This is the ultimate pocket guide to the country's frogs. It may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its weight in terms of usefulness, jam packed with more than 200 images of all the species most likely to be encountered in Australia. For...

MUCK DIVING today is a global phenomenon, with divers travelling around the world to marvel at exotica such as mimic octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish, bobbit worms, stargazers, frogfish, demon ghouls and blue-ringed octopus. This book - the first complete...

Few animals rival spiders in their diversity of forms and colour, ecological abundance and importance, and complexity of behaviours. Spiders have inspired awe amongst arachnologists and naturalists and at the same time are feared by many. The Australian...

Life in the Tall Eucalypt Forests pulls back the curtain on one of Australia's most magnificent tall eucalypt forests, that of Victoria's Central Highlands. The beautiful photographs of the animals and plants that live there are accompanied by captions...

With beautiful illustrations and a truly accessible text, Palms Throughout The World is the essential reference work on the subject.Palms Throughout The World describes 800 species in 123 genera. David Jones, a research botanist and horticulturalist, has...

A photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Outback Australia comes in a compact easy-to-use format, making it an ideal pocket-sized travelling companion.Approximately 250 native flowering plants are featured with authoritative text describing key...

In ‘LAWSIE: Well…you wanted to know’, John Laws addresses the critics and controversies, discusses his phenomenal success and tells of the famous and infamous people he has met along the way…Brian Henderson, Col Joye, John Singleton, Kerry Packer, John...

Henry Lawson gave voice to a uniquely Australian identity and much of the Australian ethos of mateship was developed in his writing. Lawson authority Gregory Bryan has written a fascinating dual biography of Henry Lawson and his great mate and fellow...

Australian War Dogs introduces you to man’s best friend on the battlefield, the fourlegged digger. Canine troops have served alongside Australia’s armed forces for decades. Valued for their loyalty, intelligence and devotion in battle, war dogs have...

New Yearrsquo;s Day, 1963. The discovery of the bodies of a brilliant physicist and the wife of his colleague, in a riverside loversrsquo; lane, starts off a massive police investigation. There are no clues as to how they died. Despite drawing on the...

Revised and updated new edition of the popular and best selling handbook for all owner-builders.Home builders can contribute in many ways to reduce the use of products and processes that convert solid and liquid carbon containing materials into gaseous...

Peter Slater needs no introduction to Australian natural history enthusiasts. He has been publishing books celebrating the country's wildlife for many decades, not least the renowned Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds. For Visions of Wildness Peter...

Australia's Volcanoes will take you on a journey of discovery through Australia's volcanic upheaval. The book explains what happened all those years ago to create the volcanic landforms that you see today. Most of the sites featured are accessible by car...

The worldrsquo;s oceans are filled with an array of venomous and toxic marine critters, not to mention a whole host of apex carnivores. Join ace divers and photographers Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown as they tour the world in search of the 50...

One of the first three titles in an exciting new series of concise field guides.Pocket sized but covers over 225 key species, including orchids, wattles, daisies and myrtles. Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features. Written accounts on ID of...

Pocket sized.Covers over 200 species of mammal, reptile and amphibian.Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features.Pocket sized Covers over 200 species of mammal, reptile and amphibian.Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features.Written...

This new title in New Holland s award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia s trees and shrubs, celebrating the beauty, great diversity and unique evolution of the country s forests.The structure of this book is...

Our backyards form an important habitat for wildlife, providing food, shelter and a place to live and breed for countless species of birds, mammals, insects, reptiles and amphibians. This useful guide has many identification spreads on key species and...

THE AUSTRALIAN GREEN GUIDES have been created for wildlife enthusiasts of all ages. The most commonly asked questions are answered with particular emphasis on fascinating behavioural insights into both common and unusual creatures. The pages are alive...

This book investigates the always-popular subject of Australian butterflies. Early chapters explore the lifecycle of these magestic insects, with stunning images showing the progression from egg through caterpillar and chrysalis stages to adult butterfly...

Australia s gemstones and minerals are a treasure chest of world renown. This guide Gemstones and Minerals of Australia describes Australia s common minerals and gems as well as some rarities. It will assist collectors to identify a wide range of...

A new addition to the very successful Starting Out With ....series comes Starting Out With Cacti. Cactii are an amazing group of plants and perfect for dry areas. This book is full of invaluable information and is a great introduction to cacti and their...

Amateur and professional gardeners, horticulturists, commercial nurseries and students will find this book invaluable. Pests, Diseases and Ailments of Australian Plants is an authoritative reference on pests, diseases and nutritional disorders of...

Mulch is truly miraculous stuff! It saves water, protects and enriches the soil, suppresses weeds, promotes healthy plants, and to top it off, much of it is free. The range of materials used to make mulch is enormous and many of them are just lying...

