Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel
$19.95 AUD
Category: Ecology
The oak is the wooden tie between heaven and earth. It is the lynch pin of the British landscape.' The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. It has roots that stretch back to all the old European cultures but Britain has more ancient oaks than all the other European countries put together. More ...Show more
The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks
$16.99 AUD
Category: Psychology, Self-Help & Wellbeing | Reading Level: very good
Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The bestselling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neuro ...Show more
Biocentrism by Robert Lanza
$30.95 AUD
Category: Science & New Science
Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world--a US News & World Report cover story called him a "genius" and a "renegade thinker," even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read astronomer in the world, to produce Biocentrism, a revolutiona ...Show more
Evolutions; 15 Myths That Explain Our .. by Oren Harman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science & New Science | Reading Level: near fine
A reimagining of modern science and ancient mythology, and of what it means to be human. We may no longer think that the world was hatched from an egg, as the ancient Chinese did, or that our fate is ruled by a capricious Zeus and a resentful Hera. We now use genes to explain desire, and physics to expl ...Show more
Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science & New Science
From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness--panpsychismUnderstanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is somethin ...Show more
Milkwood: Real skills for down-to-earth living by Kirsten Bradley, Nick Ritar
$45.00 AUD
Category: Gardening & Permaculture
The skills that we learn bind our lives together. Do you want to know how to grow your own food? Or how to keep bees? How to forage for edible seaweed along the shoreline, or wild greens down by the stream? Maybe you're curious about growing mushrooms or how to grow the perfect tomato. You're invited t ...Show more
Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Galiano
$29.95 AUD
Category: Ecology
In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist, Monica Gagliano, reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. By transcending the view of plants as the objects of s ...Show more
The Urban Farmer: How to Create a Productive Garden in Any Space by Justin Calverley
$39.95 AUD
Category: Gardening & Permaculture
The guide for anyone who dreams of living the country life in the city by growing their own healthy, sustainable fruit and veg - and more! Producing our own fruit, vegetables, herbs, eggs and honey is perfectly possible in a suburban space, and this practical guide will help urban dwellers develop a mor ...Show more
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav
$31.50 AUD
Category: Science & New Science | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Featuring a new introduction, an exploration of quantum physics and relativity theory is presented for the layperson reader in an accessible and occasionally whimsical format. By the author of The Seat of the Soul.
Guns, Germs and Steel: (Patterns of Life) by Jared Diamond
$24.95 AUD
Category: Science & New Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
Read this specially designed new edition of Jared Diamond's Pulitzer-prize winning exploration of what makes us human. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the c ...Show more
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Ecology | Series: Penguin Classics
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and ...Show more
Making Sense - Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." Sam HarrisNeuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world.Harris's search for deeper understan ...Show more