Obaysch - A Hippopotamus in Victorian London by John Simons
35.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London is the story of the first 'star' animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. Captured near an island from which he took his name, Obaysch was donated to the zoo by the viceroy of Egypt, and his arrival was greeted with a wave of 'Hippomania', doubling the number ...Show more
Amazing Facts about Baby Animals - An Illustrated Compendium by Maja Säfström
24.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Who doesn't love baby animals? Amazing Facts About Baby Animals is an adorable celebration of all kinds of fuzzy, fluffy, scaly, and feathery animal babies and their parents. This charming collection by beloved Swedish artist Maja S&aauml;fstr m is full of interesting, weird, and funny facts about a ...Show more
Trim: Story of a Seafaring Cat by Matthew Flinders
19.95 AUD
Category: Animals
"To the memory of Trim, the best and most illustrious of his Race, the most affectionate of friends, faithful of servants, and best of creatures. He made the Tour of the Globe, and a voyage to Australia, which he circumnavigated; and was ever the delight and pleasure of his fellow voyagers. Returning to ...Show more
Dog Dilemmas - The Dog's-Eye View on Tackling Pet Problems by Sophie Collins
19.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Dog's-Eye View Ser.
Even the best relationships aren't always problem-free - and the one that you have with your dog is no exception. So when a dilemma arises, what you need is Dog Dilemmas. One of the first titles in the Dog's-Eye View series, it not only offers good, workable, up-to-date advice for dealing with any and a ...Show more
Puppy Problems by Sophie Collins
19.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Dog's-Eye View Ser.
You just got home with your brand-new puppy: you walked in the door together, he peed a little on the floor, you mopped it up, and now you're sitting looking at each other. What next? If you've had the foresight to buy a copy of Puppy Problems: The Dog's Eye View, you'll already have a plan. Not only is ...Show more
The Idle Beekeeper - The Low Effort, Natural Way to Keep Bees by Bill Anderson
55.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it's not just our honey supply that's at stake: bees' contribution to the pollination of various crops is essential to human survival. But even in industrial apiaries--the most common approach to facilitate the rebound of threatened bee p ...Show more
The Hive by Bee Wilson
28.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent or fantastical. In this ...Show more
Leaving the Wild - The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses by Gavin Ehringer
26.95 AUD
Category: Animals
The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who abandoned their wild existence in exchange for our care and protection? Domestication has proven to be a wildly successful survival strategy. But this success has not been without its drawbacks. A modern dai ...Show more
Goats and Sheep: A Portrait Farm by Elena Kevin (PHT); Passarello Horan
59.99 AUD
Category: Animals
When American photographer Kevin Horan moved from city to country, he found among his animal companions goats and sheep whose chorus of sounds suggested they were not just herd animals, but perhaps individuals as well. Experienced in portraiture, Horan decided to photograph them in his studio, as though ...Show more
The Animal's Companion: People and Their Pets, a 26,000-Year Love Story by Jacky Colliss Harvey
35.00 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: 26,000 Year Love Story
The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his 'canid' took a walk through a cave. Their foot and paw prints were preserved together on the muddy cave floor, and smoke from the torch the boy carried was left on the walls, allowing archaeol ...Show more