Nature

The story of Alfred Barrett Biggs, pioneer in astronomy, seismology and telecommunications.

Paul Helleman's account of deaths and disappearances in Tasmania's national parks, reserves and wild places —  covering incidents from across the island's wilderness areas, indexed and thoroughly researched. The book documents what can go wrong when people venture into Tasmania's bush and mountains: walkers lost on the Overland Track, incidents in the Southwest, disappearances never resolved, and the search and rescue operations that followed. signed

Sarah Lloyd's exploration of myxomycetes — the slime moulds — published by the author in 2015. Myxomycetes are among the most extraordinary organisms in the natural world: neither fungi, nor plants, nor animals. They exist as single-celled amoebae, then aggregate into a flowing mass that moves as a single organism in search of food, before forming fruiting bodies to spread spores.

A detailed record of white shark interactions in Tasmanian waters from the establishment of the British colony in Van Diemen's Land through to the early 21st century — covering captures, sightings, encounters and attacks documented over nearly two centuries.