The Survival of Charles Darwin: A Biography of a Man and an Idea by Ronald W. Clark
$30.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good
Darwin by William Brown
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Darwin College Lectures | Reading Level: good
Charles Darwin can easily be considered one of the most influential scholars of his time. His thoughts, ideas, research and writings have had a far reaching impact and influence on modern thought in the arts, on society, and in science. With contributions from leading scholars, this collection of essays ...Show more
Darwinian Dominion: Animal Welfare and Human Interests by Lewis F. Petrinovich
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Bradford Bks. | Reading Level: very good
The controversial subject of this book is the permissible use of animals by humans. Lewis Petrinovich argues that humans have a set of cognitive abilities, developing from a suite of emotional attachments, that make them unique among species. Although other animals can think, suffer, and have needs, the ...Show more
The Theory of Evolution by John Maynard Smith; Richard Dawkins (Foreword by)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Canto Ser. | Reading Level: good
All living plants and animals, including man, are the modified descendants of one or a few simple living things. A hundred years ago Darwin and Wallace in their theory of natural selection, or the survival of the fittest, explained how evolution could have happened, in terms of processes known to take p ...Show more
Little People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's Eyes by Dan Kennedy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
A week after her birth in 1992, Dan Kennedy's firstborn daughter was diagnosed with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. Reassured by doctors that Becky would have normal intelligence and a normal life span, Dan and his wife, Barbara, quickly adjusted to the reality of her condition. What w ...Show more
The Fever Trail : In Search of the Cure for Malaria by Mark Honigsbaum
$16.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
Part science, part riveting historical adventure about one of the great scourges to afflict mankind Every year malaria kills 1.5 to 2.7 million people -- more than half of those deaths are children -- and 300 to 500 million people fall ill with the disease. As of yet, there is no cure. Malaria is a dead ...Show more
The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects by Roberto Abadie
$14.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: fine
The Professional Guinea Pig documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Until the mid-1970s Phase I trials were conducted on prisoners. After that practice was outlawed, the pharmaceutical industry needed a replaceme ...Show more
Meatanomics by Simon Robinson David
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good
Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. Most importantly, we've lost the ability to decide for ourselves what - and how much - to eat. Those decisions are made ...Show more
Hollies The Genus Ilex by Fred C. Galle
$50.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: Very Good
This book is the first definitive work in English, an authoritative reference to all the hollies in cultivation, describing many of the more than 800 species, 30 deciduous any 780 evergreen. The book is divided into four parts: the first covers landscaping and orcharding, the second includes botany and ...Show more
Strengthening Second Generation Regional Policy Statements An EDS Guide by Raewyn Peart
$15.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: Near Fine
Regional policy statements were some of the earliest documents prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991 when it came into force almost 20 years ago. Many are now under review with second generation documents being prepared. Regional policy statements are very significant. They provide an integr ...Show more
Fish Cognition And Behavior by Culum Brown (ed.); Kevin Laland (ed.); Jens Krause (ed.)
$60.00 NZD
Category: Natural History | Series: Fish And Aquatic Resources Series 11 | Reading Level: Very Good
Science on Ice - Discovering the Secrets of Antarctica by Veronika Meduna
$30.00 NZD
Category: Antarctic | Reading Level: very good
‘For some scientific questions, Antarctica is the best – and sometimes the only – place to look for answers. Visiting this frozen landscape is to gain a fresh perspective on our world, almost like going to another planet and looking back with renewed wonder on Earth.’ In Science on Ice, award-winning sc ...Show more