Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
'BEAUTIFUL . . . JUSTIFIES ITS PLACE ALONGSIDE NATURE WRITING CLASSICS SUCH AS H IS FOR HAWK' NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOKS OF 2022'SOUNDINGS GOT UNDER MY SKIN. I FINISHED IT IN TEARS' AMY LIPTROT'STRIKING, BRAVE AND OFTEN LYRICAL' GUARDIAN'WHAT A VOICE! WHAT A BOOK!' CHARLES FOSTER, AUTHOR OF BEING A HUMANF ...Show more
The Trials of Life - A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
$40.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
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
Hortus Curious: Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi by Michael Perry
$45.00 NZD
Category: General
A fun and fact-filled exploration of forty fascinating plantsCelebrate the weird, wacky, and wonderful world of plants with a book that revels in the diversity of the botanical world.Plants are truly awe inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some look remarkably like animal ...Show more
Waypoints by Sam Heughan
$38.00 NZD
Category: General
Journey deep into the Highlands in the first memoir by #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of Outlander Sam Heughan - exploring his life and reflecting on the waypoints that define himIn this intimate journey of self-discovery, Sam Heughan sets out along Scotland's rugged West Highland Way to ...Show more
Life Between the Tides: In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore by Adam Nicolson
$26.00 NZD
Category: General
‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ EDMUND DE WAAL ‘Miraculous … An utterly fascinating glimpse of a watery world we only thought we knew’ PHILIP HOARE Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. How ...Show more
The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
$75.00 NZD
Category: General
A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. A directory of wonders' - Guardian 'Jaw-dropping' -The Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in ...Show more
Rewilding the Sea: How to Save our Oceans by Charles Clover
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
A landmark, inspiring book showing that the best way to protect our seas is to stand back and let nature repair the damage, from the Co-founder of Blue Marine Foundation and one of the leading figures in marine conservation.'A game-changer!' - Margaret Atwood, Twitter'Desperately needed' - Isabella Tree ...Show more
Field Work - What Land Does to People and What People Do to Land by Bella Bathurst
$25.00 NZD
Category: General
What does it take to make a living from the land in modern Britain?
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert
$26.00 NZD
Category: General
The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AND BARACK OBAMA AS A SUMMER READMeet the biologists trying to save the ...Show more
The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish by Patrik Svensson
$25.00 NZD
Category: General
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' Sunday Times'What a joy! Patrick Svensson's sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy, psychology and autob ...Show more
Wanderland: A Search for Magic in the Landscapeear Award by Jini Reddy
$26.00 NZD
Category: General
In pursuit of a connection to Britain's captivating natural world, Jini Reddy searches for the magic in our landscape. A London journalist with multicultural roots and a perennial outsider, she determinedly sets off on an unorthodox path through the "wanderlands" of Britain. Serendipity and her inner c ...Show more
Wild Fathers: What wild animal dads teach us about fatherhood by Erna Walraven
$35.00 NZD
Category: General
p>Wild animal fathers are often seen merely as sperm donors with little contribution or influence on family affairs. This is indeed the case in plenty of species but many other wild animal dads have evolved to be significant and, in some instances, essential contributors to offspring survival./p> ...Show more