Quick view Saving Eden: The Gearagh and Irish Nature by Kevin Corcoran Now: €25.00 MSRP: Was: ** Available exclusively from Vibes & Scribes ** Once the envy of Europe, Ireland’s pristine environment has been butchered beyond recognition. This destruction is shockingly evident in The Gearagh, near Macroom in County Co… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty (Paperback) Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: Rediscover the outdoors and natural world with the multi-award winning phenomenon and youngest ever major literary prize winner in UK history. 'Miraculous memoir...profoundly moving' Observer 'Dara is an extraordinary voice and … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Life in Ireland: A Short History of a Long Time by Conor O'Brien Now: €16.95 MSRP: Was: This is the story of life in Ireland--a story half a billion years in the making. With its castles, crannogs, and passage tombs, Ireland is a land where history looms large, but the saga of life on this island dates back millions … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond Now: €5.00 MSRP: €13.75 Was: From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel. More than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Naked Scientist: Everyday Life Under the Microscope by Dr Chris Smith Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: Why use expensive beauty products when you can moisturise with jellyfish? Have you ever suspected pollution was to blame for your children's plummeting IQ? Ready to take a sea change . . . on Mars? And how about chopping an onion … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell Now: €11.99 MSRP: €12.50 Was: In the remote mountains of Scotland, in high-tech bunkers in South Dakota and in the lush valleys of New Zealand, small groups of determined men and women are getting ready. They are environmentalists who fear the ravages of clima… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Invention of Nature : The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf Now: €6.99 MSRP: €16.25 Was: Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist - more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a pen… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us by Adam Rutherford Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: What makes us human? Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells the story of how we became the unique creatures we are today. Illuminated by the… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Our Wild World: From the Birds and Bees to our Boglands and the Ice Caps by Éanna Ní Lamhna Now: €16.99 MSRP: Was: Wildlife expert Eanna Ni Lamhna takes us on a tour of all things to do with our wonderful natural world: from a celebration of our fascinating birds and bees, and their powers of migration and pollination, to the thorny challenges… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Wild at Heart: Man and Beast in Southern Africa by Chris Johns Now: €8.99 MSRP: €28.00 Was: Stunning full-color photographs capture the rich natural beauty of southern Africa, offering extraordinary portraits of such wildlife as rhinos, elephants, and cheetahs, as well as the interconnection of the region's diverse human… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Life: A Journey Through Time Now: €19.99 MSRP: €50.00 Was: Planet earth - home sweet home. In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer, Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a rem… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Eye to Eye by Frans Lanting Now: €29.99 MSRP: €37.50 Was: Eye to Eye is the classic personal portfolio by master photographer Frans Lanting, the award-winning photographer and naturalist who has set the standards for a whole generation of wildlife photographers. The book gathers more tha… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim Al-Khalili Now: €5.00 MSRP: €16.25 Was: In Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Sidney Perkowitz Now: €11.10 MSRP: Was: Physics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. Understanding the physics of our universe is an essential as… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by A.N. Wilson Now: €8.99 MSRP: €29.99 Was: With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwinhailed as the man who "discovered evolution"was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo, Copernicus, and Newton. Eminent writer A.… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist by Richard Dawkins Now: €5.99 MSRP: €23.50 Was: For decades, Richard Dawkins has been a brilliant scientific communicator, consistently illuminating the wonders of nature and attacking faulty logic. Science in the Soul brings together forty-two essays, polemics, and paeansall w… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science by Richard Dawkins Now: €5.00 MSRP: €13.50 Was: In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religio… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin Now: €4.99 MSRP: Was: In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structur… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense by Barney Shaw Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-expe… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Introducing Science by Ziauddin Sardar Now: €2.99 MSRP: €12.50 Was: How do we reconcile the advantages of science with its perils? What do scientists actually do? Is science 'value-free'? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? We now begin to see that uncertainty and… Add to Cart The item has been added