of nature and our place within it, from the creator of My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker...
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making

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Author: Chris Packham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian...
Little Forest Folk: How to raise happy, healthy children who love the great outdoors

Little Forest Folk: How to raise happy, healthy children who love the great outdoors

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Author: Leanna Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This is a book with a mission. A mission to help parents get their little ones into loving and caring for...
Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world

Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world

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Author: Craig Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An awe-inspiring narrative about the power of nature and our place within it, from the creator of My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker...
Late Light: WINNER OF THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING

Late Light: WINNER OF THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING

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Author: Michael Malay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 This is a book about falling in love with vanishing things Late Light is the story of Michael Malay's own journey,...
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

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Silk & Venom: The incredible lives of spiders

Silk & Venom: The incredible lives of spiders

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Author: James O'Hanlon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief,...
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

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Author: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 *One of Times Higher Education's Best Books of 2015* *Winner of the 2016 Gregory Bateson Prize, The Society for Cultural...
Humpback Highway: Diving into the mysterious world of whales

Humpback Highway: Diving into the mysterious world of whales

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Author: Vanessa Pirotta Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 I entered the water quietly and saw two humpback whales sleeping diagonally in the distance. Two school buses just hanging in...
Gum: The story of eucalypts & their champions

Gum: The story of eucalypts & their champions

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Author: Ashley Hay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No matter where you look in Australia, you're more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as...
A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia

A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia

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Author: Tony Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 Australia is world-renowned for its often extraordinary and unique natural environment including many of its plants and animals. This beautiful little...
Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me

Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me

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Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Darryl Jones, author of Feeding the Birds at Your Table, reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share...
Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi

Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi

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Author: Alison Pouliot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'In the gloom of the forest floor, fallen branches are sheathed with fungal stripes of yellow and purple. But beneath the...
Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for Australia

Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for Australia

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Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 *Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year* The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year...
Beetles of the World: A Natural History

Beetles of the World: A Natural History

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Author: Maxwell V. L. Barclay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Beetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms...
Shells of the World: A Natural History

Shells of the World: A Natural History

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Author: M. G. Harasewych Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A marvellously illustrated natural history of the world's mollusks. Mollusks are invertebrate animals with a remarkable natural history and a...
Wasps of the World: A Guide to Every Family

Wasps of the World: A Guide to Every Family

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Author: Simon van Noort Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A richly illustrated guide to wasps around the world. Wasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one...
Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family

Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family

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Author: Mark O'Shea Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A gorgeously illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of snakes around the world. Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica...
The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life

The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life

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Author: Dr. Christina Grozinger (Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and Director for the Center for Pollinator Research) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A beautifully illustrated guide to the...
Sharks of the World: A Complete Guide

Sharks of the World: A Complete Guide

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Author: Dr. David A. Ebert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 608 The most comprehensive reference guide to the world's sharks - now fully revised and updated Sharks of the World...
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family

Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family

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Author: Mark O'Shea Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A richly illustrated guide to the world's frogs that includes species from every family. With more than 7,600 known species, frogs...
Plankton: A Worldwide Guide

Plankton: A Worldwide Guide

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Author: Tom Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world's seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible...