The Book of Trespass - Crossing the Lines That Divide Us by Nick Hayes
$26.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, I AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with reso ...Show more
Reawakened - Traditional Navigators of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa by Jeff Evans
$50.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
This book features interviews with 10 master navigators who trained under Mau Piailug (1932-2010), the legendary teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging across the Pacific. They were given the status of master navigator by Mau through the Pwo ceremony, and went ...Show more
The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish by Patrik Svensson
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' Sunday Times'What a joy! Patrick Svensson's sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy, psychology and autob ...Show more
Life Changing by Helen Pilcher
$25.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
In this post-natural history guide, Helen Pilcher invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity.We are now living through the post-natural phase, where the fate of all living things is irrevocably intertwined with our own. We domesticated animals to suit our needs, and altered their ...Show more
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
$27.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the p ...Show more
The Seaweed Collector's Handbook - From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail by Miek Zwamborn; Michele Hutchison (Translator)
$28.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
A beautifully illustrated little book that will open your eyes. Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us.In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, c ...Show more
Ice Rivers by Jemma Wadham
$50.00 NZD
Category: Environment
The story of one woman's passion for glaciersAs one of the world's leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma Wadham has devoted her career to the glaciers that covers one-tenth of the Earth's land surface. Today, however, these 'ice rivers' are in peril. High up in the Alps, Andes and Himalaya, once-indomi ...Show more
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
$33.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
An award-winning poet's nonfiction debut - essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support and inspire us. "What the peacock can do is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindn ...Show more
Beachcombing: A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere by Ceridwen Fraser
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction
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
Monarchs of the Sea - The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods by Danna Staaf
$35.00 NZD
Category: Natural History
An epic and fun history spanning from the mollusks that invented swimming to the octopuses and other intelligent cephalopods of today. Before mammals, there were dinosaurs. And before dinosaurs, there were cephalopods--the ancestors of modern squid, octopuses, and more creatures--Earth's first truly su ...Show more
Climate Aotearoa: What's Happening and What We Can Do About It by Helen Clark
$37.00 NZD
Category: Environment
The science on climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand now and in the future, and what changes we all need to make. Contributions from a range of climate scientists and commentators Rob Bell, Jason Boberg, Adelia Hallett, Sophie Handford, Rhys Jones, Haylee Koroi, Matt McGlone, Jamie Morton, Rod Oram, Ji ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori
$50.00 NZD
Category: Botany | Series: Around the World In 80 Ser.
An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe. In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are int ...Show more