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.
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
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
Not a good book for little children
Not Cute Philip Bunting Once there was a quokka.Quokka was very cute.But Quokka did not like bein...
Not Cute Philip Bunting Once there was a quokka.Quokka was very cute.But Quokka did not like being cute.Not one bit… This is the romping, stomping, chomping tale of one stubbornly adorable marsupial. But beneath its many costumes, 'Not Cute' is a simple story about self-acceptance, listening to others, and not succumbing to your own delusions. For ages four years and older About the Author: Philip Bunting is an author and illustrator, with a soft spot for creating picture books for sleep-depr...
$18.95
Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for ForagersAlison Pouliot and Tom May Fungi are diverse, delicious and...
Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for ForagersAlison Pouliot and Tom May Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on the rise, learning to accurately identify fungi reduces both poisoning risk to humans and harm to the environment. This extensively illustrated guide takes a 'slow mushrooming' approach – providing the information to correctly identify a few edible species thoroughly, rather than many superficially. ‘Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Forage...
$49.95
Our Strangely Normal HouseFleur Schell This book is based on an artwork titled ‘Floorplan’ by Wes...
Our Strangely Normal HouseFleur Schell This book is based on an artwork titled ‘Floorplan’ by Western Australian ceramic artist, Fleur Schell. The inspiration behind ‘Floorplan’ was a collection of Fleur’s grandmothers old suitcases looking for a new home. Slowly over a year Fleur transformed twelve suitcases into a series of dioramas representing every room of her home. The result was a single wall mounted artwork. Each suitcase divulges the everyday, standard goings on in her families far f...
$65.00
PerthDavid Whish-Wilson “…we rarely travel far to swim. We occasionally cross the river to Leight...
PerthDavid Whish-Wilson “…we rarely travel far to swim. We occasionally cross the river to Leighton or Cottesloe, where the white sand squeaks underfoot and the champagne foam in the shallows tingles the legs and fizzes over the shoreline and makes children giddy with delight … the cirrus clouds above the horizon often resemble passages of perfect cursive script written in soft white lines against the bluest page.” David Whish-Wilson's 'Perth' is a place where deeper historical currents are n...
$29.95
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
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
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