Natural History Books

Natural History Books

Our natural history book collection covers a wide range of topics including: environment, species of flora and fauna, conservation and much more. Jacana Books - Allen & Unwin’s natural history imprint - continues to add depth to our local list with authoritative titles written by respected authors in their fields. We also represent Christopher Helm who publish a comprehensive range of Ornithology and natural history titles.

NEW THIS MONTH

Requiem for a Species
Why we resist the truth about climate change

Clive Hamilton

Sometimes facing up to the truth is just too hard. There have been any number of urgent scientific reports in recent years emphasising just how dire the future looks and how little time we have left to act. But around the world only a few have truly faced up to the facts about global warming.


This book is about why we have ignored those warnings, so that now it is too late. It is a book about the frailties of the human species: our strange obsessions, our hubris, and our penchant for avoiding the facts. It is the story of a battle within us between the forces that should have caused us to protect the earth, like our capacity to reason and our connection to nature, and our greed, materialism and alienation from nature, which, in the end, have won out.

And it is about the 21st century consequences of these failures, and what we can do now.
Because we don't have to take this lying down!

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New Titles

Natural History

Requiem for a Species

Clive Hamilton

We know how dire the future looks. We know how little time we have left to act. Yet we continue to ignore the warnings ... One of Australia's sharpest... more

AUD $24.99

Sex, Botany and Empire

Patricia Fara

A brilliant book that combines five of the most popular areas within non-fiction: sex, science, exploration, gardening and history.

AUD $24.99

Making Animals Happy

Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson

This is essential reading for anyone who's ever owned, cared for, or simply cared about an animal.

AUD $24.99

Ocean in Motion

Paul Mason

High-interest topics that make science exciting.

AUD $27.99

Extreme Dinosaurs

Robert Mash

From the mammoth Argentinosaurus to the tiny Microraptor, here is the extreme world of dinosaurs. Prepare to be awed!

AUD $14.99

Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names

James Jobling

Lists the generic and specific name for almost every species of bird in the world as well as its meaning and derivation.

AUD $99.00

Life in the Crusher

Trevor Day

High-interest topics that make science exciting.

AUD $27.99

The Status of Birds in Britain and Ireland

David Parkin Alan Knox

A detailed and up to date assessment of the status and distribution of every species of bird in Britain and Ireland.

AUD $140.00

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