Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene by Lauren Fuge
$36.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
From the beginning, humans have been wanderers. Our feet carried us out of Africa and propelled us to far-flung corners of the world, often through incredible feats of innovation and imagination. These explorations yielded great rewards: land and resources, food and knowledge. But in every landscape we ...Show more
A Million Wild Acres: 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest by Eric Rolls
$39.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. By popular demand from a number of libraries and institutions, Hale and Iremonger will be producing a hardcover edition of Eric Roll's A MILLION WILD ACRES in a very short run of 300 copies. This will be a very useful Christmas gift for the serious reader of Australian history ...Show more
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan
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Category: Science and Nature
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness. 'It's as if we made entering gothic cathedrals illegal, or museums, or sunsets!' When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to resea ...Show more
Humpback Highway: Diving Into the Mysterious World of Whales by Vanessa Pirotta
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Category: Science and Nature
I entered the water quietly and saw two humpback whales sleeping diagonally in the distance. Two school buses just hanging in space ... Acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta has been mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale and covered in whale snot. In Humpback Highway, Pirotta’s enthusiasm an ...Show more
Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg
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Category: Science and Nature
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A deep-dive into the astonishing nature and true science of longevity Molecular Biologist Nicklas Brendborg takes us on a journey from the farthest reaches of the globe to the most cutting-edge research to explore everything the natural world and science have to offer on t ...Show more
Lonely Planet Stargazing Around the World: A Tour of the Night Sky by Lonely Planet
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world's best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing - with essential travel tips so ...Show more
Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind by Mike Jay
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind. A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick. "Jay is a leading expert on the history of Western drug use, and Psychonauts is the latest in a series of excellent ...Show more
Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon
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Category: Science and Nature
Sing Like Fish: how sound rules life under water. A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes - from an award-winning science writer. For centuries humans ignored sound in the 'sile ...Show more
The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars - (That You Can Spot in the Night Sky) by Giles Sparrow
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Category: Science and Nature
Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'REVISED AND UPDATED___ 'A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).' Dr David Whitehouse Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a ...Show more
The Naturalist: The remarkable life of Allan Riverstone McCulloch by Brendan Atkins
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
For lovers of natural history, this is the first book to explore Allan Riverstone McCulloch’s scientific genius, artistic talents and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum.Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925) was a leading scientist and talented illustrator, the Australian Museu ...Show more
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben
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Category: Science and Nature
The follow-up to the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, offering compelling insights into the lungs of our planet and the fragility of our intertwined futures. Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our plant, tr ...Show more
The Superpower Transformation: Making Australia's Zero-Carbon Future by Ross Garnaut
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Category: Science and Nature
In his bestselling Superpower, renowned economist Ross Garnaut showed that Australia - rich in resources for renewable energy and for capturing carbon in the landscape - could become an economic superpower of the post-carbon world. Now, in The Superpower Transformation, he turns that idea into a practic ...Show more