An essential guide and invaluable resource for anyone interested in herbal medicine, Australian flora and the indigenous Australian culture.Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since earliest recorded history and Australia?s varied flora provided...

This invaluable companion to The Mammals of Australia (3rd Ed) is intended to be taken out into the field and used in conjunction with the more comprehensive volume.Genuinely practical in the outdoors, this book includes accounts of 389 species and newly...

In all, some 220 species and numerous hybrids or cultivars are discussed and photographed in colour.Climbing plants are an important group of garden plants because they add extra features to a collection. As a group, however, they tend to be neglected by...

Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia embraces an area that stretches from the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia, across Victoria and southern New South Wales to the NSW South Coast.It records the land and its vegetation in a...

Australia has a unique and diverse lizard fauna with nearly 650 named species, and this list grows each year as more are discovered. What Lizard is That? offers a glimpse into the lifestyles and variety of these amazing Australian animals. This book...

An invaluable tool for scientists and amateur naturalistsUsing meticulous scientific keys, this book teases out the differences between tadpole species and enables both scientists and amateur naturalists to identify what species of frog tadpole will...

This concise edition makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants for your garden.This concise edition of the phenomenally successful Australian Native Plants (now in its fifth edition) makes it even easier to choose Australian native plants...

Now in its third edition, this classic reference book for gardeners, by the late, best-selling author Stirling Macoboy, has been in print for almost 30 years. The completely revised edition, with existing entries updated and new ones added, includes all...

This compact, family-oriented guide to bushwalking around Sydney is specially designed to fit neatly into your daypack.,Sydney is blessed in being surrounded by bush - ringed on three sides by readily accessible national parks featuring a variety of...

Hakeas A Field And Garden Guide is the first fully comrehensive book on this plant group.Most Hakeas are shrubs. Many bear beautiful flower spikes, followed by large, unusual fruits which are popular in dried flower arrangements. Hakeas A Field And...

Bringing Back the Bush: The Bradley method of bush regeneration.The Bradley sisters, Joan and Eileen, lived in the Sydney suburb of Mosman and were the originators of bush regeneration worldwide. The method of bush regeneration they developed became...

This practical book identifies more than 140 species.No group of plants is so characteristically Australian as the Eucalypts, yet individual species are by no means easy to identify. This practical book, now revised and updated, identifies more than 140...

Identify all the frogs hopping and croaking their way around Australia.A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia will help you identify all the frogs hopping and croaking their way around Australia. A key, with drawings of distinguishing features, plus a...

This is a bird identification guide with a difference. Instead of using colour plates of paintings, Photographic Field Guide: Birds of Australia features photographs. Photographs of living birds can often provide detail not available in paintings, such...

Starting Out With Natives will help you discover what fun and how easy it is to grow natives.Growing native plants is easy. Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned gardener, Starting Out With Natives will help you to choose species to suit your...

New Edition. A comprehensive guide for those who wish to find, identify and understand Australian spiders.Illustrated with an identification guide, colour drawings and photographs, Spiderwatch is an easy-to-use and practical field manual. It contains...

A Handbook to Australian Seashells will help you to identify most of the shells you find, no matter where you are on the Australian coast. It includes over 375 species of the most common seashells found along our seashores. Each one is illustrated with a...

Aboriginal Myths, Legends and Fables presents a wealth of poetic and imaginative tales from Aboriginal cultural heritage. While retelling the stories simply, this book captures the mystical bonds that exist between Aboriginal people, their environment...

An enthralling collection of Aboriginal traditional talesAboriginal Stories of Australia is an enthralling collection of traditional tales that date back to the beginning of time. Learn how Yhi the sun goddess introduced life to the world, why the emu...

Aboriginal Tales of Australia takes us deep into the world of Aboriginal folklore and the DreamtimeDelve into this fascinating collection of legends and fables gathered from Aboriginal groups across Australia and discover lively and beautiful...

Aboriginal Words of Australia is a fascinating reference for anyone interested in knowing more about the original inhabitants of this vast continent.This book offers Aboriginal words from around Australia arranged alphabetically in two sections,...

Aboriginal Myths: Tales of the Dreamtime gives a fascinating glimpse of the wild and entertaining deeds of the mythic beings populating Aboriginal spiritual life. From acts of creation and the deeds of the Great Spirit, to totemic ancestors and tales...

Aboriginal Legends - Animal Tales is a unique collection of stories for those who are interested in learning more about this fascinating cultureLearn about the powerful Rainbow Snake, red and black flying foxes, the Eagle Hawk and the medicine man in...

Aboriginal Fables amp; Legendary Tales is a magical introduction to the world of Aboriginal folklore and the Dreamtime, for all those interested in Australia's colourful history.Filled with mythical half-human, half-animal beings such as the Rainbow...