Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier lifts the veil of secrecy from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body. Angier takes readers on a mesmerising tour of female anatomy and physiology that explores everything from organs to orgasm, and delves into topics such as exercise, meno ...Show more
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence - and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene Pepperberg
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
'A moving tribute that beautifully evokes the struggles, the initial triumphs, the setbacks, the unexpected and often stunning achievemnets . . . while uncovering cognitive abilities in Alex that no one believed were possible.' Publishers WeeklyOn September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex die ...Show more
Darwin's Garden by Michael Boulter
$27.00 AUD
$29.99 (9% off)
Category: Science
Five years after returning from his trip around the world on HMS Beagle, the young Charles Darwin became the owner of Down House in Kent, where he moved his growing family, far away from the turmoil and distractions of London. He would live here for the rest of his life. It would become the place where ...Show more
The Pleasure Instinct by Gene Wallenstein
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
This title offers an immensely fascinating look at the origins and evolutionary purpose of human pleasure. From our enjoyment of music to our cravings for chocolate, from our love for children and family to our attraction to things of beauty, this book embarks on an intriguing and accessible exploration ...Show more
Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science
"Proust and the Squid" was in "Publishers Weekly's"'Best Books of 2007' - described as 'a pathbreaking look at the reading brain'.How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind.'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dicta ...Show more
Future Perfect : What Next? and other impossible questions by Robyn Williams
$17.95 AUD
Category: Science
Thinking about the future is not a normal human activity.Since we first came down out of the trees, most of our waking hours have been preoccupied with staying alive - life expectancy was so short, it was hard to seriously plan ahead. The religions we concocted taught us that the future was in the hands ...Show more
The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-food World by Michael Pollan
$23.95 AUD
Category: Science
What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Lo ...Show more
The Weather Makers: The Past and Future Impact of Climate Change by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
$34.95 (28% off)
Category: Science
What does climate change mean?How will global warming affect our lives?Is it the cause of wilder storms and more frequent droughts?Are these events inevitable?Tim Flannery makes this urgent issue completely accessible. He tells the fascinating story of climate change over millions of years to help us un ...Show more
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Ken Simpson and Nicholas Day
$39.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
This is the seventh edition of the most comprehensive one-volume book of identification for Australian birds. Completely revised with all new maps, text and many new or revised colour plates, this guide is a must for all birdwatchers, students and travellers. Over 400 000 copies sold.
The Shadow of the Sun - My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
$20.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In this study, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen as both a whole and as a location, defying generalized explanations, and avoiding the official routes, palaces and big politics. First publi ...Show more
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
$45.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Science Ser.
'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mys ...Show more
Hung Like an Argentine Duck : A Journey Back in Time to the Origins of Sexual Intimacy by John A. Long
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
No doubt about it, sex sells. From homosexual penguins, lesbian ostriches to necrophiliac snakes and fellating fruitbats, it's all here in this unusual little book. Dr John Long discovered the Gogo Fish. What's that you say? It's a 380-million-year-old fossilised armoured shark-like fish replete with a ...Show more