Book Prizes

In 1999 we started giving away a free environment or natural resources book every month to someone selected at random from the NRMjobs email list. Since then we have given away more than 100 books, valued at more than $4,000. The winner is announced each month on the NRMjobs email bulletin (following is list of the books we have given away so far).

 

Number Book title, author & publisher & recommended retail price $value

3 copies

'Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years', Jared Diamond (Vintage, $19.95).

$59.85

5 copies

'Battling the Land: 200 Years of Rural Australia', Rob Linn, (Allen & Unwin, $24.95).

$124.75

1 copy

'Listen to the People, Listen to the Land 'by Jim Sinatra and Phin Murphy (Melbourne University Press, $29.95).

$29.95

1 copy

'Living on Floodplains', David Mussared (Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, $25).

$25

1 copy

'Prehistory of Australia 'by John Mulvaney & Johan Kamminga (Allen & Unwin, $39.95).

$39.95

1 copy

'Saving Our Natural Heritage: the Role of Science in Managing Australia's Ecosystems', edited by Craig Copeland and Damian Lewis (Halstead Press).

$22

3 copies

'Feral Future: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders 'by Tim Low (Viking, Penguin Books Australia, $24.95)

$74.85

2 copies

'The Pure State of Nature 'by David Horton (Allen & Unwin, $19.95).

$39.90

2 copies

'Resetting the Compass: Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability 'by David Yencken and Debra Wilkinson (CSIRO Publishing, $39.95)

$79.90

3 copies

'The Echidna: Australia's Enigma 'by Dr Peggy Rismiller (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, $24.95).

$74.85

2 copies

'Australian Weed Management Systems', edited by Brian Sindel (RG and FJ Richardson/CRC Weed Management Systems, $32.90)

$65.80

1 copy

'Tooth and Nail: The Story of the Rabbit in Australia', by Brian Coman (Text Publishing, $24.95)

$24.95

4 copies

'Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank 'by Andrew Beattie & Paul Ehrlich (Melbourne University Press, $49.95)

$199.80

1 copy

'Rivers as Ecological Systems - the Murray-Darling Basin', edited by WJ Young (CSIRO Land and Water, $60)

$60

1 copy

'Weeds: An Illustrated Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia '(by BA Auld & RW Medd, Inkata Press, $104.50)

$104.50

1 copy

'A Gap In Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals', by Tim Flannery & Peter Schouten (Text Publishing, $50)

$50

2 copies

'Watershed: Deciding Our Water Future 'by Ticky Fullerton (ABC Books, $27.95)

$55.90

1 copy

'King: The Story of a River 'by Patsy Crawford (Montpelier Press, $25)

$25

2 copies

'The New Nature: Winners and Losers in Wild Australia 'by Tim Low (Viking, $29.95)

$59.90

3 copies

'The Murray - A River and Its People 'by Paul Sinclair (Melbourne University Press, $32.95)

$98.95

8 copies

'The Waterbug Book: A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia 'by John Gooderham & Edward Tsyrlin (CSIRO Publishing, $39.95)

$319.60

1 copy

'Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution 'by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins & Hunter Lovins (Earthscan Publications, $42.95)

$42.95

1 copy

'CY O'Connor: His Life and Legacy 'by AG Evans (University of WA Press, $29.95)

$29.95

1 copy

'Gum: The Story of Eucalypts and Their Champions 'by Ashley Hay (Duffy & Snellgrove, $25)

$25

3 copies

'Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia 'by GR Allen, SH Midgley & M Allen (CSIRO Publishing, $45)

$135

1 copy

'Greeniology: How to Live Well, Be Green and Make a Difference 'by Tanya Ha (Allen & Unwin, $29.95)

$29.95

1 copy

'Waterwise House & Garden: A Guide for Sustainable Living 'by Allan Windust (Landlinks Press, $29.95)

$29.95

4 copies

'Environmental Weeds: A Field Guide for SE Australia 'by Kate Blood (CRC Weed Management Systems, $39.95)

$159.80

1 copy

'Uncharted Waters 'edited by Daniel O'Connell (Murray Darling Basin Commission, $49.95)

