Social - Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman
$36.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly hurt by bereavement? What are the evolutionary benefits of these traits? The young discipline of 'social cog ...Show more
Never Work with Animals by Gareth Steel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Gareth Steel wants you to understand vets in a way you never could have before.How it feels to watch a healed dog bound into their owner's arms. The joy of breathing life into the fluid-filled lungs of a newborn calf after a difficult labour. The satisfaction of rescuing a distressed sheep from the high ...Show more
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19: What Pandemics Teach Us About Parenting, Work, Life, and Communities from the 1700s to Today by Kari Nixon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
For readers of Mary Roach and Jared Diamond, an innovative look at the histories of different epidemics and what it meant for society, alongside what lessons different diseases have to teach us as society battles the novel coronavirus. Throughout history, there have been numerous epidemics that have ...Show more
ISE Seeley's Anatomy and Physiology by Cinnamon VanPutte; Jennifer Regan; Andrew F. Russo
$154.95 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Positively Green: Everyday Tips to Help the Planet and Calm Climate Anxiety (National Trust) by Sarah LaBrecque; National Trust Books
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: National Trust Ser.
Positively Green is a guide to caring for the planet - and yourself. From journalist and Positive News partnerships editor Sarah LaBrecque, National Trust's Positively Green is an informative and captivating guide to sustainable living. With chapters on energy, fashion, food and more, you'll discover w ...Show more
Wild World Hb by BOWEN
$99.00 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
- A stunning compilation of wildlife photography from autistic environmental campaigner Alfie Bowen- Evocative, beautiful pictures of animals, from lions to lemurs, flamingos and koi fish- Foreword from wildlife presenter Chris Packham and an introduction from Alfie Bowen himself"With each day spent out ...Show more
Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures by Christine Kenneally
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? What role does Neanderthal DNA play in our genetic makeup? How did the theory of eugenics embraced by Nazi Germany first develop? How is trust passed down in Africa, and silence i ...Show more
The Organized Mind: The Science of Preventing Overload, Increasing Productivity and Restoring Your Focus by Daniel Levitin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details. The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more--and faster--decisions about ...Show more
The Motivation Hoax: A Smart Person's Guide to Inspirational Nonsense by James Adonis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Everywhere you look there's a motivational quote to greet you. Pursue your passion Nothing is impossible Happiness is a journey, not a destination But what if there is actually scant evidence to back up these shimmering proclamations? What if positive thinking does not, in fact, lead to positive ...Show more
1,001 Voices on Climate Change - Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World by Devi Lockwood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Join journalist Devi Lockwood on this "monumental achievement" (Richard Moor, bestselling author of On Trails) as she bikes around the world collecting personal stories about how flood, fire, drought, and rising seas are changing communities.It's official: apocalyptic climate predictions finally came tr ...Show more
Thylacine by Ben Garrod
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Extinct - the Story of Life on Earth Ser.
TV scientist Ben Garrod presents the biggest extinction events ever, told from the point of view of evolution's superstars, the most incredible animals ever to swim, stalk, slither or walk our planet. Whether you're 9 or 90, his unique exploration of the most destructive, yet most creative, force in nat ...Show more
A Human's Guide to the Future by Dr Jordan Nguyen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING AT THE FASTEST RATE WE'VE EVER SEEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE SLOWEST RATE WE'LL EVER SEE AGAIN! What does this mean for the future of the human race? Do we resist these changes or embrace them?Australian biomedical engineer, inventor and visionary Dr Jordan Nguyen has lived a life of cu ...Show more