Mythos: The stunningly iIllustrated story by Stephen Fry
$95.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld ...Show more
Tramping in Aotearoa : New Zealand's top 45 tracks by Shaun Barnett
$50.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
‘Tramping in Aotearoa’ is New Zealand’s best-selling tramping guide, written by this country’s preeminent tramping author, Shaun Barnett. This fully revised edition features 45 of our most popular tramps with essential route information, the latest generation of overview maps, commentary and outstandin ...Show more
The Naked Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak
$48.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
A Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery What if we have completely misunderstood who the Neanderthals truly were? For over a century we saw them as inferior to Homo Sapiens. Today, Neanderthals are seen as fully human, different from us only because of their distant cultural tra ...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
Soundings - Diving for stories in the beckoning sea by Kennedy Warne
$40.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing | Reading Level: near fine
For the past 40 years, Kennedy Warne, one of New Zealand's best-known nature writers and commentators, has been exploring the underwater world. His love of the ocean began as a small boy sailing and fishing with this father on the Hauraki Gulf and was further strengthened by a degree in marine biology. ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand by Samuel Purdie
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand is a photographic identification guide to all 141 reptile and amphibian species of New Zealand, and is a perfect reference for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from the author and the country’s top nature photograph ...Show more
Fen, Bog and Swamp - A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
$29.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
*Named a Best Book of the Year byThe New Yorker and Literary Hub!* A Finalist for the 2022 NBCC Awards in Nonfiction, the 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award, and the NEIBA 2023 New England Book Award*From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, this riveting deep dive into the history of our w ...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
Dog Zen: Everything You Need to Know to Transform Your Dog by Mark Vette
$45.00 NZD
Category: Nature Writing
World-renowned dog behaviourist and psychologist Mark Vette (of Driving Dogs and Flying Dogs fame) shows you how to transform your dog and create a harmonious life-long bond. This book looks at how the dog evolved from the wolf, and the ancient co-evolved bond that exists between humans and dogs, before ...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