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    How Birds Behave
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    How Birds Behave

    Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviours - from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do they behave as they do? Bringing to light the remarkable actions of birds through examples from...
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    Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs
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    Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs

    Australia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised...
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    Environmental Offsets
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    Environmental Offsets

    We are currently facing significant challenges in environmental management that must be addressed to maintain the health of our planet and our population. While carbon offsetting in its various forms is widespread globally, few countries have fully...
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    Two-way Science
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    Two-way Science

    Two-way Science: An Integrated Learning Program for Aboriginal Desert Schools supports remote Indigenous schools and communities to develop integrated learning programs connecting the cultural knowledge of the local community with Western science and the...
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    Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia
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    Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia

    Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining, with the survival of many species under threat. In Australia, several species have become extinct in the past 35 years.This second edition of Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia provides...
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    Wild Mushrooming
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    Wild Mushrooming

    *Longlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2022: Illustrated Non-Fiction**Longlisted for the ABIA Book Awards 2022: Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year*Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on...
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    Australian Bird Names
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    Australian Bird Names

    This Second Edition of Australian Bird Names is a completely updated checklist of Australian birds and the meanings behind their common and scientific names, which may be useful, useless or downright misleading! For each species, the authors examine the...
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    Australian Rainforest Seeds
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    Australian Rainforest Seeds

    Have you ever wondered how to grow your own rainforest trees? Is there a beautiful tree that you have always wanted to collect and propagate the seed from? Are you in the business of ecological restoration, rainforest propagation or environmental...
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    Frogs and Reptiles of the MurrayDarling Basin
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    Frogs and Reptiles of the MurrayDarling Basin

    The MurrayDarling Basin spans more than 1 million square kilometres across most of New South Wales, northern Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the lower third of Queensland and the south-eastern corner of South Australia. Wildlife habitats...
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    A Water Story
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    A Water Story

    Freshwater scarcity is a critical challenge, with social, economic, political and environmental consequences. Water crises in Australia have already led to severe restrictions being applied in cities, drought ravaging farmlands, and the near-terminal...
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    Birds of Prey of Australia
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    Birds of Prey of Australia

    Raptors are popular and iconic birds, and are important ecologically, with some species listed as threatened. Yet they are among the most difficult birds to identify. This fully updated Third Edition of the popular and award-winning field guide Birds of...
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    Darwin's Fossils
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    Darwin's Fossils

    Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle was a journey that would revolutionise our understanding of the natural world and our place in it.The magisterial work it spawned, The Origin of Species, is widely associated with the flora and fauna of the...
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    Effective Ecological Monitoring
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    Effective Ecological Monitoring

    Long-term monitoring programs are fundamental to understanding the natural environment and managing major environmental problems. Yet they are often done very poorly and ineffectively. This second edition of the highly acclaimed volume Effective...
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    Australian Birds of Prey in Flight
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    Australian Birds of Prey in Flight

    Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify. Australian Birds of Prey in Flight is a photographic guide to the eagles, hawks, kites and falcons flying high above you. Individual...
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    The Allure of Fungi
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    The Allure of Fungi

    Although relatively little known, fungi provide the links between the various organisms and ecosystems that underpin our functioning planet. The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives those of mycologists and ecologists,...
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    Australian Forest Woods
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    Australian Forest Woods

    Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest tree species and...
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    Birds in Their Habitats
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    Birds in Their Habitats

    This is a book of the discovery of birds and the places they live. Everywhere we go there are birds, and they all have mysteries to be unravelled. These mysteries include the way they look, from bizarre to apparently mundane, why they live where they...
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    Saving the Tasmanian Devil

    The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissible form of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%. Hunting, extreme climate events, vehicle collision and habitat destruction also put pressure on this...
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    Farming Meat Goats
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    Farming Meat Goats

    Goat meat is growing in popularity in Australia and is also an important export industry. It offers many opportunities for large- and small-scale farmers who need to diversify or seek alternative enterprises. Farming Meat Goats provides producers with...
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    Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials
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    Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials

    Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to theformidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare insight into the history andhabits of these creatures from their...
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    A Guide to Crickets of Australia
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    A Guide to Crickets of Australia

    Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia's remarkable cricket biodiversity. Crickets are notable for a variety of reasons. When their population booms, some of these species become agricultural...
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    Insects of South-Eastern Australia
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    Insects of South-Eastern Australia

    Insects of South-Eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for identifying insects. Richly illustrated with colour photographs, the different species of insects found in Australia's...
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    A Guide to Native Bees of Australia
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    A Guide to Native Bees of Australia

    Winner of the 2019 Whitley Award for Illustrated Guide A Guide to Native Bees of Australia provides a detailed introduction to the estimated 2000 species of Australian bees. Illustrated with stunning photographs, it describes the form and function...
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    Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics
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    Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics

    Queensland's Tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: from lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains and extinct volcanoes, to drier savanna woodlands and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef...
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    Big, Bold and Blue
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    Big, Bold and Blue

    The vast expanses of ocean that cover about 70% of our planet have been negatively affected by fishing, pollution and, increasingly, by climate change. To mitigate these effects and safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental...
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  • Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia
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    Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia

