In the Company of Trees: Honoring Our Connection to the Sacred Power, Beauty, and Wisdom of Trees by Andrea Fereshteh
39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Fascinating facts, trivia, and stories celebrating nature and the magnificent life of trees and their invaluable place in our lives, including beautiful, full-color photographs throughout. When was the last time you spent time outside? The space between your front door and your car doesn't count. Na ...Show more
Seeing Further : The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, and with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough, Martin Rees and Richard Fortey amongst others, this is a remarkable volume celebrating the rich history of the Royal Society. Since its inception in 1660, the Royal Society has pioneer ...Show more
Fed Up - Navigating & Redefining ... by Gemma Hartley
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: near fine
No more grin and bear it: how and why we all need to reset the domestic balance. Gemma Hartley is a mother and journalist on a mission: to throw fresh light on the hidden burden of 'emotional labour' (washing, wiping, worrying, soothing, shopping, preparing, planning, cooking, caring), and find out why ...Show more
Diving for Seahorses by Hilde Østby; Ylva Østby
34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: 4 Science
What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? Diving for Seahorses answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties: our memory. Sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby - one an acclaimed writer the other a neuropsychologist-skilfu ...Show more
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
34.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' Steven Poole, DAILY TELEGRAPH The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. Is there a God? How did it all begin? C ...Show more
Climate Justice by Mary Robinson
32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The antidote for your climate change paralysis. --Sierra MagazineAn urgent call to arms by one of the most important voices in the international fight against climate change, sharing inspiring stories and offering vital lessons for the path forward. Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mar ...Show more
National Populism by Roger;Goodwin Eatwell
28.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Pelican Bks.
A crucial new guide to one of the most urgent political phenomena of our time: the rise of national populismAcross the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, alienated from mainstream politics, and increasingly hostile towards minorities, immigrants and neo-liberal economics. Many of ...Show more
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
25.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
Secret Network of Nature by Peter Wohlleben
35.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'Peter Wohlleben doesn't merely look, he sees. Let's all learn as much from him as we can, and quickly.'Rosamund Young, author of THE SECRET LIFE OF COWSDid you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth?Or that wolves can alter the course of a river?Or that earthworms control wild boar pop ...Show more
Tree - A Life Story: Gift edition by David Suzuki; Wayne Grady; Peter Wohlleben (Foreword by)
27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
"""Only God can make a tree,"" wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems. In Tree: A Life Story, authors David Suzuki and Wayne Grady extend that celebration in a ""biography"" of this extraordinary -- and extraordinarily important -- organism. A story that spans a millennium and include ...Show more
Vital Science by Karl Kruszelnicki
38.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Get your pulse racing with Australia's most popular scientist, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.Discover why people tell lies, why some planets are hotter than stars and how humans are terraforming the Earth. Is cockroach milk really the next Superfood? Why are birds so smart? Why do trees need each other to grow a ...Show more
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
The instant #1 international bestseller from the beloved author of How to Stop Time and The Humans The societies we are part of are increasingly making our minds ill. It very often feels that the way we live is almost engineered to make us unhappy. Whether it is our attitudes toward sleep, the marketin ...Show more