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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
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
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. From ...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
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
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
Tropical Marine Wildlife of Australia by Graham Edgar
$50.00 AUD
Category: Animals
The definitive guide to tropical Australian and central Indo- Pacific marine life, covering over 2,400 species of animals and plants, including many never before photographed or covered in field guides.
Dog's Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond by Simon Garfield
$33.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A charming meditation on the relationship between humans and dogs, drawing upon science, history, art, and personal experience to illuminate a magical bond that has endured millennia--from the New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type. "Ludo is now an elderly gentleman, and we would do almost ...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
How to Train Your Dog by Jennifer Tate; Ryan Tate
$33.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Whether you're looking to train a new puppy or to teach an older dog some new behavioural tricks, this easy-to-follow guide is for you. Jen and Ryan Tate are expert animal trainers with years of experience helping dog owners to develop happy and confident pets. In this informative book they distil all ...Show more
A Brush with Birds: Stories and Art by a Passionate Animal Conservationist (HB) by Richard Weatherly
$60.00 AUD
Category: Animals
A Brush with Birds celebrates the exquisite artworks and incredible life of one of the world's finest bird painters, Richard Weatherly OAM. A skilled falconer and artist, Richard has spent more than fifty years observing birds and their natural habitats around the world, from Antarctica to Zimbabwe to ...Show more