$49.95

1 copy

'What Seed is That?: A Field Guide to the Identification, Collection, Germination and Establishment of Native Plant Species for Central Southern Australian Landscapes 'by Neville Bonney & Anne Miles (Revised 2003, $68.50)

$68.50

2 copies

'The Colonial Earth 'by Tim Bonyhady (Melbourne University Press, $39.95)

79.90

1 copy

'A Place On Earth: An Anthology of Nature Writing 'edited by Mark Tredinnick (UNSW Press, $29.95)

$29.95

1 copy

'Managing Australia's Environment 'edited by Stephen Dovers & Su Wild River (Federation Press, $70)

$70

3 copies

'Old Land, New Landscapes: A Story of Farmers, Conservation and the Landcare Movement 'by Chris Williams (Melbourne University Press, $34.95)

$104.85
1 copy 'Beyond Drought: People,Policy and Perspectives', edited by Linda Courtenay Botterill &Melanie Fisher (CSIRO Publishing, $39.95) $39.95
1 copy ‘A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters' by Diana Jones & Gary Morgan (WA Museum/Reed New Holland, $39.95) $39.95
3 copies ‘Going Native: Living in the Australian Environment' by Michael Archer & Bob Beale (Hodder, $35) $105
3 copies ‘Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive' by Jared Diamond (Penguin, $32.95) $98.95
2 copies ‘Living in the Hothouse: How Global Warming Affects Australia' by Ian Lowe (Scribe Publications, $26.95) $53.90
1 copy ‘Reclaiming Lost Provinces: A Century of Weed Biological Control in Queensland' by Craig Walton (Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines, $36.85) $36.85
3 copies ‘The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change' by Tim Flannery (Text Publishing, $32.95) $98.85
1 copy ‘A Field Guide to Australian Fungi' by Bruce Fuhrer (Bloomings Books, $49.95) $49.95
1 copy ‘Heartland: The Regeneration of Rural Place' by George Main (UNSW Press, $39.95) $39.95
1 copy ‘Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger' by Margaret Mittlebach & Michael Crewdson (Text Publishing, $29.95). $29.95
2 copies ‘Woodlands: A Disappearing Landscape' by David Lindenmayer et al (CSIRO Publishing, $39.95) $79.80
2 copies ‘Adelaide: Nature of a City - the Ecology of a Dynamic City from 1836-2036', edited by Christopher Daniels & Catherine Tait (BioCity, $117.90) $235.80
2 copies 'Tracks, Scats and Other Traces - A Field Guide to Australian Mammals (Revised Edition)' by Barbara Triggs (Oxford University Press, $39.95) $79.90
1 copy 'Wild Neighbours: the Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife' by Ian Temby (Citrus Press, $35.95) $35.95
1 copy ‘Drought: The Red Marauder' by Michael McKernan (Allen & Unwin, $26.95) $26.95
1 copy 'A Field Guide to Insects in Australia' by Paul Zborowski & Ross Storey (2nd Edition, Reed New Holland, $32.95). $32.95
1 copy 'The Green Gardener: Sustainable Gardening in Your Own Backyard' by Josh Byrne (Viking, $29.95) $29.95
1 copy 'Australian Seeds: A Guide to their Collection, Identification and Biology' edited by Luke Sweedman and David Merritt (CSIRO Publishing, hardback edition, $99.95) $99.95
2 copies 'Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50,000 Year History' by Chris Johnson (Cambridge University Press, $49.95) $99.90
1 copy 'Australia's Quarter Acre: The Story of the Ordinary Suburban Garden' by Peter Timms (The Miegunya Press, $39.95) $39.95
1 copy 'Burn: The Epic Story of Bushfire in Australia' by Paul Collins (Allen & Unwin, $35) $35
1 copy 'Grasses of South Australia: An Illustrated Guide to the Native and Naturalised Species' by John Jessop, Gilbert Dashorst & Fiona James (Wakefield Press, $49.95) $49.95
1 copy 'Shorebirds of Australia' by Andrew Geering, Lindsay Agnew & Sandra Harding (CSIRO Publishing, $49.95) $49.95
1 copy 'The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization' by Brian Fagan (Granta Books, $29.95) $29.95
1 copy 'Tasmanian Devil: A Unique & Threatened Animal' by David Owen & David Pemberton (Allen & Unwin, $35) $35

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