The Environment

Can a city be a forest? At first glance, this does not chime with our childhood idea of the 'wild wood' - a dark entanglement of trees, where humans fear...

Stories and phrases can powerfully shape the ways in which we experience and manage our environment. What languages have been used to characterize Australian landscapes and how have they influenced...

From Australia's greatest art historian and pioneer of post-colonialism Bernard Smith comes a new edition of this classic study of an imagined southern world. Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was arguably Australia's...

`After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.' - Damian Whitworth, The Times `One of the publishing sensations of...

Permaculture methods can be applied in the house, the garden, the wider community and on the farm, but it is also a way of life: its lessons and application go...

* Introduces a naturalist and explorer who predated Lewis and Clark and John Muir * Examines the historical legacy of the man whose name graces the Steller's jay, Steller sea...

The book titled Family Bush Walks in and Around Melbourne by the author Andrew J. McKenna. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Shortlisted, Historical + Critical Studies Award Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1995

The material world of European settlement in Australia has been uncovered not only by historians but also by the work of archaeologists. These archaeological inquiries have revealed new pictures of...

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere was one of the great traveller-naturalists of the 18th century. He is most famous for his account of his voyage to the South Seas with Bruny...

From summer heat waves to rising sea levels, climate change affects us all. The main cause is carbon dioxide and our carbon emissions are growing year by year at a...

Early on the morning of 20 May 1847, the "Bark Ajax" weighed anchor in Dublin harbour with 258 passengers on board facing a six-week crossing of the North Atlantic to...

The vast expanse, unknown depths, dangers and mysteries of the sea have led mariners to create fantastical stories of ghosts and monsters for centuries; it is a world strange and...

Greg and Lucy Malouf's classic cookbook Saraban is now available as a new edition. Following the success of their award-winning books Saha and Turquoise , Greg and Lucy Malouf explore...

We all know what 'the political landscape' is, and politicians and journalists never tire of referring to it. But in this ingenious and original book, Martin Warnke takes that well-worn...

Air is an innovative cultural and scientific history that focuses on our attempts to understand air, to engineer and grapple with it, to make sense of it and find meaning...

A powerful, devastating, and redemptive novel by the award-winning author of GRACE. BEYOND THE SEA tells the tale of two South American fishermen, Bolivar and Hector, who go to sea...

Stories of courage and conviction from the environmental frontline With a foreword by Geraldine Brooks. For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who...

In the debates which followed the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species, Australian Aborigines were used as the ideal exemplars of early human forms by European scholars...

When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era...

Explores the role of the public intellectual by examining the life and work of John Mulvaney, one of Australia's foremost prehistorians. Who are public intellectuals? Why do they matter? What...

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...

Kevin Rushby's objective is to locate the descendants of the 16th century pirates who had carved kingdoms for themselves in the remote jungles of north-east Madagascar. Hitching rides on a...

One of our finest storytellers,' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent This macabre YA adventure, with a touch of Lovecraftian steampunk, features underwater exploration, monsters of the deep, relic-based...

Saving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions...

At a time when it seems everyone is going green, most people are unaware that anti-terrorism resources are being used to target environmentalists. Will Potter gives a first-person guided tour...

The second edition of "Global Environmental Crises: An Australian Perspective" explores the pressing environmental probems facing the Earth from an Australian viewpoint.

From the siesta to fiesta, the lifeblood of the Caribbean is in the rhythms of the salsa, calypso and zouk. The author of this book left London for Trinidad seeking...

Glen Williford lends new insight to the reasons for America's relatively quick comeback from the attack on Pearl Harbour. For the first time, he tells the complete story of American...

The knowledge that people in other places share the same experiences physically, emotionally, and socially is liberating and offers the opportunity to share practical information. This holds especially true for...

Many of us are concerned about environmental issues and try to incorporate a 'green' approach into our day-to-day lives - be it using energy saving lightbulbs, making use of recycling...

The great adventure tales of man against nature have already been told the race to the South Pole; the first ascent of Everest; Shackleton's escape from Antarctica. Each continent has...

An epic story set in a polar wilderness that blurs realism and imagination-fully illustrated for newly independent readers. Ida, Max and Jack go to the creek one winter's day. They...

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides comes an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration - the fateful final journey of Captain James...

An exhilarating, suspenseful naval thriller set in the Second World War, as gripping as Nicholas Monsarrat's The Cruel Sea Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. Set in the...

In his early twenties Miles Hordern first crossed the oceans from Northern to Southern Hemisphere, but one final leg of his round the world journey eluded him for twelve more...

For most of recorded history, copper has proven invaluable: not only did the ancient Romans build their empire on mining copper but Christopher Columbus protected his ships from rot by...

Victoria Off the Beaten Track describes sixty plus of the state's top 4WD trails, from the desert north-west to remote mountain hideaways, and from the coast to mountain bushland. Many...

All but destroyed by over 100 years of waste dumped from the Mt Lyell copper mine into it, the King River is being remediated with the hope that following the...

Fascinating stories of the birds and birdsongs from the Tropics for every week of the year, with QR codes for every entry. From the incredible screech of the macaw, who...

When is the last time you climbed a tree? Went pond-dipping? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Or tracked down a badger set? If the answer is 'can't remember', or...