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A Short History of the World According to Sheep by Sally Coulthard
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton. An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human history. Fro ...Show more
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A work of bright and careful genius. Equal parts Rebecca Solnit and Annie Dillard, Giggs masterfully combines lush prose with conscientious history and boots-on-the-beach reporting. With Giggs leading us gently by the hand we dive down, and down, and down, into the dark core of the whale, which, she con ...Show more
Swainston's Fishes of Australia: The Complete Illustrated Guide by Roger Swainston
$80.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Roger Swainston is one of the foremost marine-life artists in the world, with more than 25 years of artistic and scientific endeavour. His paintings are renowned around the world for their accuracy and vibrancy.After training as a zoologist at the University of Western Australia, Swainston spent several ...Show more
Faces: Profiles of Dogs by Vita Sackville-West
$20.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A collection of photographs of 44 breeds of dogs that capture them in particular & very individual moods. 'How very odd it must be to be a dog...'Over the years Vita Sackville-West had many dogs, including Cocker Spaniel Pippin (famously the mother of Virginia Woolf's Spaniel, Pinka), Alsatian Roll ...Show more
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds. As she travels ar ...Show more
How Birds Behave: Interpreting What They Do and Why by Wenfei Tong
$40.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviours — from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do they behave as they do? Bringing to light the remarkable actions of birds through examples from species around the world, How Birds Behave presents engaging ...Show more
History of the World in 100 Animals by Simon Barnes
$50.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A powerful and fascinating insight into the 100 animals - from the blue whale to the mosquito - that have had the biggest influence on humanity through the ages. We are not alone. We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our h ...Show more
Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world Dean Nicholson reveals the full story of his life-changing friendship with rescue cat Nala and their inspiring adventures together on a bike journey around the world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn ...Show more
Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A Guide for Australia by Darryl Jones
$25.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide detailed, comprehensive advice and suggestions for people wishing to feed wild birds in Australia from their own backyards and balconies. Millions of Australians feed wild birds in their gardens. Yet there is currently little information or advice o ...Show more
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan Slaght
$40.00 AUD
Category: Animals
When wildlife researcher Jonathan Slaght was a young Peace Corps volunteer in the Russian Far East, he caught a brief glimpse of a Blakiston's fish owl. It was the furthest south the species had been documented in over a hundred years, and a chance encounter that would change his life. In Owls of the E ...Show more
Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think. 'There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.' Thi ...Show more
Australian Wildlife at Your Doorstep by Stephanie Jackson
$40.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A very useful and eye-opening book which will inspire people to step outside their front doors and discover the amazing world of wildlife that is all around us. Packed full of inspiring stories and tips, each chapter enthuses readers about the incredible variety of wildlife experiences and species that ...Show more