Australian Snakes by Richard Shine
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
An insight into the biology and life history of snakes in and around Australia. It provides an account of how snakes evolved, where they live and how they behave. It seeks to dispel the myths and replace them with proven information about how snakes fit into Australia's ecosystems.
Take Care!: Poisonous Australian Animals by Struan K. Sutherland
$19.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
An informative book for children on those poisonous creepy crawlies to be found in in the bush, the backyard and the seaside. Shows you how to avoid poisonous bites and stings and gives easy-to-follow advice on first aid in case of bites and stings.
Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalised by humans. Here are the starling that inspired Mozart with its song, Darwin' ...Show more
The Big Book of Pets by Lorna Hendry
$27.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Amazing photographs accompanied by bite-sized chunks of information! Learn all about the amazing world of pets, how to care for them and deciding which is the right one for you!
Raising and Keeping Dairy Goats A Practical Guide by Katie Normet
$24.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
The ideal reliable guide to goat-keeping for the new commercial enterprise or the small hobby farm. A city kid, Katie Normet discovered a fascination for large animals early in her life, one that led her to study animal sciences at one of Canada's most distinguished agricultural colleges. While there, ...Show more
Sea Glass Seeker by Cindy Bilbao
$18.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
Sea glass--shards of old glass that have been shaped and polished by the waves--can be found in a wide array of colors and can be simply collected or made into gorgeous jewelry. Seeking Sea Glass will open up a new world for those on the hunt for these unique treasures, teaching you where to go, when to ...Show more
Bodacious: the Shepherd Cat by Suzanna Crampton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
BODACIOUS: THE SHEPHERD CAT is a heart-warming and charming tale in which Bodacious tells us about life as The Shepherd Cat on Black Sheep Farm. 'I am Bodacious, The Shepherd Cat , and this is my story. I wasn't always called Bodacious. I must have been called something else in my kitten-hood in the nea ...Show more
Grass Wrens by Peter Gower
$45.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
“”And if you like a good detective story, you will find many here in Andrew’s skilful recounting of the sometimes convoluted yet always fascinating accounts of discovery and naming of most grasswrens.” – Leo Joseph in his Foreword, writes of electric moments and a good detective story. What have these o ...Show more
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia (HB) by Steve Wilson; Gerry Swan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia has been the most comprehensive field guide available for Australian reptiles since the first edition was published in 2003. As new species are discovered, known ranges extended and higher quality images become available, updated editions of the book have been w ...Show more
The Eastern Curlew by Harry Saddler
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Every year around August, large flocks of Eastern Curlews leave their breeding grounds in the Arctic and embark on a perilous 10,000km journey to the coast of Australia. The birds cannot swim; if they become exhausted and fall into the ocean, they die. But it’s a journey they have taken for tens of thou ...Show more
Till the Cows Come Home - The Story of Our Eternal Dependence by Philip Walling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
The story of the relationship between humankind and cattle, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Counting Sheep. 'A vital, thorough and accessible history that everyone who cares about the past or the future should read.' Rosamund Young, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Cows ...Show more
On Sheep: Diary of a Swedish Shepherd by Axel Lindén
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
'Axel Lindén is a shepherd-philosopher with James Herriot's knack for mishap and an almost Chekhovian deadpan humour.' Observer'Endearing and liberating.' Idler Magazine Why do we keep sheep? Alex Lindén ruminates as he watches his sheep ruminating. Naive and inexperienced, he has ditched his doctoral ...Show more