Our Fragile Moment - How lessons from Earth's past can help us survive the climate crisis by Michael Mann
40.00 NZD
Category: General Science | Reading Level: ear fine
In this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperilled if we veer off course. For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has ...Show more
H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert ; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook
39.99 NZD
Category: General Science
Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the history, and future, of climate change from A, for Svante Arrhenius, who created ...Show more
A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis with the Power of Our Hearts and Minds by Susan Bauer-Wu
55.00 NZD
Category: General Science
Discover wisdom and guidance to face the climate emergency from the most influential spiritual and environmental leaders of our time, including the Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, Joanna Macy, Vandana Shiva, Paul Hawken, Katharine Hayhoe, and Matthieu Ricard. When the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg spoke fo ...Show more
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll
36.99 NZD
Category: General Science
Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of i ...Show more
No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Z. Jacobson
24.99 NZD
Category: General Science
The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage sooner than you might think, leading to loss of biodiversity and economic and political instability. But all is not lost! We still have tim ...Show more
An Immense World - How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
40.00 NZD
Category: General Science | Reading Level: near fine
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world - from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fi ...Show more
Hope in Hell - Confronting the Climate Emergency by Jonathon Porritt
37.99 NZD
Category: General Science
'Brave and unflinching in setting out the reality of the hell towards which we're headed, but even more urgent, passionate and compelling about the grounds for hope if we change course fast enough, Hope in Hell is a powerful call to arms from one of Britain's most eloquent and trusted campaigners.' Caro ...Show more
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
100.00 NZD
Category: General Science
Now in a new edition, this landmark photographic encyclopedia of the animal kingdom is revised with new species, images, and the latest scientific knowledge. Written by 70 natural history specialists, Animal features stunning wildlife photography of more than 2,000 of the world's most important wild mam ...Show more
Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
70.00 NZD
Category: General Science
A fully updated edition of this beautifully illustrated, encyclopedic guide to Earth's oceansAn enhanced edition of DK's exhaustive guide to the underwater worldThis authoritative, sumptuously illustrated encyclopedia is now in its third edition. Illustrated with a blend of beautiful and informative art ...Show more
Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles by Samuel Graydon
39.99 NZD
Category: General Science
DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAIN. His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even o ...Show more
White Holes: Inside the Horizon by Carlo Rovelli
40.00 NZD
Category: General Science
A mesmerizing trip to the strange new world of white holes, from Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Let us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble - on and on - down thi ...Show more
Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome by James Kinross
40.00 NZD
Category: General Science
A groundbreaking tour through the past, present and future of human ecology, from a world expert on the microbiome The microbiome comprises the vast genetic universe of bacteria, yeasts, viruses and parasites that live within us. It influences every aspect of our health, even the way we think and feel, ...Show more