Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica by Rebecca Priestley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
Rebecca Priestley longs to be in Antarctica. But it is also the last place on Earth she wants to go. In 2011 Priestley visited the wide white continent for the first time, on a trip that coincided with the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott's fateful trek to the South Pole. For Priestley, 2011 was the ful ...Show more
Totara by Phillip Simpson
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A new softback edition of this modern classic of our most renowned tree, the tōtara. A wonder of evolution, the big tree of the forest, the wood behind Māori carving and Pākehā fence posts: the ‘mighty tōtara’ is New Zealand’s tree and this book tells its story. The ‘mighty tōtara’ is one of our most ex ...Show more
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars - (and Three Imposters) by Giles Sparrow
$33.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
Expert science writer Giles Sparrow guides you through 21 stars you can see in the night sky and what they can teach us about our universe. On a clear evening, if you look up you can see thousands of stars shining in the dark sky, each with a story of their own. Taking 21 stars (and three imposters, th ...Show more
Corvus: A Life With Birds by Esther Woolfson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
"A satisfying read from a masterful stylist, this will appeal to any fan of nature writing or personal essays." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Ever since her daughter rescued a fledgling rook several years ago, Esther Woolfson has been fascinated with corvids, the bird group that includes crow ...Show more
Between Light and Storm by Esther Woolfson
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A landmark new book about the fraught relationship between humans and animals that takes us from Genesis to climate change. Beginning with the very origins of life on Earth, Woolfson considers pre-historic human-animal interaction and traces the millennia-long evolution of conceptions of the soul and co ...Show more
The Ice at the End of the World - An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future by Jon Gertner
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A riveting account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand Greenland's rapidly melting ice: a dramatic harbinger of climate change.
The Great Pretender - The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness - how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people - clinically sane members of society - went undercover i ...Show more
The Brain - The Story of You by David Eagleman
$26.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
'This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life.' Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman on a whistle-stop tour of the inner cosmos. It's a journey that will take you into the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, genocide, brain surgery, robotics and ...Show more
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain by David Eagleman
$37.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? What does a baby born without a nose tell us about our sensory machinery? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts? And what does any of this have to do with why we dream?The answers to these ques ...Show more
How Zoologists Organize Things - The Art of Classification by David Bainbridge
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
Discover how categorisation has shaped our view of the natural world with How Zoologists Organize Things. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists - revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn.
Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Pragya Agarwal
$33.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
'If you think you don't need to read this book, you really need to read this book.' Jane Garvey, Presenter, BBC Radio 4'An exhaustive, brilliantly researched survey of bias and how it seeps so easily into our everyday thoughts and actions. An eye-opening book that I hope will be widely read.' Angela Sai ...Show more
Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond by Lydia Denworth
$33.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
The phenomenon of friendship is universal. Friends, after all, are the family we choose. But what makes these bonds not just pleasant but essential, and how do they affect our bodies and our minds? In Friendship, science journalist Lydia Denworth takes us in search of the biological, psychological, and ...Show more