The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia
$69.99 AUD
Category: Environment
David Abulafia begins with the earliest of seafaring societies - the Polynesians of the Pacific, the possessors of intuitive navigational skills, long before the invention of the compass, who by the first century were trading between their far-flung islands. By the seventh century, trading routes stretc ...Show more
Ancient Bones - UnEarthing the Astonishing new story of how we became human by Madelaine Bohme; Rüdiger Braun; Florian Breier
$35.00 AUD
Category: Environment
A leading paleontologist discovers the missing link in human evolution.Somewhere west of Munich, Madelaine B hme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they imagined- the fossilised bones of Danuvius guggenmosiignite a global media frenzy. Thi ...Show more
Hazelwood by Tom Doig
$34.99 AUD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Early in the afternoon of 9 February 2014, during the worst drought and heatwave south-eastern Australia had experienced in over a century, two separate bushfires raged towards the massive Hazelwood open-pit brown-coal mine, near Morwell in the Latrobe Valley. The fires overwhelmed local fire-fighting e ...Show more
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
Category: Environment
What does climate change mean? How will global warming affect our lives? Is it the cause of wilder storms and more frequent droughts? Are these events inevitable? Tim Flannery makes this urgent issue completely accessible. He tells the fascinating story of climate change over millions of years to help u ...Show more
Atmosphere of Hope : Seaching for the Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environment
"A decade after his internationally bestselling The Weather Makers, acclaimed scientist and author Tim Flannery argues that Earth's climate system is approaching a crisis. Catastrophe is not inevitable, but time is fast running out. Atmosphere of Hope provides both a snapshot of the trouble we are in an ...Show more
Here On Earth: An Argument for Hope by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Tim Flannery's first major book since The Weather Makers charts the history of life on our planet. Here on Earth, which draws its points of departure from Darwin and Wallace, Lovelock and Dawkins, is an extraordinary exploration of evolution and sustainability. Our success as a species has had disastrou ...Show more
Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery
$39.99 AUD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: near fine
Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David Attenborough once described him as being 'in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone.' This definitive collection of his work brings together thirty years of essays, speeches a ...Show more
What Can I Do? The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix It by Jane Fonda
$34.99 AUD
Category: Environment
This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation. In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, J ...Show more
What We Need to Do Now - A Green Deal to Ensure a Habitable Earth by Chris Goodall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environment
What We Need To Do Now sets out a comprehensive programme of action to counter the threats to our environment. The book emphasises the importance, and relative simplicity, of decarbonising our energy supply but also stresses that this is a small part of the switch to a sustainable planet. Among many oth ...Show more
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Environment | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of 2017 "An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming, and a powerful reminder that we can bury our ...Show more
30-Second Climate by Joanna D. Haigh
$27.99 AUD
Category: Environment | Series: 30 Second
Weather and climate are not the same. Weather is what occurs outdoors on a daily basis and is unpredictable from one week to the next, whereas climate follows a stable pattern that is developed over centuries. The planet is divided into climate zones--tropical, temperate and polar--based on temperature ...Show more
Food Fix - How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet - One Bite at a Time by Mark Hyman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies is food. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to ...Show more