Brain teasers for wherever you are in the world
The Maps Quiz Book is the ultimate activity book to improve your navigation skills, wherever you may be in the world. Forget crosswords and Sudoku!
Featuring 50 maps that cover subjects and places from around the globe, this book includes a range of historical, modern and fictional maps that will please any map aficionado. Each map comes with three different levels of questions under the headings Easy, Medium and Difficult, and all answers are at the back of the book.
In our digital world, the ability to read a map is being lost, yet it remains an important and basic skill. The questions don’t require any prior cartographic knowledge, so this brain teaser book will suit the whole family. In no time you’ll be expanding your knowledge and navigating your way through streets, geographic wonders and amazing facts via maps from around the world.
ISBN: 9781741177251
Publisher: Hardie Grant Explore
Publication date: December 2021
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
Dimensions: 21cm x 17cm
Weight: 660g
$27.50
Also available from: Hardie Grant Publishing, Booktopia, Amazon, etc.
Ecology and Landscapes
Steve Morton
Winner: The Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2022 Whitley Medal
Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent – the heart of Australia. Steve Morton brings his extensive first-hand knowledge and experience of arid Australia to this book, explaining how Australian deserts work ecologically.
This book outlines why unpredictable rainfall and paucity of soil nutrients underpin the nature of desert ecosystems, while also describing how plants and animals came to be desert dwellers through evolutionary time. It shows how plants use uncertain rainfall to provide for persistence of their populations, alongside outlines of the dominant animals of the deserts and explanations of the features that help them succeed in the face of aridity and uncertainty.
Richly illustrated with the photographs of Mike Gillam, this fascinating and accessible book will enhance your understanding of the nature of arid Australia.
ISBN: 9781486305995
Publisher: CSIRO
Format: Paperback
Pages: 298
Published: 15th February 2022
Available from CSIRO Publishing, Booktopia, Dymocks, Amazon, etc.
Traditional plant foods of the Kundjeyhmi people of Kakadu National Park
Gary Fox & Murray Garde
An-me Arri-ngun is the culmination of decades of work describing the bush tucker of the World Heritage–listed Kakadu National Park, one of Australian’s best known tourist destinations.
The authors and Kundjeyhmi people have worked closely to photograph and describe 149 plant species: from the toffee-like gum of river wattle to sweet an-badju yams sought by singing children. Each plant’s description includes: Kundjeyhmi, scientific and English common names; plant uses; plant preparation; and its cultural significance. The information is presented in simple, easy-to-read language, accompanied by over 500 spectacular photographs.
Over 65,000 years, the Kundjeyhmi people of Kakadu have gained an intimate knowledge of the area’s plant foods. An-me Arri-ngun: The Food We Eat will fascinate all those interested in Aboriginal life and culture, bush tucker, Aboriginal plant names and Australian flora.
ISBN: 9780980831269
Publisher: Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
Published: 2021 (2nd edition)
Format: Paperback, 500 colour photographs
Pages: 208
Available from Marrawuddi Gallery, Jabiru, https://marrawuddi.com.au/contact/
Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre, featuring illustrations by Graham Rostron
This phrasebook has been developed by the Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre for people to learn more about the language and cultures of Western and Central Arnhem Land.
It features the stunning artwork of Kune-speaking artist Graham Rostron from Central Arnhem Land.
Providing useful words and phrases for interacting with Bininj in appropriate and respectful ways, it gives additional information about the culture and life in the region.
Bininj has various meanings, including human (as opposed to nonhuman), Aboriginal (as opposed to non-Aboriginal) and man (as opposed to woman). Kunwok can mean language, speech, story, report, discourse.
Together, Bininj Kunwok basically means ‘the people’s language’. Bininj Kunwok includes the languages or dialects of Kunwinjku, Kuninjku, Kundjeyhmi, Kundedjnjenghmi, Kune and Mayali.
Proceeds from this book go back to supporting the Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre and keeping First Nations languages alive and strong for future generations.
ISBN: 978-0-6452191-0-4
Publisher: Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre
Published: 2022
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
Available from Marrawuddi Gallery, Jabiru, https://marrawuddi.com.au/contact/
Robert Hoogenraad and Brenda Thornley
This handy pocket-size book reveals the richness, strength and diversity
of the Aboriginal languages of Central Australia. It contains a wealth
of information indispensable to visitors to Central Australia as well
as anyone working with Aboriginal people or with an interest in
Aboriginal culture and language.
• Four full-colour maps that show the main languages and dialects spoken in different parts of Central Australia and how they relate to each other.
• A list of Aboriginal communities and their locations
• Commonly used in alternative community names
• A guide to the pronunciation of each language name
• The number of speakers of each language and a guide to which languages are in daily use.
ISBN: 9781864650440
Publisher: IAD Press
Published: 2003
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Available from IAD Press Alice Springs, Booktopia