Australian Minescapes

Edward Burtynsky

A stunning collection of aerial photographs that reveal the extraordinary and contradictory beauty to be found in the colour and texture of Australia's huge man-made minescapes. A sumptuous, large format, casebound book also features a series of accessible and insightful essays on Burtynsky's work, on photography and Australian landscape and art.

ISBN: 9 7819208 43205

RRP: $55.95

Format: 92 pages, HB, 285 x 355 mm, 1250g

Field Guide to Frogs of Western Australia (Fourth Edition)

MJ Tyler and P Doughty

Western Australia is home to more than one third of the known frog species in Australia and new ones are still being discovered. This guide provides up to date informaion on all species, including their distribution and habitat. It also includes colour photographs and location maps to assist identification.

ISBN: 978 1 920843 40 3

RRP: $35.00

Format: 160 pages, PB, 240 x 165 mm, 480g

Field Guide to Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia And South-East Asia (Fourth Edition)

Gerald R Allen

This phenomenally successful guide to the wealth and variety of fish in Australia's tropical waters has been updated and expanded. It is an invaluable reference for divers and anglers and to everyone with an interest in our remarkable tropical fish. Full colour illustrations make identification easy and the author has included an edibility guide.

ISBN: 978 1 920843 39 7

RRP: $35.00

Format: 288 pages, PB, 240 x 165 mm, 810g

Leo The Marsupial Lion

John Long

The story of the discovery in a cave in the Nullarbor desert of 'Leo' the marsupial lion, and of the other megafauna that lived in Australia one million years ago. The book also recreates the story of Leo's life leading up to his death all that time ago, and is an excellent introduction to the important research of museum scientists.

ISBN: 9 781920 843940

RRP: $24.95

Format: 32 pages, HB, 270 x 216 mm, 430g

Pinnacles

Ken McNamara

The Pinnacles desert is a remarkable bare, yellow landscape of shifting sands out of which rise thousands of huge, limestone pillars. This book describes and illustrates their various shapes and the way in which they were formed, as well as revealing the rich fossil remains they contain.

ISBN: 978 1 920843 44 1     

RRP: $18.95

Format: 64 pages, PB, 180 x 128 mm, 120g

Redemption of a Slave Ship The James Matthews

Graeme Henderson

In the 1970's the wreck of the colonial period migrant ship, James Matthews, was found off Fremantle - careful examination and research revealed it had a dark past as a slave ship. Redemption of a Slave Ship is a comprehensive examination of a slaver, a tragic account of the people who lived and died on the vessel, and the story of one of Australia's most significant shipwrecks.

ISBN: 978 1 920843 991

RRP: $45.00

Format: 384 pages, HB, 235 x 165 mm, 1160g

Stromatolites

Ken McNamara

Stromatolites are complex domes or columns of sediment formed by microbiological communities. These 'living rocks', as they are sometimes called, teem with the very oldest life forms on earth. This book is a clear and accessible illustrated account of the structure and formation of these remarkable constructions.

 

ISBN: 978 1 920843 45 8

RRP: $18.95

Format: 88 pages, PB, 180 x 128 mm, 150g

1772: The French Annexation of New Holland

The Tale of Louis de Saint Alouarn

Philippe Godard and Tugdual de Kerros

On 30 March 1772, on the desolate Dirk Hartog Island Louis de Saint Alouarn formally annexed what is now Australia in the name of France. This is the story of an epic voyage under the most extreme conditions; a retelling of a chapter of Australian history which has largely gone unrecognised.

ISBN: 978 1 920843 98 4

RRP: $24.95

Format: 274 pages, PB, 236 x 165 mm