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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...
Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

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Author: Nicholas P. Money Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The hidden role of fungi inside and all around us. From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that...
The Ant Collective: Inside the World of an Ant Colony

The Ant Collective: Inside the World of an Ant Colony

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Author: Armin Schieb Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Ants come alive on this fabulously illustrated journey into the heart of a bustling colony. Ants share a vibrant and complex...
The Little Book of Trees

The Little Book of Trees

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Author: Herman Shugart (W. W. Corcoran Professor of Natural History (Emeritus) and Research Professor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's trees....
The Australian Bird Guide

The Australian Bird Guide

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Author: Peter Menkhorst Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 Australia's avifauna is large, diverse and spectacular, reflecting the continent's impressive range of habitats and evolutionary history. With specially commissioned paintings...
World Heritage Sites of Australia

World Heritage Sites of Australia

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Author: Peter Valentine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Visitors to Australia marvel when they see the places recognised by the United Nations as World Heritage. From the ancient, pristine...
Flora of Melbourne

Flora of Melbourne

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Author: Marilyn Bull Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 624 TheFlora of Melbourneis a resource that assists in the recognition and botanical identification of species while encouraging an awareness of the...
Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction

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Author: Michael Archer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1459 For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around...
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 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...
A Fragile Paradise

A Fragile Paradise

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The New Nature

The New Nature

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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'...
Lavender

Lavender

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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...
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...
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...
Antipodean Ark

Antipodean Ark

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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...
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...
Birdland

Birdland

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Author: Leila Jeffreys Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 In BIRDLAND, Australian fine-art photographer Leila Jeffreys presents us with a bird-watching experience like no other, drawing birds out from their...
Whale Nation

Whale Nation

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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...
Koala: Origins of an Icon

Koala: Origins of an Icon

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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...
Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing

Seaweed: Foraging, Collecting, Pressing

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Author: Melanie Molesworth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A gorgeous guide to foraging, pressing and using seaweeds for a wealth of home creative projects. Both aspirational and inspirational, this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Australian Termites

Australian Termites

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Author: Phillip HadlingtonFormat: Paperback, 160mm x 270mm, 368g, 148 pagesPublished: NewSouth Publishing, Australia, 2007Shows readers the how, which, when, where, what and why of termite and wood borer control. 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...
Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood: A Field Guide

Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood: A Field Guide

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Author: Darryl Jones Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 ** Shortlisted, ABIA 2024, Illustrated Book of the Year ** ** Longlisted, Indie Book Awards 2024, Illustrated nonfiction ** Interested in...