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Simpson & Day Field Guide to the Birds of Australia by Ken Simpson; Nicholas Day (Illustrator)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Since it was first published in 1984, Simpson & Day's Field Guide to the Birds of Australiahas been one of the most - if not themost - respected bird guide in the country. It has sold over 500 000 copies. The guide contains 132 superb full-colour plates showing all Australian bird species; key point ...Show more
Extraordinary Old Dogs: Uplifting True Tales of Remarkable Seniors by Laura Greaves
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Puppies are wonderful, but there is something truly special about an old dog. It's the grey muzzle and salt-and-pepper eyebrows; the face that says 'been there, sniffed that.' It's the plodding gait; the long naps in the sunshine; the undiminished wonderment at the beauty of the world. And more than any ...Show more
Love Clancy: A Dog's Letters Home, Edited and Debated by Richard Glover by Richard Glover
$29.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Heartfelt and hilarious, this is a book for anyone who has tried to imagine what their dog was thinking. Human beings often write about their dogs, but the dogs don't usually get a right of reply. In Love, Clancy, Richard Glover has collated the letters sent by Clancy to his parents in the bush. They a ...Show more
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia 9th Edition by Graham Pizzey; Frank Knight; Sarah Pizzey (Editor)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Bird guide that records the various species and population distribution of birds in Australia, first published in 1980. This 7th edition includes over 750 revised distribution maps, over 2500 large individual bird portraits and revisions to 26 colour plates, including 5 species illustrated for the first ...Show more
Flames of Extinction: The race to save Australia’s threatened wildlife by John Pickrell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Over Australia's 2019–20 Black Summer bushfire season, scientists estimate that more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced. Many species — koalas, the regent honeyeater, glossy black cockatoo, the platypus — are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing ...Show more
Olive, Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
"My name is Andrew Cotter and once upon a time I was a sports broadcaster. In Olive, Mabel and Me I try to explain how it can be that after a career commentating on Olympic Games, World Cups and Wimbledon finals, I am now far better known for describing the daily lives of my Labradors, Olive and Mabel. ...Show more
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray
$39.99 AUD
Category: Animals
The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can l ...Show more
Great Adaptations - Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved by Kenneth Catania
$29.99 AUD
Category: Animals
How one scientist unlocked the secrets behind some of nature's most astounding animals From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities. In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and en ...Show more
Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world Dean Nicholson reveals the full story of his life-changing friendship with rescue cat Nala and their inspiring adventures together on a bike journey around the world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn a ...Show more
The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
An incredible and moving account of one man's journey into the world of lions, why they are fast disappearing and what can be done to save them from extinction and thus save Africa, whose delicate ecosystem depends on these apex predators to keep everything in balance.