Collected Writings of W.D. Gann Volume 6 - Astrological Letters, Writings & Charts by William D. Gann
$140.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
This collection contains some of WD Gann's most rare writings, those on financial astrology. Many people speculate and argue about just how key astrological work was to Gann's full system, as there is very little direct evidence or outright explanation of how he used astrology. Most of his references we ...Show more
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
$45.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts - and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities. Many of us think of the arts as entertainmen ...Show more
The Seaweed Forager by Rebecca Gouldhurst
$46.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
Step into the enchanting world of The Seaweed Forager, your guide to the treasures of the coastal shores. Learn to identify, harvest and prepare a myriad of seaweed species found along the stunning coastlines of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Uncover the astonishing nutritional properties of seaweed and the rema ...Show more
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
$65.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it ...Show more
Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging by Kate Evans
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
Inspired by a personal obsession with this singular exotic fruit, Feijoa is a sweeping, global tale about the dance between people and plants - how we need each other, how we change each other, and the surprising ways certain species make their way into our imaginations, our stomachs, and our hearts. ...Show more
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature | Series: Best American Ser.
Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. "What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted," writes gue ...Show more
Bees and Their Keepers - From waggle-dancing to killer bees, from Aristotle to Winnie-the Pooh by Lotte Moller
$50.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift. Beekeeper and garden historian Lotte Möller explores the activities inside and outside the hive while charting the bees' natural order and ha ...Show more
The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell
$28.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A gloriously illustrated and fascinating bestiary of the world's most extraordinary endangered animals. The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. 'Rare and magical book.' - Bill Bryson 'A witty, intoxicating paean to Earth's most wondrous creatures.' ...Show more
On Time and Water by Andri Snaer Magnason
$28.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
A unique approach to climate change that recalls W. G. Sebald.
How to Speak Whale - A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication by Tom Mustill
$29.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg'Extraordinary' Merlin Sheldrake'A must-read' New Scientist'Enthralling' George Monbiot'Brilliant' Philip HoareWildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had always liked whales. But when one breached onto his kayak, nearly killing him, he became obsessed.This book traces his extraordina ...Show more
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (2nd ed.) by Oscar Thomas
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature | Series: Naturalists' Guides
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is an introductory photographic identification guide to 250 bird species, including the most commonly seen, unique and endemic species, and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from one of New Zealand's youngest nature photo ...Show more
Horizon by Barry Lopez
$26.00 NZD
Category: Science & nature
From the National Book Award-winning author of the classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life. Taking us from pole to pole and across decades of lived experienc ...Show more