Books
Aspects' prides itself on having Perth's best selection of gardening books, from Australian native flora through to garden design and propagation. Our selection also includes a wide range of books on travel, art and design, natural and cultural history, cooking, and Australian and children’s literature.
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First PeoplesCorey Tutt ...
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First PeoplesCorey Tutt 'The First Scientists' is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers’ love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same time. Have you ever wondered what the stars can tell us? Did you know the seasons can be predicted just by looking at subtle changes in nature...
$32.95
Costa's World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbsCosta Georgiadis The long-awaited ...
Costa's World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbsCosta Georgiadis The long-awaited book from the beloved host of ABC TV's Gardening Australia. Bringing together all of Costa's gardening and sustainability knowledge, this is a book for the whole family that reflects Costa's philosophy and quirky sense of fun. 'Costa's World' is a generous, joyous, fully illustrated gardening book that celebrates the life-changing joy of chooks; kids in the garden; big ideas for small spaces; Cost...
$45.00
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Weste...
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Western AustraliaJ.A. Young This publication is to prom...
A Field Guide to Melaleucas of South-west Western AustraliaJ.A. Young This publication is to promote the wonderful and diverse range of Melaleucas, many of which are largely unknown, and to encourage their further use in the beautification of our parks and gardens, in landscaping and in the restoration of our farmlands while at the same time combating erosion and salinity. Plantings may also ensure some species survival aganist future climate extremes.
$41.95
Recipe for a Kinder LifeAnnie Smithers Annie Smithers shares a private masterclass on her practic...
Recipe for a Kinder LifeAnnie Smithers Annie Smithers shares a private masterclass on her practical and philosophical approach to sustainable living and wellness. In this generous account of life on the land and in the kitchen, trailblazing cook Annie Smithers chronicles her quest for a more sustainable existence, in harmony with the environment and the self. Part meditation, part memoir, the book offers practical advice and wisdom gleaned from a life dedicated to seasonal food and living lig...
$32.95
Naturalist on the Bibbulmun: A walking companionLeigh W. Simmons The Bibbulman Track is a World-c...
Naturalist on the Bibbulmun: A walking companionLeigh W. Simmons The Bibbulman Track is a World-class walking trail that runs just over 1000km through the forests and across the coastal heaths of southwestern Western Australia, from the towns of Kalamundain the North to Albany in the South. 'Naturalist on the Bibbulman' is the story of one man’s journey with his son through this ancient and extraordinary corner of the world. The biodiversity is so extensive that it is impossible to provide a ...
$39.95
Dawn till Dusk: In the Stirling and Porongurup ...
Dawn till Dusk: In the Stirling and Porongurup RangesRob Olver and Stuart Olver 'Dawn till Dusk' ...
Dawn till Dusk: In the Stirling and Porongurup RangesRob Olver and Stuart Olver 'Dawn till Dusk' is both a practical guide to, and a visual celebration of, the Stirling and Porongurup ranges of south-western Australia. This is the second edition of the bestselling book first published in 1998. With over one hundred stunning photographs, detailed maps, and information on social and natural history, flora and fauna, bushwalks and climbs, special attractions and facilities, it will delight touri...
$32.95
Practical Self Sufficiency: An Australian Guide to Sustainable Living in the 21st CenturyJames St...
Practical Self Sufficiency: An Australian Guide to Sustainable Living in the 21st CenturyJames Strawbridge and Dick Strawbridge The most up to date and comprehensive guide on sustainable living for your garden, home and kitchen. 'Practical Self Sufficiency' is a wonderfully useful and accessible book that contains something for absolutely everyone. This fully updated guide offers clear step-by-step information in classic DK style and offers a greater focus on the issues surrounding sustainabl...
$42.95
Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthyMatthew Evans What we do to th...
Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthyMatthew Evans What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. 'Soil' is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. For too long, we've not only neglected the land beneath us, we've squandered and...
$34.95
Illustrated Plant GlossaryEnid Mayfield The 'Illustrated Plant Glossary' is a comprehensive gloss...
Illustrated Plant GlossaryEnid Mayfield The 'Illustrated Plant Glossary' is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring superb colour illustrations to aid comprehension of many of the plant terms. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, ferns and fern allies, family-specific terms, flowers; fruit, genetics; grasses, rushes and sedges, gymnosperms, habit and growth, habitat and ecology, indumentum, ...
$69.95
Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and SonsThomas Mayor 'Dear Son' shar...
Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and SonsThomas Mayor 'Dear Son' shares heartfelt letters written by First Nations men about life, masculinity, love, culture and racism. Along with his own vivid and poignant prose and poetry, author and editor Thomas Mayor invites 12 contributors to write a letter to their son or father, bringing together a range of perspectives that offers the greatest celebration of First Nations manhood. This beautifully designed anthology comes...
$36.95
The Ferals that Ate AustraliaGuy Hull Dangerous predators and ravenous herbivores: the story of A...
The Ferals that Ate AustraliaGuy Hull Dangerous predators and ravenous herbivores: the story of Australia's feral nightmare. Isolation was once the impenetrable barrier that protected Australia and its unique fauna. But a little over two hundred years ago a foreign power took possession and brought with it the foreign animals that now dominate the country's ecosystem. They are the enemy within. Since that time, around 10 per cent of Australia's endemic terrestrial mammalian species have becom...
$34.95
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative s...
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu DebateKeryn Walshe and Peter Sutton An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led t...
$34.95