All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
$24.99 NZD
Category: Animals
The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of wartime London is a far cry from James Herriot's day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And whilst he is keen to serve King and country ...Show more
Animal Trials by Edward Payson Evans
$29.99 NZD
Category: Animals
Can an animal commit a crime? For hundreds of years until the mid-nineteenth century, trying an animal in a court of law and sentencing it to imprisonment or death was a common practice in Europe. This became the subject of a pioneering work called The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Anim ...Show more
Animal Ultimate Handbook by .
$30.00 NZD
Category: Animals
Take a tour of the animal kingdom and learn everything there is to know about the wildlife that inhabit the Earth in this complete guide to animals.The latest title in DK's popular Ultimate Handbook series takes you on a journey of a lifetime as you discover some of the world's most incredible mammals, ...Show more
Animals: A Children's Encyclopedia by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Animals
A comprehensive, updated, reference book on animals for families See the animal kingdom up close and personal in this stunning visual encyclopedia In the same series as the New Children's Encyclopedia and DK children's encyclopedias of Science, Art, and Geography (among others), this updated animal ency ...Show more
Auckland Zoo - 100 Years, 100 Stories - A Century of wildlife at Auckland Zoo by Sarah Ell; Aja Pendergrast; Jane Healy
$55.00 NZD
Category: Animals | Reading Level: very good
This beautiful book packed with fantastic photography, tells the fascinating story of how the Zoo has evolved from its early days as a 'living museum' into a modern zoo that takes an active role in conserving wildlife in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. All profits from the sale of this book w ...Show more
Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals by Ben Rothery
$35.00 NZD
Category: Animals
The first book in a brand-new series from award-winning illustrator Ben Rothery, showcasing some of the most outstanding features of the animal kingdom.Explore what it takes to be counted among the deadliest animals on Earth . . .From the saltwater crocodile's strong bite to the golden eagle's speed as ...Show more
Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals by Ben Rothery
$38.00 NZD
Category: Animals
The latest book from award-winning illustrator Ben Rothery. Our planet is home to more than 1 million species of animal. All of these creatures have peculiar adaptations and strange behaviours, but what does it take to be ranked among the weirdest and most wonderful of them all?
Big Dog, Little Dog by Seth Casteel
$48.00 NZD
Category: Animals
From the bestselling photographer behind Underwater Dogs and Underwater Puppies, a new irresistibly cute concept featuring tiny dogs and giant dogs side by side. A collection of stunning photographs, each featuring two dogs: one big, one small. These unexpected pairs are utterly adorable, making thi ...Show more
Big Pig, Little Pig: A Year on a Smallholding in South-West France by Jacqueline Yallop
$28.00 NZD
Category: Animals
'A love story, a meditation on meat eating, on farming animals, on the relations between man and beast. Yallop writes with great tenderness' Daily Telegraph On her fortieth birthday Jacqueline Yallop built a pig sty in rural south-west France. She and her husband Ed had decided to turn their Aveyron cot ...Show more
Birds: The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick
$39.99 NZD
Category: Animals
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest ...Show more
Birds of New Zealand: Collective Nouns by Melissa Boardman
$29.99 NZD
Category: Animals | Reading Level: near fine
A beautifully illustrated book featuring New Zealand Aotearoa's native birds, each with its very own collective noun. A tussock of takahē? A hoon of kākā? A whistling of whio? This beautifully illustrated book of collective noun names for our native birds reveals something unique about their cha ...Show more
Birdsong In A Time of Silence by Steven Lovatt
$37.00 NZD
Category: Animals
A lyrical celebration of birdsong, and the rekindling of a deep passion for nature. "At this time of year, blackbirds never simply fly- instead, like reluctantly retired officers, they're always 'on manoeuvres', and it's easy to see from their constant agitation that for them every flower bed is a bunk ...Show more