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Clouds That Look Like Things: From the Cloud Appreciation Society
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Mathematics & Sciences; Weather
Hardback
Clouds in the shape of dolphins, elephants, UFOs, even Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Murray...they're all here in this beautiful... [more]
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Extreme Cosmos
Bryan Gaensler
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space
Paperback
The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions... [more]
$29.95
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Australia's Wild Weather
Mark Tredinnick
Photography & photographs; Mathematics & Sciences; Weather
Hardback
Weather is the oldest story in the worldone we want to keep on telling each other when we meet, as though it were part of... [more]
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Trees of the World
Thomas Micek
Gardening; Trees, wildflowers & plants
Hardback
Trees of the World presents almost 250 photographs of the world's most gorgeous trees from Europe, Africa, the Amerikas and... [more]
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
Richard Dawkins
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; The natural world, country life & pets
Hardback
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we... [more]
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Little Book of Birds
National Library of Australia
Poetry; Wildlife: birds & birdwatching; Gift books
Paperback
From large and raucous cockatoos to tiny secretive wrens, birds have always been a popular subject of poems in Australia.... [more]
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A Youth Not Wasted: A Memoir
Ian Parkes
Biography; Memoirs; The countryside, country life
Paperback
'People who truly live in the outback listen to it. What they hear, I do not know ...What the country says is beyond words.'... [more]
$32.99
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The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth's Deep History
Jan Zalasiewicz
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Rocks, minerals & fossils
Paperback
This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say.... [more]
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Cosmic Challenge: The Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs
Philip S. Harrington
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space
Hardback
Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers... [more]
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Renaissance Genius: Galileo Galilei and His Legacy to Modern Science
David Whitehouse
Biography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space
Hardback
This is a lavishly illustrated volume celebrating 400 years since Galileo first used the telescope to gaze at the heavens.... [more]
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2012 Australasian Sky Guide
Nick Lomb
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space
Paperback
Compact, easy to use and reliable, this popular guide contains everything you need to know about the southern night sky with... [more]
$16.95
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Astronomy 2012 Australia: Your Guide to the Night Sky
Ken Wallace
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space
Paperback
This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well-known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and... [more]
$27.95
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Snakes
David Gower, Katherine Garrett, Peter Stafford
Mathematics & Sciences; Wildlife: reptiles & amphibians
Paperback
Whether loathed, feared, admired or worshipped, snakes evoke stronger human reactions than almost any other animal. Moving... [more]
$29.95
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Science on Ice: Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica
Veronika Meduna
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Geographical discovery & exploration; Wildlife: general interest
Paperback
'For some scientific questions, Antarctica is the best - and sometimes the only - place to look for answers. Visiting this... [more]
$49.95
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Australian Marine Life: The Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters
Graham J. Edgar
Mathematics & Sciences; Wildlife: aquatic creatures
Paperback
Many people recognise the beauty and diversity of plant and animal communities in Australia's tropical seas, particularly... [more]
$60.00
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One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging
L. A. Kennedy
Mathematics & Sciences; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Popular astronomy & space
Paperback
This book shows amateur astronomers how to use one-shot CCD cameras, and how to get the best out of equipment that exposes... [more]
$69.95
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Michael Allaby
Reference works; Mathematics & Sciences; Botany & plant sciences; Trees, wildflowers & plants
Paperback
Completely revised and updated with over 250 new entries, the third edition of this dictionary offers broad coverage of all... [more]
$24.95
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Volcano: Nature and Culture
James Hamilton
Mathematics & Sciences; Volcanology & seismology; The Earth: natural history general
Paperback
For years, tourists have trekked across cracked rock at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano to witness the awe-inspiring sight of creeping... [more]
$34.99
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Little Book of Butterflies
National Library of Australia
Poetry; Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders; Gift books
Paperback
Symbolising new life, the magical beauty of butterflies has featured in works of art and poetry for centuries. The latest... [more]
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Weird Weather
David A. J. Seargent
Mathematics & Sciences; Weather; Popular astronomy & space
Paperback
This book is, in a sense, a sequel to David Seargent's first Springer book Weird Astronomy (2010). Whereas Weird Astronomy... [more]
$72.95
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The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age
Richard Louv
Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Society & Social Sciences; The natural world, country life & pets
Paperback
For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy's The Road a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped... [more]
$23.95
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To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface
Olivia Laing
Literary studies: from c 1900 -; British & Irish history; The natural world, country life & pets; Travel & holiday
Paperback
To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One idyllic, midsummer week... [more]
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A World of Insects: The Harvard University Press Reader
Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson, Mark L. Winston
Mathematics & Sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Insects (entomology); Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders
Paperback
As we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse our world anew, at once shrunk... [more]
$29.95
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The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a Species...
Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony
Memoirs; Mathematics & Sciences; Endangered species & extinction of species; Zoos & wildlife parks
Paperback
Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and... [more]
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Nest: The Art of Birds
Janine Burke
Mathematics & Sciences; Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Paperback
We tend to take birds for granted, in the landscape or in our neighbourhoods. The presence of birds communicates the health... [more]
$32.99
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