Banksias

Kathy Collins

Kathleen Collins

KEVIN COLLINS

Alex George

Bloomings Books

Mediterranean gardening offers a way of living in harmony with the earth without contrived effects or heavy spending. Born of long human experience on the land, it is frugal and fruitful, serves many purposes and gives many pleasures, year-round. Today, it adapts easily to our growing ecological awareness, to individual creativity and community sharing. Above all, it perpetuates a long-standing partnership between human beings and their environment, tested in Mediterranean countries for millennia. Mediterranean cooking grew from peasant roots but has become fashionable today all over the world without loss of local diversity. More than a mere trend, it has been widely adopted because of its underlying, enduring practices: it is seasonal, local, healthy and flavourful, economical but capable of great refinement. Mediterranean gardening has much the same base and similar benefits. Like the cuisine, Mediterranean gardening offers an approach that can be adapted to all climates and budgets, for better, sustainable living in harmony with the environment.

Mediterranean Gardens

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Louisa Jones

Gardening & Landscape Design

Australia is one of the few countries in the world generally associated with a single group of plants, namely – the eucalypts. The genus Eucalyptus includes over 700 species, with almost a third of these occurring in south-eastern Australia in the crescent from the top of Spencer Gulf around to the northern New South Wales border including Tasmania. Nearly three hundred of the known species and subspecies in the area are included in this volume and each is described and illustrated. In each description the more important features are emphasized by the use of bolder type, and color photographs show the tree or mallee and its bark, buds and fruit. The botanical terms used throughout are explained and illustrated in the introduction and defined in the glossary. Since the first edition which was published in 1983, many new species have been discovered, and many names changed. In addition, the layout of the book has now been completely updated and reorganized consistent with volumes 2 and 3. At the head of each digest a summary shows how the species fits into the overall classification of eucalypts. Keys provide a systematic route to identification: there is a separate key for each of the four States covered by the books, plus the Australian Capital Territory. A wide range of characters is used to distinguish between the species. Field Guide to Eucalyptus Vol 1 is a most valuable and authoritative source of reference for all who are interested in trees – botanists, foresters, naturalists and many others.

Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 1: South-Eastern & Southern Australia

Kleinig, D.A.

Brooker, M.I.H.

Biography of Australia's First Natural Historian. A unique volume about a pirate who collected plant specimens as his booty! The enigma that was William Dampier has puzzled historians for centuries.

William Dampier in New Holland: Australia's First Natural Historian: Australia's First Natural Historian

History

George, Alex S.

Australia & Oceania

As their neighborhoods are blitzed by indiscriminate development bewildered suburbanites ask: How did we end up in this mess? With historical insight and characteristic candor Miles Lewis shows how planners and politicians have ignored the aspirations of many Melburnians, in Australia. Suburban Backlash is a cautionary tale that should be widely heeded.

Suburban backlash: The battle for the world's most liveable city

Arts & Photography

Lewis, Miles

Architecture

Swift, sleek, predatory and breathtakingly beautiful in action, birds of prey have always had a fascination for man. In Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia, David Hollands has achieved his goal of finding studying and photographing all twenty-four diurnal birds of prey in Australia. This comprehensive and authoritative work is divided into three sections: THE ESSAYS – written to capture the spirit of each bird as well as to present the ornithological facts; THE FIELD GUIDE – designed to summarize the facts likely to be used in the field, including many new observations previously unpublished; THE COLOR PLATES – over one hundred and fifty superb photographs depicting each species in a dramatic and original format, taken both at the next and in flight. This magnificent book is essential reading for all raptor enthusiasts and for every serious ornithologist. For this second edition of Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia, David Hollands has revised the whole text and made additions to several chapters, based on recent field expeditions. The color sections have been expanded to make room for a number of new photographs. This new edition of Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia comes after a long period of being out-of-print. David is now retired from medical practice and working on three new titles.

Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia

Science & Math

Hollands, David

Biological Sciences

Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden : Drought-Resistant Planting Throughout the Year

Beth Chatto

A collection of Tommy Garnett's writings from The Age, with illustrations by botanist Professor Turner, and illuminating commentaries by Professor Seddon. Some of Australia's best gardening and environmental writing by men who helped create a new environmental ethos.

From the Country

Garnett, T R

Gardening with Australian Rainforest Plants (Topics in Applied Physics)

Ralph Bailey

Julie Lake

David Hollands first became aware of owls as a young boy upon hearing the quavering hoot of the Tawny Owl which lived, out of sight, in the woods near his home. Their secrets remained undiscovered but then he came across some spectral Barn Owls in an ancient English barn. These were the first owls that he had watched at close quarters and photographed in the night. It was a magical experience and, by then, that first awareness had progressed and become a lifelong passion. David Hollands came to Australia in 1961and for a while, the demands of running a medical practice put a brake on other activities. Nevertheless, his fascination for birds, owls and photography could never remain submerged for long and, in 1999, he completed 'Birds of the Night' - a comprehensive study in words and photographs of Australia's owls, frogmouths and nightjars. However, David's owl studies continued. There were owls to be pursued around the world and he set out to find and photograph as many as possible. By his own admission, he has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. The author's love of birds extends beyond owls and he has also written books on Australia's Birds of Prey and on Kingfishers and Kookaburras. All three books won the Whitley Award for the Best Illustrated Australian Natural History book of that year.

Owls : Journeys Around the World

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