    This field guide to introduced dung beetles in Australia covers all species found in Australia, including two newly introduced species. It will enable farmers, Landcare workers and the interested public to identify and learn about the...
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    Radiology of Australian Mammals
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    Radiology of Australian Mammals

    This book gives a detailed account of the unique radiographic anatomy of Australian mammals. It provides veterinary practitioners and zoologists with descriptions and images of normal radiographic anatomy, which will...
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    Australian Rainforest Fruits
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    Australian Rainforest Fruits

    This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen from Cape...
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    Planning Melbourne
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    Planning Melbourne

    Melbourne has had the fastest-growing population of any Australian capital city for more than a decade. With an estimated 1.6 million additional homes needed by 2050, policy makers need to address current and emerging issues of amenity,...
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    Geelong's Changing Landscape
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    Geelong's Changing Landscape

    Geelong's Changing Landscape offers an insightful investigation of the ecological history of the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region. Commencing with the penetrating perspectives of Wadawurrung Elders, chapters explore colonisation and post-World War...
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    Tree Faller's Manual
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    Tree Faller's Manual

    The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw. Tree felling is a high risk activity. Many fatalities and serious injuries have occurred as a result of being...
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    Chainsaw Operator's Manual
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    Chainsaw Operator's Manual

    The Chainsaw Operator's Manual is an essential safety tool for chainsaw operators. It is the ultimate guide to basic chainsaw operating techniques covering safety, maintenance and cross-cutting, but not tree felling. Detailed diagrams illustrate...
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    Reptiles of Victoria
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    Reptiles of Victoria

    Winner of the 2019 Whitley Award for Natural HistoryVictoria's reptile population is not often encountered by urban dwellers, with many species rare or threatened. You may have glimpsed a skink darting into the undergrowth, a snake slithering along a...
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    Medicine of Australian Mammals
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    Medicine of Australian Mammals

    In Medicine of Australian Mammals, more than 30 experts present the most current information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals. This comprehensive text is divided into two parts. The first includes chapters on...
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    Gardening Down Under
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    Gardening Down Under

    This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck's classic best-seller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners. It will enable you to improve the worst of soils, choose the best fertiliser for particular plants and minimise water use. It...
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    Beating Burnout Beating Burnout
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    Beating Burnout

    A comprehensive guide to the reasons behind burnout, with effective, practical ways to manage and prevent burnout to create a more balanced future. Burnout is a phenomenon that can happen to anyone, yet it is most often found in high-pressured...
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    Horti-Curious Horti-Curious
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    Horti-Curious

    This wonderfully diverse collection of facts, figures and foliage is a celebration of plants, gardens and gardening. All things horticultural can be found here, from the phantasmagorical to the practical and everything in between. Delve into the...
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    Urban Beekeeping Urban Beekeeping
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    Urban Beekeeping

    An instruction manual for change, Urban Beekeeping explores how we can adapt urban spaces to create a more sustainable future, both for bees and for ourselves. Urban beekeeping has become a booming pastime in cities throughout the world. But why just fit...
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    Dogs & Us
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    Dogs & Us

    Discover the inner workings of our relationship with dogs in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the joy, love and chaos of having a dog in your life. But have you ever wondered why we...
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    Cats & Us
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    Cats & Us

    Discover the inner workings of our relationship with cats in this gentle, informed and fun look at the reasons why we love our four-legged friends. Many of us know the joy (and amusement) of having a feline companion. But have you ever wondered why we...
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    Creative Writer's Sourcebook Creative Writer's Sourcebook
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    Creative Writer's Sourcebook

    Explore the style and technique of the world’s greatest writers in this compendium to be treasured by literature lovers. From Katherine Mansfield to Toni Morrison, discover 50 celebrated writers and the literary techniques that set them apart. Each...
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    Secret Heroes of World War II Secret Heroes of World War II
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    Secret Heroes of World War II

    World War II had many influential figures, whose incredible acts of bravery, skill and intelligence helped to turn the tide of the war. But few of them receive the recognition their actions deserve. In Secret Heroes of World War II, we meet the...
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    Deceptions of World War II Deceptions of World War II
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    Deceptions of World War II

    Discover the inner workings of many incredible, ingenious and decisive acts of military cunning in this fascinating insight into the tactics of World War II presents notable successes, as well as the most daring and outrageous plans.  Critical...
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    Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie
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    Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie

    A practical and therapeutic guide to managing anxiety, written specifically for those aged 14–25 by a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults. Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is aimed at young...
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    Greatest Walks of the World
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    Greatest Walks of the World

    Explore the most epic walking routes of the world from the comfort of your armchair: chart the routes, read details only a local would know, and see the beautiful destinations for yourself. Use this book to choose where to walk next, with notes on what...
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    When Grandma Burnt Her Bra
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    When Grandma Burnt Her Bra

    In When Grandma Burnt Her Bra, author Samantha Tidy and illustrator Aśka depict the world as seen by a child whose own grandma, a loud and proud feminist, was part of the revolution that now benefits us all. Readers of all types will enjoy this...
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    My Giant Sea Shell My Giant Sea Shell
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    My Giant Sea Shell

    Through the eyes of a child, we are taken on a journey, as she watches her mother disappear through depression and tries to understand her mothers’ transformation from what she once was, to where she is now, and how to help get her back and find her...
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