New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 3 by Dennis P. Gordon
$35.00 NZD
$89.99 (61% off)
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: Very Good
This volume is the third in the trilogy that provides a review and inventory of New Zealand's entire living and fossil biodiversity - an international effort involving more than 220 New Zealand and overseas specialists and the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Together, the three volumes list ...Show more
The 50 Greatest Wonders of the World by Aaron Millar
$24.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Award-winning travel writer Aaron Millar reveals the greatest wonders of the world and the insider secrets on how to see them at their awe-inspiring best. Featuring selections from around the globe, and a number of new and never-seen-before entries, this compendium of bucket-list experiences is designed ...Show more
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
$27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. 'This is, quite simply, the best thing I've ever done.' Sir David Attenborough on the ...Show more
The Storm Before The Storm - The beginning and the end of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan
$27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic.The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in ...Show more
The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams
$37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
An enthralling look at one of the world's most beautiful and resilient animals, and the role they play in our ecosystem Butterflies are beloved across the globe, adorning gardens, parks and zoos. Their feats are staggering - monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres each year. They are smarter than we th ...Show more
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature by Peter Wohlleben
$37.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
In an era of mobile phone addiction and ever-expanding cities, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature - but Peter Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the natural world remain alive and intact. Whether we observe it or not, our blood pressure stabilises near trees, the ...Show more
Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage by Gooding, Mel
$65.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never ...Show more
Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day by Carrie Gibson
$49.99 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: 16
In October 1492, an Italian-born, Spanish-funded navigator discovered a new world, thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson, unfolds the story of the Caribbean from Columbus's first landing on the island he named San Salvador to today's islands - largely indepe ...Show more
Wild Malaysia by Geoffrey Davidson
$79.99 NZD
$89.99 (11% off)
Category: Natural History
Malaysia is a megadiverse country with an incredible number of land species it is estimated to contain 20 per cent of the world's animal species and whose coastal waters form part of the equally rich Coral Triangle. Written by a team of local experts, Wild Malaysia looks at the most important habitats w ...Show more
In Search of the Great Tuskers by Johan Marais
$47.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
In Search of the Great Tuskers is Johan Marais' quest to find the greatest living tuskers on the African continent. Johan's journey takes him from the Kruger National Park and the Tembe Elephant Park in Southern Africa, to the Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania and the Amboseli and Tsavo National Pa ...Show more
When the Last Lion Roars - The Rise and Fall of the King of the Beasts by Sara Evans
$24.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
The story of a continent losing its most charismatic predator at unprecedented speed. The illegal killing of Cecil--a famous and magnificent black-maned Zimbabwean lion--by an American big-game hunter in 2015 sparked international outrage. More significantly, it drew the world's attention to the devast ...Show more
Kremlin Winter - Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service
$27.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to presidential power for a third time in 2012.Putin's ...Show more