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Do Birds Have Knees?: All Your Bird Questions Answered by Stephen Moss
$29.99 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals | Series: RSPB
This RSPB-endorsed book answers all those burning questions about birds that beginners and experts alike may ask themselves:How do ducks keep their feet from freezing in winter? Why don't swallows stay in Africa? Are birds really dinosaurs, or were dinosaurs really birds? And do birds have knees?Taking ...Show more
Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names by Stephen Moss
$24.99 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals
Swallow and starling, puffin and peregrine, blue tit and blackcap. We use these names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? Where did they come from? And who created them? The words we use to name birds are some of the most lyrical and evocative in the Engl ...Show more
Mrs Moreau's Warbler : How Birds Got Their Names by Stephen Moss
$36.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
We use names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? And where did they come from? From the common starling to the many-colored rush tyrant, the names we have given to birds are some of the most vivid and evocative words in the English language. They can ...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
Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss
$39.99 NZD
Category: Pets & Animals
The natural history of humankind, told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been i ...Show more
The Great British Year: Wildlife Through the Seasons by Stephen Moss
$59.99 NZD
Category: Natural History
Britain is a place of remarkable beauty and surprising extremes: nowhere else in the temperate world boasts such extreme variety in such a small area. Our humble island has over 10,000 miles of coastline; iconic animals and birds; and unique spectacles of migration that see wildlife from all corners of ...Show more
The Rookie: An Odyssey Through Chess (and Life) by Stephen Moss
$26.99 NZD
$44.99 (40% off)
Category: Discounted Non-Fiction (selected titles) at 40% off RRP
Chess has been played for more than 1,500 years and is played in every country in the world. Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries, and unlock the secret of its enduring appeal. What, he asks, is the essence of chess? And what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty, acc ...Show more
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