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John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest disease.Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a ma...

One of Heatmap's Climate Books to Read in 2025An empowering journey into the overstory with the arborists and forest experts safeguarding our iconic trees. Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women’s Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep con...

Hooray for horses! Jump into the perfect combination of facts, true stories, vibrant photos, and fun stuff all about one of the world's favorite animals. Hooray for horses! Jump into the perfect combination of facts, true stories, vibrant photos, and fun stuff all about one of the world's favorite a...

Consumer AI has arrived. And with it, inescapable upheaval as we grapple with what it means for our jobs, lives and the future of humanity.Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers ...

Illustrated with stunning new photographs by Brent Stephenson and drawing on the latest information from birders and biologists Birds of New Zealand is the definitive introduction to the identification and behaviour of this country's extraordinary avian life. From the Kermadecs to Campbell Island fr...

This handy reference guide focuses on plant and animal fossils commonly found in New Zealand. Fossils are the preserved remains of past life and are very much part of the natural environment in this country. The range of fossils described covers the geological time-scale of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and C...

This new addition of 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 a flowering of remarkable species including the world's heaviest insect (gian...

The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world. Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared Farmer reveals in Elderflora our veneration took a modern turn in the eighteenth century when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and precisely da...

How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us How do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through the inner workings of the human mind revealing how magicians achieve their spectacular and seemingly i...

At the scale of atoms and molecules things quite often like to stick together. But these tiny interactions don't just matter at the nanoscale; taken together they produce some important larger-scale forces friction for example. This force keeps our cars on the road trains on the tracks and our feet ...

Horseshoe crabs and hibernating squirrels. Jet-lagged pilots and space station astronauts. Night owls and early birds. All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily monthly and yearly cycles of planet Earth. This book takes the reader on a journey across a broad vista of science to make sense of the...

Cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind sounds the alarm on the unprecedented risks to global order posed by a wave of fast-developing technologies like artificial intelligence and genetic engineering A stark and urgent warning on the unprecedented risks that a wave of fast-developing techno...

A definitive guide to the metaverse- why it's important, why it matters to society, and how to create a metaverse that works for all of us The metaverse is a vision of how the next generation of the internet will operate. Many people believe it is the future. But what will that future look like? An ...

Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. aims to open readers' eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change. Winner, 2023 Australian Business Book Awards, Social Responsibility Longlisted for the ...

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction to humanity's transformative impact on the environment now asking: After doing so much damage can we change nature this time to save it? Elizabeth Kolbert has become one of the most important writers on the environment. Now she investig...

A smorgasbord of the senses from a professor of animal behaviour: how they work, why they're there, and what they mean for both human and animal lives. Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. Whittling this high-powered and deliciously varied palette down to just five does a great ...

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world - from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes.The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic...

Initially published as the first New Zealand title in a successful international series Geoff Moon's compact yet comprehensive guide to birds has gone on to become a bestseller in this country with sales now exceeding 20000 copies. In this fully revised edition with attractive new cover species acco...

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 will help you recognise and make sense of common (and some rare) rocks an...

A Photographic Guide to New Zealand Seashells covers 165 common and a few rarer species of molluscs one is most likely to encounter on New Zealand seashores. Each is treated with colour photographs - sometimes including the live creature - plus descriptive information including reproduction, habitat...

showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when tramping, will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, and flower photographers wishing to identify their subjects.

introduces over 90 species, focusing on the more commonplace introduced spiders but also featuring some of our rare native species. It gives details on their taxonomy, geographical origins, range and preferred habitat, plus special notes on behaviour, life cycle or diet. Spiders are found everywhere...

the fourth title in this series of compact, easy-to-use guides that covers much of the flora and fauna of New Zealand. The fishes of New Zealand are part of the Indo-Pacific fish fauna, by far the richest in the world. covers many bony (or teleostean) reef fishes belonging to the Super Class PISCES,...

essential to those that want to know more about the species. Given that they are found in a huge range of habitats, from the porch light to the forests, pastures and high country, it is easy to stumble across New Zealand's moths and butterflies. That study is still a 'work in progress': in addition ...