The Clan of One-Breasted Women by Terry Tempest Williams
$13.00 NZD
Category: Environment | Series: Penguin Green Ideas
The Clan of One-Breasted Women, bringing together the best of writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams' essays, explores the impact of nuclear testing, the importance of environmental legislation, and the spirit of conservation.
Consolations Of The Forest: Alone In A Cabin In The Middle Taiga by Sylvain Tesson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Wellbeing & Inspiration
Sylvain Tesson, found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the middle taiga, on the shores of Baikal, for six months. Noting carefully his impressions of the silence, Sylvain Tesson shar ...Show more
Wild Souls - Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma Marris
$55.00 NZD
Category: Environment
From an acclaimed environmental writer, a groundbreaking and provocative new vision for our relationships with--and responsibilities toward--the planet's wild animals. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But in fact, ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for an Endangered Planet by Jane Goodall; Douglas Abrams
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope. The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe ...Show more
Banks (PB) by Grantlee Kieza
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Lust, science, adventure -- Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery The extraordinary life of one of the world's most famous and notorious adventurers Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trumped b ...Show more
Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works by Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
$35.00 NZD
Category: Environment
'The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully.' - Jay Shetty, New York Times best-selling author of Think Lik ...Show more
50 Things to Do by the Sea by Easkey Britton; Maria Nilsson (Illustrator)
$23.00 NZD
Category: Activity Books
A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton, each guide helps you soak up maximum vitamin sea. The book is divided into six main sections - each filled with exercises, ideas and fun ...Show more
The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
$38.00 NZD
Category: Environment
'Do not miss this book' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes EverythingThe history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation - of both human life and the natural environment - and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis.Tracing the threats to our future to the discovery of the New World and ...Show more
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World by Bill Carter
$26.00 NZD
Category: Finance
A sweeping account of civilization's complete dependence on copper that "is the best sort of journalism: beautifully written, rich in detail, and impossible to ignore" (Sebastian Junger). For most of recorded history, copper has proven invaluable: not only did the ancient Romans build their empire on m ...Show more
The Sea is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Rivers & Oceans
From Adam Nicolson, winner of the Wainwright Prize 2018 Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its comp ...Show more
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman
$28.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
‘Based on meticulous research in original sources … Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was … Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting – centred at Kew Garde ...Show more
Living Planet by David Attenborough
$40.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt t ...Show more