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Epic: In Search of the Soul of Sport and Why It Matters by Simon Barnes
$26.99 NZD
Category: Sport
'This may conceivably be Barnes's best work yet' Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail 'For 30 years I was the voice of sport at The Times - but that's enough about me. What matters is sport.' This is an autobiography from which the author, award-winning writer Simon Barnes, has been surgically removed. He has ...Show more
History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes
$55.00 NZD
Category: Children
A powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals - from the blue whale to the mosquito - that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our ho ...Show more
How to be a Bad Botanist by Simon Barnes
$37.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
Can you tell a tomato from a grape? A patch of grass from a Christmas tree? Then congratulations – you’re a botanist. Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't have anything against them: trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are use ...Show more
Ten Million Aliens by Simon Barnes
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining.And we're all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven't had sex for millions of years and creatu ...Show more
The History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Children
An exquisite edition of The History of the World in 100 Animals by author and journalist Simon Barnes, adapted and abridged for younger readers, with superb illustrations by award-winning artist, Frann Preston-Gannon. This outstanding gift book proposes the 100 animals who have had the greatest impact o ...Show more
The History of the World in 100 Plants by Simon Barnes
$59.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes an inspirational new book that looks at the 100 plants that have had the greatest impact on humanity, stunningly illustrated throughout. As humans, we hold the planet in the palms of our hands. But we s ...Show more
The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes
$25.00 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals
A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As we ...Show more
The Meaning of Birds by Simon Barnes
$44.99 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals
A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As wel ...Show more
The Year of Sitting Dangerously - My Garden Safari by Simon Barnes
$28.99 NZD
Category: Travel
From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new book that reveals the natural joys to be discovered on your doorstep. In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to be put on hold. Instead, he embarked on ...Show more
The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari by Simon Barnes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the acclaimed author of Rewild Yourself comes a brilliant new book that reveals the natural joys to be discovered on your doorstep.In the autumn of 2020, Simon Barnes should have been leading a safari in Zambia, but Covid restrictions meant his plans had to be put on hold. Instead, he embarked on t ...Show more
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