{"title":"Tim Low","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection featuring the works of \u003cem\u003eTim Low\u003c\/em\u003e, a distinguished Australian author renowned for his contributions to the Science \u0026amp; Nature genre. Tim Low is acclaimed for his insightful exploration of Australia's unique biodiversity and its broader impacts on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eWhere Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World\u003c\/strong\u003e, Low delves into the fascinating history and evolution of Australia’s avian life. He offers readers a compelling narrative on how these birds have not only shaped Australia's ecosystems but have also played a pivotal role in influencing global natural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother significant work by Tim Low is \u003cstrong\u003eWild Food Plants of Australia\u003c\/strong\u003e, a comprehensive guide that introduces readers to the rich variety of edible plants found across the Australian landscape. This book serves as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in foraging and understanding the potential of native plants as a food source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore this selection to gain deeper insights into Australia’s natural world through the expert lens of Tim Low, whose books continue to educate and inspire nature enthusiasts and professionals alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"where-song-began-australias-birds-and-how-they-changed-the-world-by-tim-low-9780143572817","title":"Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive and loud, to live in complex societies, and are long-lived. They're also ecologically more powerful, exerting more influence on forests than other birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds did not keep to Australia; they spread around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia provided the world with its songbirds and parrots, the most intelligent of all bird groups. In Darwin's time, it was thought that species generated in the Southern Hemisphere could not succeed in the Northern, an idea that was proven wrong in respect of birds in the 1980s but not properly accepted by the world's scientists until 2004 – because, says Tim Low, most ornithologists live in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result, few Australians are aware of the ramifications, which prompted the writing of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTim Low has a rare gift for illuminating complex ideas in highly readable prose, making of the whole a dynamic story. Here he brilliantly explains how our birds came to be so extraordinary, including the large role played by the foods they consume (birds, too, are what they eat), and by our climate, soil, fire, and Australia's legacy as a part of Gondwana. The story of its birds, it turns out, is inseparable from the story of Australia itself, and one that continues to unfold, so much having changed in the last decade about what we know of our ancient past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere Song Began\u003c\/em\u003e also shines a light on New Guinea as a biological region of Australia, as much a part of the continent as Tasmania. This is a work that goes far beyond the birds themselves to explore the relationships between Australia's birds and its people, and the ways in which scientific prejudices have hindered our understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342915719404,"sku":"9780143572817","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2444363482239.jpg?v=1743949871"},{"product_id":"wild-food-plants-of-australia-by-tim-low-9780207169304","title":"Wild Food Plants of Australia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralian Nature Fieldguide: Wild Food Plants of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e is presented in a concise, convenient form to facilitate quick and ready reference in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTim Low has provided a truly reliable guide to our edible flora, making identification easy, thus it is a perfect companion for bushwalkers, naturalists, scientists and, with emphasis on wild food cuisine, gourmets. Low describes more than 180 plants—from the most tasty and significant plant foods of southern and eastern Australia to the more important and spectacular inland and tropical foods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistribution maps are provided with each description plus notes on how these plants were used in the past and can be used today. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings, there is also a guide to poisonous and non-poisonous plants, and information on introduced food plants, the nutrients found in wild food plants, bush survival, and how to forage for and cook with wild plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eWild Food Plants of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tim's field guide is remarkable for its clear photographs and identifying notes as well at its intriguing asides and tasting notes\" - Stephanie Alexander, in Stephanie's \u003cem\u003eAustralia: Travelling and Tasting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"the best fieldguide I know to actually finding and eating uncultivated species\" - \u003cem\u003eCanberra Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A must for all of us who camp, forage and farm our unique Australian bushland\" - \u003cem\u003eAustralian Wellbeing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"His enthusiasm shines through every sentence, although tempered by a refreshingly sceptical and empirical approach to questions of palatability and food value... highly recommended\" - Australian Natural History magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46632482177260,"sku":"9780207169304","price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20521853482261.jpg?v=1752002059"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/tim-low.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}