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January 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our Science & Nature newsletter.

Find library titles, events, and resources that reveal the surprising and wondrous about the world we live in.

 

Staff List

New For You - Science & Nature - January 2025

Science and Nature books for people with enquiring minds. A selection of recently arrived or on order titles.

 

Library events

Event

The Great Stash Swap

Sep 14th | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Tūranga

Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims etc then choose what you want to take away. No cash involved!

Website

Women's Prize for Fiction

Honours and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the U.K. The 2025 winner has been announced.

 

Blog Post

Bug of the Year 2025

Not all the crawlies are creepy! Some of them are quite cool! Voting for Bug of the Year 2025 is open until 17 February.

 

New books

Science

"Cardboard Box Engineering" by Adolph, Jonathan
"Paddy Mayne" by Ross, Hamish (Writer on military history)
"The Doom of the Great City" by Hay, W. Delisle 1851-
"Not Just for the Boys" by Donald, A. M. 1953-
"The Echo Machine" by Pakman, David
"Return to the Sky" by Morris, Tina, 1949-
"Paddy Mayne" by Ross, Hamish (Writer on military history)

Nature

"In the Hide" by Buchanan, Gordon, 1972-
"The River Has Roots" by El-Mohtar, Amal
"The Green Witch Illustrated" by Murphy-Hiscock, Arin
"Autumn Feast" by Taylor, Sean, 1965-
"Birdsplaining" by Donahaye, Jasmine
"Radical Landscapes"
"The River Has Roots" by El-Mohtar, Amal
 

Featured topics

Science for kids

"All the Science You Need to Know by Age 7" by Daynes, Katie
"Explore" by Munsey, Lizzie
"The Observologist" by Clarkson, Giselle
"The Science Book" by Farndon, John, 1960-
"Crafty Science" by Bull, Jane, 1957-
"What Do Scientists Do?" by Mumbray, Tom
"Explore" by Munsey, Lizzie

New Zealand insects

"Six-legged Ghosts" by Duval, Lily
"Endemic Critters of Aotearoa" by Graham, Sammy
"Native Insects of Aotearoa" by Kasper, Julia
"Peloridiidae (Insecta:Hemiptera:Coleorrhyncha)" by Larivière, Marie-Claude
"The Reed Handbook of Common New Zealand Insects" by Walker, Annette K. 1945-
"Diaspididae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea)" by Henderson, R. C.
"Endemic Critters of Aotearoa" by Graham, Sammy
 
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