With a Little Kelp from Our Friends- Secret Life of Seaweed by Mathew Bate
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Did you know that feeding seaweed to cows can reduce the methane in their burps and farts by more than half? Or that a forest of kelp absorbs more carbon than a tropical rainforest of the same size? We can even make edible bioplastics from seaweed! Beyond the tideline, there are around 10,000 types of s ...Show more
Rewilding - The Illustrated Edition: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery by Paul Jepson, Cain Blythe
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A dazzling illustrated edition of a 'hugely useful and fascinating resume of rewilding' (Isabella Tree, author of Wilding). 'Compelling ... succinct and objective' - Financial Times Rewilding reveals the ways in which ecologists are restoring the lost interactions between animals, plants, and natural di ...Show more
How to Read a Tree: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Tristan Gooley
$60.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
'An important book and a pleasure to read.' - Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path'You will never look at a tree in the same way again after reading this mesmerising book. Gooley drops learning as lightly as blossom falls in spring.' - John Lewis-Stempel'Tristan Gooley has done trees the greatest servic ...Show more
Tuatara by Alison Cree
$39.99 NZD
$89.99 (55% off)
Category: Science & Nature | Reading Level: near fine
Pick up virtually any textbook on vertebrate evolution and you will find mention of the curious reptile known as tuatara (Sphenodon). The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhynchocephalians - one of the four orders of living reptiles - is unquestioned. Wild members of the sole li ...Show more
The Curious World of Science: A visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities by Simon Flynn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae. The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing onthe human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essentialclassifications, in ...Show more
Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 by Brian Jones
$59.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year's eclipses, comets, meteor showers and m ...Show more
New Zealand's Night Sky by Stardome Observatory Planetarium
$13.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellations are visible right now, and what their stories are? New Zealand's Night Skyby the Stardome Observato ...Show more
Reinvent Me by Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
"Camilla is the real deal: someone who has overcome adversity and simply wants to share what she's learned so others might do the same." Daily Mail In 2008, at the top of her game as a professional dancer, Camilla left Strictly Come Dancing. Today, although she still dances, she has undergone her own c ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; With Gail Hudson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe a ...Show more
Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth by David Attenborough
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to ...Show more
The Little Book of Mushrooms: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Power of Mushrooms by Alex Dorr
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
A beautifully illustrated guide to 75 of the most unique and fascinating mushrooms in the world, including interesting insight into their history, uses, and etymologies.From sweet little toadstools to giant puffballs, mushrooms come in all shapes and sizes. With over 10,000 mushrooms in the world, some ...Show more
Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions by Akshat Rathi
$39.99 NZD
Category: Science & Nature
What if the solution to the climate crisis is . . . capitalism? Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. But contrary to the doomist narrative that's taken hold, the world has already begun deploying the solutions needed to deal with it. On a journey across five continents, Climate Capitalism ...Show more