The Secret Elephants: The Rediscovery of the World's Most Southerly Elephants by Gareth Patterson
$26.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The elephants of the Knysna forest have long been the subject of mystery and conjecture. Over the years they have taken on an almost mythical quality, with many doubting whether they existed at all. In 1994 the local forestry department maintained that there was only one surviving Knysna elephant, the s ...Show more
Fragile Earth: Dramatic Images of Our Changing Planet by Collins Maps Staff
$49.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Using images from the air, land and space, this work brings together dramatic natural and man-made events. It traces the path Hurricane Katrina took through New Orleans, and looks at the damage done to the presidential palace in Baghdad during the war in Iraq. It also provides a look at the effects our ...Show more
A Naturalist's Voyage Around the World: The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
$24.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
When On the Origin of Species came out in 1859, it changed the understanding of life and was the foundation of evolutionary biology. All the material that he received for this book was from the famous expeditions he took on the Beagle during the 1830s. This is the story of that voyage. A Naturalist's V ...Show more
Towards a Warmer World: What Climate Change Will Mean for New Zealand's Future (BWB Texts) by Veronika Meduna
$14.99 NZD
Category: Natural History | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began back in 1880. July 2015 was recently confirmed as the globe's hottest month ever recorded, both on land and in the oceans. This December a major international meeting, to be held in Paris, seeks a new agreement to address climate change. Against th ...Show more
Planet Earth: II by Stephen Moss
$43.00 NZD
$75.00 (42% off)
Category: Natural History
10 years on from the first, groundbreaking, Planet Earth, we use the most incredible advances in technology and scientific discovery to bring you the most exciting and immersive picture of our world's wildlife yet. With over 250 breathtaking photographs and stills from the BBC Natural History Unit's spe ...Show more
A Sting in the Tale (The Birds and the Bees) by Dave Goulson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
The Birds and the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties, the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world. As a small boy, Dave Goulson was obsessed with wildlife - from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets to his ill-fated experiments with taxide ...Show more
Horse Rescue by Joanne Shoenwald
$30.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: General Adult
What brings me joy are the inspiring, goose-bumping, enlightening rescue stories of exhilarating triumph, quiet meditative wisdom, life-changing moments and powerful self-healing.' Horses are powerful beyond their physical measures. Through their unique bond to people, horses have the ability to heal, t ...Show more
Bee Quest by Dave Goulson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
A hunt for the world's most elusive bees leads Dave Goulson from Salisbury plain to Sussex hedgerows, from Poland to Patagonia. Whether he is tracking great yellow bumblebees in the Hebrides or chasing orchid bees through the Ecuadorian jungle, Dave Goulson's wit, humour and deep love of nature make him ...Show more
Endangered by Tim Flach
$55.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
We can't save the world if we don't care about the world. Visual imagery plays a huge role in helping us to care about what is happening around us. Endangered is an experiment by award-winning photographer Tim Flach in how and why we connect emotionally to other forms of life through visual imagery. Th ...Show more
The Pig - A Natural History by Richard Lutwyche
$45.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Series: A\Natural History Ser.
Beautifully designed and illustrated, this edition provides a snout-to-tail natural history of this important species, from the prehistoric "hell pig" to today's placid porker, covering the pig's evolution and domestication, anatomy and biology, behavior, role in human life and culture, and breeds.
Licentious Worlds - Sex and Exploitations in Global Empires by Julie Peakman
$69.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Licentious Worlds is a history of sexual attitudes and behavior through five hundred years of empire-building around the world. In a graphic and sometimes unsettling account, Julie Peakman examines colonization and the imperial experience of women (as well as marginalized men), showing how women were no ...Show more