On Animals by Susan Orlean
$29.99 AUD
Category: Animals
A delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.
On Being a Bear - Face to Face with Our Wild Sibling by Rémy Marion; Lambert Wilson (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Animals
For readers of Jane Goodall and Lawrence Anthony, this up-close, captivating look at bears traces our complex relationship to the animal throughout history.On Being a Bear draws on history, legends, scientific studies, and the author's thirty years of observing bears around the world to offer a richly d ...Show more
On Cats by Charles Bukowski
$19.99 AUD
Category: Animals
'A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won't let go' For Charles Bukowski there was something majestic and elemental about cats. He considered them to be sentient beings, whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Cats see into us; they are on to something. ...Show more
Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha (Yolŋu & English) by Siena Stubbs
$17.99 AUD
Category: Animals
A delightful gift book of birds from around Yirrkala, which is Siena's home in North East Arnhem Land. This beautiful liitle book includes the English and Yolnu names of the birds and their Yolnu moiety. In Yolnu culture, everything is divided into two moieties: Yirritja and Dhuwa - and as a result all ...Show more
Our Dogs, Ourselves. The story of a unique bond by Alexandra Horowitz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Reading Level: very good
In this book Alexandra Horowitz examines what's called the 'dog-human bond': examining all aspects of the complexity of this unique interspecies pairing. From her position as a dog scientist, she uses the science of dogs and dog-human interaction to ground a consideration of the various ways that dogs, ...Show more
Our Symphony with Animals - On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies by Aysha Akhtar; Carl Safina (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being. Deftly combining medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to sho ...Show more
Owling - Enter the World of the Mysterious Birds of the Night by Mark Wilson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Animals
From Hedwig, the Snowy Owl of Harry Potter fame, to Winnie-the-Pooh's beloved friend Owl, this wide-eyed bird of the night has found its way into young hearts and imaginations everywhere. Owling invites young readers into the world of real-life owls, to learn about their fascinating behaviors and abilit ...Show more
Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan Slaght
$22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020 - A breathtaking portrait of Russia's remote far eastern forest, and of the world's most extraordinary owlThe forests near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire are the only place on earth where brown bears, leopards and tigers co-e ...Show more
Panda Love : The Secret Lives of Pandas by Ami Vitale (Photographer)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Panda Love is a collection of incredible images of these gentle giants. Ami Vitale's stunning photographs, taken on location in China, document the efforts to breed pandas and release them back into the wild. Ami was given unprecedented access to the pandas and her photos give an amazing insight into th ...Show more
Pelican by Barbara Allen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Animal Ser.
With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill, and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But as Barbara Allen reveals, this graceful skimmer of ocean waves has a checkered history. Originally classed as "unclean" in the King James Bible, the legend of the c ...Show more
Pests - How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire
$39.99 AUD
Category: Animals
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals "pests" and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the ...Show more
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire
$52.99 AUD
Category: Animals
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the st ...Show more