{"product_id":"wild-australia-nature-wildlife","title":"Wild Australia: Nature \u0026 Wildlife Bargain Book Box","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWild Australia: Nature \u0026amp; Wildlife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is serious natural history — much of it from CSIRO Publishing, with prices to match. The pollination ecology of Australian rainforests at $140. A survey of the world’s extinct and endangered parrots at $150. Coral reefs of Australia examined from the shoreline inward. Drought as the force that shaped the continent and everything living on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Christmas Island pipistrelle was last heard calling in August 2009. Nobody has detected one since. John Woinarski’s account of how a species disappears while people are watching is one of the most sobering books in this box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlongside those: a beachcombing guide for the Southern Hemisphere, walking trails through Queensland’s tropics, a book about mountains, and a clear-eyed look at shark attacks that deals in evidence rather than fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA box of reference-grade natural history, at a fraction of what these titles normally cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeather: A Force of Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eThe Royal Meteorological Society\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486315727 | RRP: $49.99\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully produced survey of weather systems and the forces that drive them, from the Royal Meteorological Society. Authoritative, richly illustrated, and genuinely explanatory rather than merely spectacular.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCoral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from Beyond the Water’s Edge\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eSarah M Hamylton\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486315482 | RRP: $99.99\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive scientific account of Australia’s reef systems — their formation, their ecology, their management, and the pressures now bearing on them. A major reference work for anyone serious about marine science.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeachcombing: A Guide to Seashores of the Southern Hemisphere\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eCeridwen Fraser\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486314898 | RRP: $27.99\u003cbr\u003eA field guide to what washes up and why — shells, kelp, driftwood, bones, and the ocean currents that deliver them. Turns any beach walk into something considerably more interesting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Flowering of Australia’s Rainforests: Pollination Ecology and Plant Evolution\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Second Edition)\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eGeoff Williams\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486314270 | RRP: $140.00\u003cbr\u003eA substantial scientific treatment of how Australian rainforest plants reproduce — the insects, birds, and bats involved, and the evolutionary relationships behind them. A standard reference, thoroughly revised.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrought Country: The Dry Times That Have Shaped Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eRobert Godfree\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486314041 | RRP: $74.99\u003cbr\u003eA rigorous account of Australian drought across deep time and recorded history — what causes it, how ecosystems and societies have responded, and what the record suggests about what’s coming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExtinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eBenjamin Gray\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486313716 | RRP: $59.99\u003cbr\u003eAustralian species we no longer have, rendered by contemporary artists alongside the scientific record of their disappearance. A striking and genuinely affecting combination of art and natural history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Bat’s End: The Christmas Island Pipistrelle and Extinction in Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eJohn Woinarski\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486308637 | RRP: $59.99\u003cbr\u003eThe detailed account of a species that went extinct in 2009 while conservation authorities debated what to do. One of Australia’s leading extinction scientists on exactly how institutional failure plays out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShark Attacks: Myths, Misunderstandings and Human Fear\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eBlake Chapman\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486307357 | RRP: $39.95\u003cbr\u003eA shark neuroscientist examines what the evidence actually shows about shark behaviour, attack statistics, and why human fear so comprehensively outruns the risk. Balanced, measured, and quietly corrective.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWalks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland’s Tropics\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eDerrick Stone\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781486303076 | RRP: $39.95\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive practical guide to walking routes through tropical Queensland — rainforest paths, coastal tracks, mountain trails, and national park circuits. Essential for exploring one of Australia’s most biodiverse regions on foot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVanished and Vanishing Parrots: Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eJoseph M Forshaw\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9780643096325 | RRP: $150.00\u003cbr\u003eFrom the world’s leading authority on parrots comes a magnificent profile of the species already lost and those currently at risk. Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated — a landmark ornithological work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMountains: Over Australia’s Blue Horizon\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eAlasdair McGregor\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9780642279644 | RRP: $34.99\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully written and illustrated account of Australia’s mountain country — the geology, the ecology, and the human history layered across ranges that are older and stranger than they first appear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrocodile Undone: The Domestication of Australia’s Fauna\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eMarcus Baynes-Rock\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9780271086194 | RRP: $37.99\u003cbr\u003eAn anthropologist examines what happens when Australian wildlife is farmed, managed, and commercialised — crocodiles especially. A provocative look at the shifting line between wild animal and economic resource.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer Box","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070036082907,"sku":"HIB594","price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3736E026-D1E9-4DBF-802E-7B771328942E.jpg?v=1794199690","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/wild-australia-nature-wildlife","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}