Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia by Joëlle Gergis
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
What was Australia's climate like before official weather records began? How do scientists use tree-rings, ice cores and tropical corals to retrace the past? What do Indigenous seasonal calendars reveal? And what do settler diary entries about rainfall, droughts, bushfires and snowfalls tell us about na ...Show more
Science on Ice - Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica by Veronika Meduna
$59.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Reading Level: very good
‘For some scientific questions, Antarctica is the best – and sometimes the only – place to look for answers. Visiting this frozen landscape is to gain a fresh perspective on our world, almost like going to another planet and looking back with renewed wonder on Earth.’ In Science on Ice, award-winning sc ...Show more
Rivers: New Zealand's Shared Legacy by David Young
$59.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Reading Level: very good
Second hand. Beautiful hardback about New Zealand's major rivers, featuring text from natural historian David Young and stunning photography from Aliscia Young. David tells the often complex story of each river or river system through the people who interact with that river, both historically and in mod ...Show more
The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle
$38.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
The "closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted" (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States-the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of communities torn apart by disaster, and the implication ...Show more
Forces Of Nature by Brian Cox
$22.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Reading Level: very good
Sunday Times Bestseller A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions. How did life on Earth begin?What is the nature of space and time?What are the chances that we will discover ...Show more
Gemstones
$24.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A compact, comprehensive guide to over 130 gemstones from around the world, featuring vivid photographs and concise textThe clearest and cleanest-cut photographic field guide to over 130 gemstones from around the worldThis compact visual guide is packed with more than 800 vivid full-colour photographs o ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
$65.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
It seems like an impossible task - secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces -not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. B ...Show more
The Elements of Euclid by Euclid
$69.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
This tile deals with primary elements. It presents Euclid in living color. Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid's Ele ...Show more
Ocean: Exploring the Marine World by Phaidon Editors
$100.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: Explorer Series
A richly illustrated celebration of the world's oceans and seas through art, history, oceanography, marine biology, and culture The latest instalment in the bestselling Explorer Series, Ocean takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers ...Show more
World's Best Birdsongs: The Songs and Calls of 80 Iconic Species by Hannu Jannes
$26.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Listening to birdsong provides a huge amount of pleasure to people all around the world, but which species are the most melodious and produce the best songs? Hannu J nnes has created this beautifully illustrated and very useful book and App combination, bringing together 70 species with the most remar ...Show more
The New Astronomy Guide: Star Gazing in the Digital Age by Sir Patrick Moore
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
This is a one-stop introduction to how to do astronomy in the digital age. Thanks to modern technology, there is no longer a daunting boundary for those of us who wish to experience what it is like to actually do astronomy. Starting with simple camera and laptop it is possible to create beautiful images ...Show more
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Tresch
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardAn innovative biography of Edgar Allan Poe--highlighting his fascination and feuds with science.Decade after decade, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most popular American writers. He is beloved around the world for his p ...Show more