The Great Barrier Reef, Australia's Tropical Paradise  •  Alison Cates NATURAL HISTORY •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 160 PAGES • COMING IN A handsomely illustrated overview of the nature and attractions of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. Divided geographically, it includes chapters on the Far North, Cairns, Townsville, Central and South regions. (AUS71, $49.95)
Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station  •  Herbert Guthrie-Smith  •  William Cronon NATURAL HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 464 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • COMING IN First published in 1921, this loving acount of the ecology of New Zealand focuses on Guthrie-Smith's 40,000-sheep shearing station on the shores of Lake Tutira. He covers the geologic setting, ecology and and impact of sheep on the region. With line drawings, maps and a few period photographs. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic, this edition of the classic environmental history is championed by historian William Cronon. (NZL26, $24.95)
Janet Frame, An Autobiography: To the Island, An Angel at My Table, The Envoy from Mirror City  •  Janet Frame BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1991 •  PAPER  • 435 PAGES • COMING IN The three-volume memoir of one of New Zealand's most original writers. From her impoverished upbringing to her misdiagnosis with mental illness to her transformation into a distinguished novelist/poet, Frame's is a story of courage and creativity. Told in haunting, evocative prose. (NZL25, $19.95)
Indigenous Australian Voices: A Reader  •  Jennifer Sabbioni ANTHOLOGY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 330 PAGES • COMING IN This anthology brings together diverse stories, poems, novel excerpts and artwork by 36 contemporary Aborigine writers and artists. (AUS45, $25.00)
Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth  •  Maurice Krafft NATURAL HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • COMING IN A volume in the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket-size encyclopedia is an overview of volcanoes and volcanology by the great French scientist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1991). It's a history of our understanding of volcanoes, a profile of some of the most famous examples, and an excellent introduction to how they are formed. (GEO06, $12.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)