Belonging: Natural histories of place, identity and home by Amanda Thomson
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2022Reflecting on family, identity and nature, belonging is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the northern landscapes of Scotland and the ...Show more
Tales Of A Vet Nurse by Jade Pengelly
$40.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
The highs and heartbreak of caring for the animals we loveYou never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of veterinary hospital...Clumsy Luna the Greyhound and her fragile front legs; the tortoise in need of a prosthetic leg; Jock the Saint Bernard and his problematic ey ...Show more
The Seaweed Forager by Rebecca Gouldhurst
$46.00 NZD
Category: General
Step into the enchanting world of The Seaweed Forager, your guide to the treasures of the coastal shores. Learn to identify, harvest and prepare a myriad of seaweed species found along the stunning coastlines of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Uncover the astonishing nutritional properties of seaweed and the rema ...Show more
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals Observations from a Family Farm by Rosamund Young
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows. We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave ...Show more
The Elephants of Thula Thula by Françoise Malby-Anthony
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
'Enthralling' Daily MailIn 1998, Françoise Malby-Anthony founded a game reserve with her late husband, dedicating their lives to the protection of these beautiful, troubled animals. The Elephants of Thula Thula is the profound, compelling story of their life's work.Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner o ...Show more
Regenesis: How to Feed the World Without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
Winner of the 2022 Orwell Prize for Journalism / A Sunday Times (London) Bestseller / Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation "George Monbiot is one of the most fearless and important voices in the global climate movement today." --Greta Thunberg For the first time in millen ...Show more
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
A timely and powerful examination of ocean physics. All of the Earth's ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine. Human history has been dictated by the ocean- the location of cities, access to resources and the gateways to new lands have all revolve ...Show more
Many Things Under a Rock The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
"Fascinating... the deepest of octopus books.' Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Mind-blowing and soul-expanding' Sy Montgomery Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none captivates us quite like the octopus. This highly intelligent master of disguise is one of our planet's most intriguing and enigmatic creatures ...Show more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
'The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand by Robert Hoare; Olivier Ball (Photographer)
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
A reprint under a new ISBN, A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand is essential to those that want to know more about the species. Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across N ...Show more
A Photographic Guide to Rocks and Minerals of New Zealand by Nick Mortimer; Hamish Campbell; Margaret Low
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
A reprint under a new ISBN, A Photographic Guide to Rocks & Minerals of New Zealand will help you recognise and make sense of common (and some rare) rocks and minerals.
The Wild Isles: An Anthology of the Best of British and Irish Nature Writing by Patrick Barkham
$45.00 NZD
Category: General
The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.The landscapes of Britain and Ireland, together with the creatures and plants that inhabit them, have penetrated deep in our collective imagination. From Gilbert White and Dorothy Wordsworth to Lauri ...Show more