Books under $50
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden growDoug Purdie A grower...
The Bee Friendly Garden: Easy ways to help the bees and make your garden growDoug Purdie A grower's handbook to attracting bees and other beneficial insects. Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type of plant to the next. But conventional gardens that favour lawns and pesticides over flowers and edible plants are scaring the good bugs away. 'The Bee Friendly Garden' is a...
$39.95
Firewood BanksiaPhilippa Nikulinsky A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as...
Firewood BanksiaPhilippa Nikulinsky A unique celebration of Banksia menziesii - commonly known as firewood banksia - by acclaimed botanical artist Philippa Nikulinsky. This series of exquisitely detailed drawings and paintings records the species and its cycles in all their beauty. A dazzling and wondrous celebration of Banksia menziesii (firewood or Menzies' banksia) by one of Australia's best botanical artists. After many field trips and long observation of the species, Philippa Nikulinsky ...
$35.00
Full Circle: A search for the world that comes nextScott Ludlam A visionary book for our wild tim...
Full Circle: A search for the world that comes nextScott Ludlam A visionary book for our wild times. In 'Full Circle', Scott Ludlam draws on his unique experience as senator and activist to capture our world on a precipice and explore what comes next. We are now in the Anthropocene - humans are changing the earth's climate irreversibly, and political, human and natural systems are on the cusp of collapse. Ludlam shines a light on the bankruptcy of the financial and political systems that have...
$36.95
Little Bird's DaySally Morgan, Illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr A simple, universal story...
Little Bird's DaySally Morgan, Illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr A simple, universal story of a day in the life of Little Bird as she sings the world alive, flies with Cloud, travels with Wind, nestles with Moon and dreams of flying among the stars. Sally Morgan's beautiful words and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr's sensitive artwork combine to make this a beautiful, distinctive publication with global appeal. Johnny infuses his illustrations with his fine-art aesthetic, his traditional mot...
$27.95
Australian BirdsMatt Chun It took millions of years of isolation and a diverse range of habitats ...
Australian BirdsMatt Chun It took millions of years of isolation and a diverse range of habitats for Australian birds to evolve the way they did. The result is many of the world’s most striking and beautiful birds, including some that are stranger than fiction. In Australian Birds, acclaimed artist Matt Chun showcases 16 remarkable species that have captured the imagination of the world. From the iconic cockatoo, to the endangered Cassowary, Australian Birds has been carefully curated to info...
$29.95
Light: Photographs by Christian FletcherChristian Fletcher 'Light' brings together images from ar...
Light: Photographs by Christian FletcherChristian Fletcher 'Light' brings together images from around Australia that unite light, composition and colour to create a breathtaking ode to landscape and country. It features 160 pages of full-colour photography by Western Australian photographer, Christian Fletcher, taken throughout his prolific career as an award-winning landscape photographer. Case bound coffee table book, with high gloss jacket and varnished pages. About the Author:Christian Fl...
$40.00
Growing Australian Natives: Second EditionJohn Mason Interest in growing native plants has burgeo...
Growing Australian Natives: Second EditionJohn Mason Interest in growing native plants has burgeoned in recent years, especially with many more varieties of native plants being available in specialist and general nurseries. Gardeners are not only drawn to native plants for their beauty, but also because they attract birds and butterflies to their gardens and are the ideal plants for our warmer summers and drier conditions. The variety of Australian native plants is enormous, some 20,000 speci...
$39.95
Gardeners Companion to Eucalypts
Gardener's Companion to Eucalypts: Fourth EditionIvan Holliday and Geoffrey Watton No group of pl...
Gardener's Companion to Eucalypts: Fourth EditionIvan Holliday and Geoffrey Watton No group of plants is so characteristically Australian as the eucalypts, yet individual species are by no means easy to identify. This practical book, now revised and updated, identifies more than 140 species commonly grown in or seen around cities, regardless of their state of origin. For each major species the plant is described, the range given, diagnostic features are summarised, related species are discuss...
$37.95
The Australian Native Bee Book
The Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping stingless bee hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag ho...
The Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping stingless bee hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag honeyTim Heard 'The Australian Native Bee Book' describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Keeping native stingless bees is a...
$36.95
The Coast Watchers: The Men Behind Enemy Lines Who Saved the PacificPatrick Lindsay After Pearl H...
The Coast Watchers: The Men Behind Enemy Lines Who Saved the PacificPatrick Lindsay After Pearl Harbor, Japan swept unchecked through the Pacific. But a tiny band of brave men stayed behind the enemy lines. Aided by loyal islanders, they watched and they warned. They were the Coast Watchers. They saved countless lives - including that of future US President John F. Kennedy - and they changed the course of the Pacific War. They knew capture meant certain execution but, while the Japanese hunte...
$22.95
Around the World in 80 PlantsJonathan Drori, illustrated by Lucille Clerc An inspirational and be...
Around the World in 80 PlantsJonathan Drori, illustrated by Lucille Clerc An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe. In his follow-up to the bestselling 'Around the World in 80 Trees', Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the ...
$45.00
The 'Botanical Field Guide' offers in symbol and keyword format a substantial overview of the pla...
The 'Botanical Field Guide' offers in symbol and keyword format a substantial overview of the plant world. Plants express life. They sustain the environment and feed humans and animals alike. For the conscious observer the plant becomes more than the sum of its parts. The plant can be experienced as an unfolding event that moves through the seasons from seed to leaf to flower to fruit and to seed again. Make this comprehensive and robust guide your steady companion, wherever you live, in city...
$12.00