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Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia - Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group - that young scientist found himself ghost-whisperi ...Show more
An Explorer's Notebook: Essays on Life, History and Climate by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
Category: Essays
An Explorer's Notebook is a fascinating and exhilarating selection of Tim Flannery's essays and articles written over two decades. In them we see his evolution from the young scientist conducting field work in remote locations to the influential commentator on climate change. His bestselling book The We ...Show more
Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis by Tim Flannery
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
A timely intervention on climate change from the internationally acclaimed scientist and author of the hugely influential The Weather Makers. How close is the great climate crisis? Can our desire to overcome it drive humanity's next great waves of positive technological economic and social revolution? ...Show more
Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived by Tim Flannery, Emma Flannery
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Nature | Reading Level: near fine
Big Meg charts the evolution of megalodon, its super-predator status for about fifteen million years and its decline and extinction. It delves into the fossil record to answer questions about its behaviour and role in shaping marine ecosystems as well as its impact on the human psyche. It contains stori ...Show more
Country: A Continent, a Scientist and a Kangaroo by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues
Country is about the unique nature of Australia and about Flannery's own journey toward understanding it. Travelling thousands of kilometres, he encounters Aboriginal cultures and examines Europeans trying to understand this land. He begins to understand how Australia's deserts and rainforests have shap ...Show more
Creepiest Crawly Critters (Explore Your World) by Tim Flannery; Emma Flannery
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals & Natural World | Series: Explore Your World | Reading Level: near fine
Get ready to get up close and personal with the creepiest crawly critters with real-life explorer and scientist, Professor Tim Flannery. You may think you know all that's around you, but look closer and dig deeper -you'll discover a cast of the scariest (but very cool!) background characters in your lif ...Show more
Deep Dive into Deep Sea (Explore Your World) by Tim Flannery
$26.99 AUD
Category: Encycopaedias, Science, Maths & reference materials | Series: Explore Your World
Get ready to dive into the darkest depths of the sea with real-life explorer and scientist, Professor Tim Flannery. You might think you know about the ocean, but the deep sea is nothing like the beach. Things are WEIRD down there. Who is the giant squid's mortal enemy? Can you see ghosts in the deep se ...Show more
Europe: The First 100 Million Years by Tim Flannery
$24.99 AUD
Category: European
It is hard to overstate just how unusual Europe was towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs. It was a dynamic island arc whose individual landmasses were made up of diverse geological types, including ancient continental fragments, raised segments of oceanic crust, and land newly minted by volcanic ...Show more
Here on Earth : An Argument for Hope by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: vert good
"We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature - of our true abilities and of our history - is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds - a civilisation which is transforming our Earth. We are master ...Show more
Life And Adventures 1776-1801 - Text Classics by Nicol John And Flannery Tim
$12.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics
"At length, almost to our sorrow, we made the land upon the 3rd of June 1790, just one year all but one day from our leaving the river. We landed all our convicts safe." First published in 1822, this is the extraordinary story of John Nicol, a sailor who circled the globe twice, fought Napoleon's navy, ...Show more
Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery
$39.99 AUD
Category: Literary | Reading Level: near fine
Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David Attenborough once described him as being 'in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone.' This definitive collection of his work brings together thirty years of essays, speeches a ...Show more
Life and Adventures: Text Classics by Tim Flannery, William Buckley
$12.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In 1803 the convict William Buckley, a former soldier, escaped from the first official settlement in Victoria, near Sorrento on Port Phillip Bay. For three decades the 'wild white man' lived with Aborigines around the bay, before giving himself up in 1835. First published in 1852, The Life and Adventure ...Show more