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  • Water 4.0

    The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource

    by David Sedlak ...
    The history behind our growing water crisis: “A gem . . . An erudite romp through two millennia of water and sanitation practice and technology.” —NatureTurn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done with it. But these underappreciated marvels ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rhino War

    In 2012 retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park.With poaching spiralling out of control, Jooste was given the mandate to ‘go military’, to convert Kruger’s ranger corps into a para-military force capable of taking the fight to the poachers.Aged 60, white, and a veteran of 35 years' military ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Material World

    A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

    by Ed Conway ...
    ****Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award**Picked as a Book of the Year by THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST and NEW STATESMANA BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week'A compelling narrative of the human story'** TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography'Lively, rich and exciting... full of surprises' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads_____________ ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Guns, Germs And Steel

    The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody

    by Jared Diamond ...
    This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Future Is Now

    Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies

    by Bob McDonald ...
    **One of:CBC’s “27 Canadian books we can't wait to read in September”CBC’s “60 works of Canadian nonfiction to watch for in fall 2022”Toronto Star's “40-plus books we’re most looking forward to this season”Is a global pandemic what it took to show us that saving our planet is possible?**In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice’s waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

  • The Earth Transformed

    An Untold History

    THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times**'Vast, learned and timely... ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD

  • H2O

    A Biography of Water

    by Philip Ball ...
    The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth. Whether one considers its role in biology, its place in the physical world (where it refuses to obey the usual rules of liquids) or ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Let My People Go Surfing

    The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual

    **"Wonderful . . . a moving autobiography, the story of a unique business, and a detailed blueprint for hope." —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelIn this 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard—legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.—shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • Active Hope (revised)

    How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power

    The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, war, political polarization, economic upheaval, and the dying back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. This revised, tenth anniversary edition of Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face these crises so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grave's End

    the brilliant third book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi investigations

    by William Shaw ...
    Series Book 3 - DS Alexandra Cupidi
    **'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID'A superb storyteller' PETER MAY**A BIZARRE DISCOVERYAn unidentified corpse is found in a freezer in the garage of an unoccupied house. DS Alexandra Cupidi is handed a case that is made even colder by no-one seeming to know or care whose body it is.A HISTORIC CRIMEIt becomes clear there is a connection between the crime and a skeleton uncovered ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • God Is An Octopus

    Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature

    by Ben Goldsmith ...
    'Intensely readable, poetic, truthful, wise and wonderful.' STEPHEN FRY'An extraordinary book.'SUNDAY TIMESStruggling to comprehend the shocking death of his teenage daughter, Ben Goldsmith finds solace in nature by immersing himself in plans to rewild his farm.In July 2019, Ben Goldsmith lost his fifteen-year-old daughter, Iris, in an accident on their family farm in Somerset. Iris's death left ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD

  • It's Not Just You

    by Tori Tsui ...
    **‘The world is in desperate need of this book’ - Greta Thunberg'It's Not Just You is a galvanising breath of fresh air' - Mikaela Loach'Tori Tsui is changing the conversation around mental health and the climate crisis' - Vogue‘A must-read for anyone who would love to understand the intersections of mental health and the climate crisis’ - Vanessa Nakate------------------------It’s not just you.* ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Lost Rainforests of Britain

    by Guy Shrubsole ...
    WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary PrizeTemperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, ... ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • A Clear Flowing Yarra

    by Harry Saddler ...
    They say you can't step in the same river twice, and it's true that the Yarra has been hugely changed - but this book is a glorious and timely reminder that things can also be changed for the better.Nature writer Harry Saddler hops, skips and jumps his way along, beside, on and even in the Yarra River from source to mouth, reveling in its hidden beauty, getting close to platypuses, kingfishers, ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Simply Climate Change

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Simply
    Exploring the science behind climate change has never been easierCombining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Climate Change is an essential introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge.The ebook explains the science that underpins the study of climate change and clearly outlines the pressures humans are putting on the planet.Assuming no ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • Hot Earth Dreams

    What if severe climate change happens, and humans survive?

    by Frank Landis ...
    What will the Earth look like if severe climate change happens, and humans survive?    It is not an easy question to contemplate, let alone answer. If severe climate change happens, the Earth will continue to warm for centuries after we've exhausted our fossil fuels. Civilization will shatter, the great artworks and monuments vanishing as cities fall into rubble and coasts disappear beneath rising ... Read more

    $27.80 AUD

  • Quarterly Essay 81 Getting to Zero

    Australia's Energy Transition

    by Alan Finkel ...
    Series Book 81 - Quarterly Essay
    The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions.In this lucid, inspiring essay, Alan Finkel maps Australia’s path forward. He explains the solar and wind revolution, and addresses the challenge of intermittent supply. He introduces hydrogen, the energy hope of the future. He ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Food for Life

    Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well

    by Tim Spector ...
    'No fads, no nonsense, just practical, science-based advice on how to eat well’ Daily Mail, Books of the Year**AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST**Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated. Bestselling author and scientist Tim Spector offers clear answers in this definitive, easy-to-follow guide ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • On Our Watch

    The Race To Save Australia's Environment

    by Nicola Markus ...
    Our stewardship of this country's natural assets over the past two hundred years has been appalling, and on the current trajectory of careless environmental pillaging, further massive decline would be a certainty … The future of the environment is being decided on our watch … Australia faces unique conservation challenges that most Australians do not know enough about. On Our Watch is an attempt ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • The Fires Next Time

    Understanding Australia’s Black Summer

    Following a three-year drought and during the hottest and driest year on record, a flume of scorching air set the Australian continent aflame. The Black Summer fires were unprecedented. Over six months in 2019–20 they burned more than 24 million hectares of Australia’s southern and eastern forests — one of the largest areas burnt anywhere on Earth in a single event. The fires killed 33 people and ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Redefining Genocide

    Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide

    by Damien Short ...
    In this highly controversial and original work, Damien Short systematically rethinks how genocide is and should be defined.Rather than focusing solely on a narrow conception of genocide as direct mass-killing, through close empirical analysis of a number of under-discussed case studies – including Palestine, Sri Lanka, Australia and Alberta, Canada – the book reveals the key role played by settler ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD

  • Ons soort mensen

    by Juli Zeh ...
    Translated by Annemarie Vlaming ...
    Ons soort mensen van Juli Zeh vertelt het verhaal van ‘ons kent ons’ en macht in een plattelandsdorpje in het huidige tijdsbestek. Moderne klassieker en genomineerd voor de Europese Literatuurprijs.Juli Zeh heeft met Ons soort mensen een meesterwerk geschreven.Het lijkt alsof Linda in het paradijs is beland in het dorp Unterleuten. Maar de plattelands-idylle wordt wreed verstoord wanneer een ... Read more

    $14.78 AUD

  • The Mountain in the Sea

    Winner of the Locus Best First Novel Award

    by Ray Nayler ...
    'I loved this novel's brain and heart'DAVID MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS'A first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive'JEFF VANDERMEER, AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATIONThere are creatures in the water of Con Dao.To the locals, they're monsters.To the corporate owners of the island, an opportunity.To the t... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Fisherman

    A chilling supernatural horror epic

    by John Langan ...
    ‘Illusory, frightening, and deeply moving, The Fisherman is a modern horror epic. And it’s simply a must read’ Paul TremblayIn upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus