Rewild Yourself - 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes
27.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
'Such a simple, clever book.' Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing. But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways t ...Show more
Eat Weeds: A field guide to foraging: how to identify, harvest, eat and use wild plants (Flexibound Edition) by Diego Bonetto
45.00 NZD
Category: Natural World
The bestselling guide to foraging and eating weeds. There is food within 3 metres of your front door: this book will teach you how to open your 'plant eyes'.Three generations ago it was common practice all over the world to collect this wild food; knowledge of what, where and when to forage was a necess ...Show more
When There Were Birds by Roy Adkins; Lesley Adkins
29.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy an ...Show more
The Social Lives of Animals: How Co-operation Conquered the Natural World by Ashley Ward
27.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us 'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague being engulfed in a "gargantuan cetacean bum detonation" is a real gift to ...Show more
This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms by Meg Madden
29.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Series: This Is a Book for People Who Love Ser.
A celebratory compendium of nature's weirdest and most wonderful fungi, with gorgeously illustrated profiles of notable mushrooms and information on foraging, understanding, and appreciating these magnificent living thingsFor amateur mycologists and experienced foragers alike, this delightful guide acts ...Show more
The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them by Peter Wohlleben
45.00 NZD
Category: Natural World
The follow-up to the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, offering compelling insights into the lungs of our planet and the fragility of our intertwined futures. Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our plant, tr ...Show more
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (25th Anniversary Edition) by David Suzuki
39.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Series: David Suzuki Institute Ser.
'The Sacred Balance has a beautiful spirit.' — E.O. WilsonWith a new foreword from Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass — and an afterword from Bill McKibben — this special 25th anniversary edition of a beloved bestseller invites readers to see ourselves as part ...Show more
Why Do Birds Do That?: Over fifty answers to the most often asked questions by Grainne Cleary
36.99 NZD
Category: Natural World | Reading Level: very good
An entrancing, informative book filled with answers to many of the common questions we ask about birds and their lives. For thousands of years birds have fascinated us. We've observed what they do - their behaviours, their characteristics, their survival skills, the food they eat and their habitats - an ...Show more
Swifts and Us: the Life of the Bird That Sleeps in the Sky by Sarah Gibson
24.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer. Sarah Gibson has written a f ...Show more
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery
47.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that ...Show more
The Hidden Half of Nature : The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by Anne David R.; Bikle Montgomery
33.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries from a Hidden World by Aliya Whiteley
26.99 NZD
Category: Natural World
Fungi are not like us - they are entirely, magically something else... Erupting, spreading, decaying, changing.Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi - from a childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien ...Show more