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A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
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...
Diamonds Everywhere: Awe-inspiring astronomy discoveries
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds. Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing...
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity
Author: Robert Hannigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers - what the secret world can teach us...
The History of the World in 100 Plants
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...
It's Up to Us: A Children's Terra Carta for Nature, People and Planet
Author: His Majesty King Charles III Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 'Children have a unique curiosity for Nature and for this amazing planet we call home.' So writes HRH...
Shark: The world's most misunderstood predator
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...
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna and the Future of our Oceans
Author: Karen Pinchin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises...
A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects
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...
REBOOT: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World
Author: Elaine Kasket Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Technology is the mediator and middleman in nearly every relationship we have in modern life. Interwoven within the bonds between parents...
One Day on Our Blue Planet ...In the Outback
Author: Ella Bailey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 If you love cute baby animals, come spend the day in the Australian outback with this adorable and bouncy kangaroo joey....
Join the Greener Revolution: 30 easy ways to live and eat sustainably
Author: Ollie Hunter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution. This time he's tackling sustainability in our day-to-day lives...
Principles of Model Checking
Author: Christel Baier (Technische Universitat Dresden) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 984 A comprehensive introduction to the foundations of model checking, a fully automated technique for finding flaws in hardware...
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 What's the Use? asks why there is such a vast gulf between public perceptions of mathematics and reality. It shows...
Breathless: Why Air Pollution Matters - and How it Affects You
Author: Chris Woodford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 An accessible and hard-hitting look at the facts behind air pollution in everyday life. Take a deep breath. You'll do it...
The Cheating Cell: How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer
Author: Athena Aktipis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 220 A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer When we think of the forces driving cancer, we...
Let's Read Animal Words
Author: Ji Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 A creative and fun picture book about the world's most beloved animals! Meet four-legged, two-finned, and webbed-toe friends in this word-as-image...
Dancing Birds and Singing Apes: How Animals Say I Love You
Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 When it comes to love, it's not only humans who like to plan a romantic proposal. Meet a penguin on the...
Hidden Treasure
Author: Elly MacKay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 From award-winning author-illustrator Elly MacKay comes a story exploring the little treasures we find in everyday places. When a young treasure...
Vaxxers: A Pioneering Moment in Scientific History
Author: Sarah Gilbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times....
Introduction to Architectural Technology Third Edition
Author: Pete Silver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. This book clearly explains the core aspects...
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind
Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes CAN FISH COUNT? so exciting...
Young Guns: Obsession, Overwatch, and the Future of Gaming
Author: Austin Moorhead Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Launched in January 2018, the Overwatch League (OWL) is the first large-scale concerted effort to build a competitive, global framework for...
The Climate Book
Author: Greta Thunberg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The world's leading climate activist has gathered over one hundred voices to tell the biggest story in the world We still...
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
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...
Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world
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...
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
Author: Rosamund Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been...
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future
Author: Charlie Hertzog Young Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 In 2019, climate activist Charlie Hertzog Young attempted suicide, following a succession of breakdowns. He jumped off a six-storey building,...
Silk & Venom: The incredible lives of spiders
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
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
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
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
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
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...
2024 Australasian Sky Guide
Author: Nick Lomb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 All you need to know about the night sky This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers...
Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book: Everything you need to know about surf, sand and rips
Author: Rob Brander Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 How do waves break and what makes good surf? What are dangerous rip currents and how do you spot one? What...
Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for Australia
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...
Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf
Author: Kevin Handreck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 For 25 years, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf has been a core text for horticulture students and an essential...
Beetles of the World: A Natural History
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
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
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...
The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life
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...
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family
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
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
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...
The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas
Author: Jim Best (Jack C. Threet and Richard L. Threet Professor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A stunningly illustrated atlas of the world's rivers, estuaries, and deltas, and their...
The Lives of Butterflies: A Natural History of Our Planet's Butterfly Life
Author: David G. James Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats. Bright and...
The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives: A Natural History of Cephalopods
Author: Danna Staaf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 An engaging and beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the world's most interesting and charismatic marine creatures. Dive deep into the...
The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders
Author: Dr. Ximena Nelson (Post-Doctoral Fellow) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A beautifully illustrated guide to the natural history and breathtaking diversity of spiders around the world. Spiders are...