Author: | Brian Parkinson |
Category: |
New Zealand Non Fiction |
Series: | Photographic Guide to |
This new addition to a popular series recognises the fact that New Zealand is a fascinating arena of study for anyone with an interest in insect life, be it casual or academic. The country's long isolation from other land masses has led to... read more
Author: | Tony Jewell (photography Rod Morris) |
Category: |
New Zealand Non Fiction |
Series: | Photographic Guide to |
Everyone has heard of the tuatara, New Zealand's unique 'living dinosaur'; but equally fascinating, if less well known, are the country's other reptiles. There are more than 65 species of lizards (including skinks and gecko... read more
Author: | Nick Mortimer & others |
Category: |
New Zealand Non Fiction |
Series: | Photographic Guide to |
The twelfth book in the popular New Holland series examines New Zealand's fascinating geology. Almost every kind of rock found on Earth can be seen in New Zealand, and most of the common minerals too. This handy reference guide w... read more
Author: | Lawrie Metcalf |
Category: |
New Zealand Non Fiction |
Series: | A\Photographic Guide To... Ser. |
In this text, fact-filled descriptions highlighting key identification features of New Zealand trees are supported by distribution maps and colour photographs of over 100 species. Compact and easy to use, this text should appeal to those interested in natural history.
Author: | Geoff Moon; Lynnette Moon |
Category: |
New Zealand Non Fiction |
Series: | Photographic Guide to |
A comprehensive guide to birds that includes species accounts which have been updated according to the 4th edition of the Ornithological Society's official Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand. It features photographs of the most commonly seen birds along with detailed information on distribution, habitat, behaviour and breeding.
Author: | Morris R & King C |
Category: |
Animals |
Series: | Photographic Guide to |
This new addition to a popular series delves into a fascinating field of New Zealand's natural history. In prehistory, only a few bats, marine mammals and odd quadrupeds constituted our local land-breeding mammals; but today these have been joined by a t... read more