All Things Harmless, Useful, and Ornamental - Environmental Transformation Through Species Acclimatization, from Colonial Victoria to the World by Pete Minard
$60.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History | Series: Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges Ser.
Species acclimatization--the organized introduction of organisms to a new region--is much maligned in the present day. However, colonization depended on moving people, plants, and animals from place to place, and in centuries past, scientists, landowners, and philanthropists formed acclimatization socie ...Show more
Almost Human - A Journey into the World of Baboons by Shirley C. Strum
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History
In 1972, a young graduate student named Shirley Strum traveled to Kenya to study a troop of olive baboons (Papio anubis) nicknamed the Pumphouse Gang. Like our own ancestors, baboons had adapted to life on the African savannah, and Strum hoped that by observing baboon behavior, she could learn something ...Show more
An illustrated handbook of Bulbs & Perennials by Edited by Hugh Redgrove
$27.50 NZD
Category: Botany
Animals in Emergencies by Potts Annie
$25.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History
After the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on 4 September 2010, the news media were quick to report, with understandable relief, that no lives had been lost. In fact, this first quake killed at least 3000 chickens, eight cows, one dog, a lemur and 150 aquarium fish, and that was only the f ...Show more
Are We Alone in the Cosmos? - The Search for Alien Contact in the New Millennium by Ben Bova (As told by); Byron Preiss
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History
In this work, scientists involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence known as SETI explain their work and reveal their thoughts.
Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori; Lucille Clerc (Illustrator)
$50.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History | Series: Around the World In 80 Ser.
Trees are one of humanity's most constant and most varied companions. From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration - not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonatha ...Show more
Astronomy: A Visual Guide by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Geology & Earth Sciences
Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent night sky - and beyond.This stunningly illustrated handbook is split into eight sections which cover every aspect of astronomy. Learn about the history of discoveries in the field and astronomical phenomena, from the ear ...Show more
Atholl Anderson Whakaraupo Archaeology by Atholl Anderson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Geology & Earth Sciences
Atlas of Space (Voyage Through the Universe) by Time-Life Books Editors (Contribution by)
$17.50 NZD
Category: Voyage Through the Universe | Series: Voyage Through the Universe
Atomic Theory of the Solar System: How to Change Stone into Gold
$30.00 NZD
Category: Geology & Earth Sciences
Beachcombing: A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere by Ceridwen Fraser
$30.00 NZD
Category: World Natural History
If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it by the waves, this book is for you. Sea foam, ambergris, giant squid, stranded whales, seaweed, shells, plastic, dead birds, shoes and pieces of planes or rockets ... Beaches are our windows to th ...Show more