Item category 2: Science & Technology

Farming sits at the intersection of the world's biggest challenges around climate change, soil, water, energy, natural disasters and zoonotic diseases. Yet Australia has no national food policy. No national agriculture strategy. Our water policy is close to the Hunger Games. People with means can...

How to survive when things get horrible? Want to know how to deal with a blinding blizzard? What to do when a tornado hits? How it feels to get struck by lightning? This work offers wicked weather facts, life-saving tips and heart-stopping survival stories. Geography has never been so horrible.

Introduces readers to the science and engineering that makes wireless local area networks possible. Accessible text, helpful diagrams, and a How Does It Work? feature make this book an exciting introduction to understanding technology.

Investigate the animal kingdom, exploring the worlds of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians and find out how they raise their young, where in the world they make their homes and what it means for some of these animals to be endangered. This brilliant book is bursting with fantastic informatio...

Wild babies come in many different shapes and species. From pufflings to porcupettes, meet some of our world's most incredible infants. Philip Bunting celebrates the cute and cuddly babies of the animal world in this laugh-out-loud book. Wild About Babies is filled with Philip's glorious illustra...

Profiles the world's eight bear species, including physical traits and behaviors common to all species, type of habitats, adaptations developed to ensure survival, and area of the world where each species lives.

Explore the beginnings of life on Earth and find out how fish learned to walk on land, how some dinosaurs grew into giants, which super predator is the most famous of all and how fossils hold the key to all these discoveries.

Fantastic facts about the scientific world. Uncover awe-inspiring science, from the earliest theories to the cells of the human body. Filled with fascination numbered facts, stunning photographs and fun cartoons, this amazing book is totally wild about science!