Australian Writers Rock

Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Creature. This paean to a remarkable animal by Flannery, author of the well-received global warming treatise The Weather Makers, is fascinating but scattershot. The kangaroo, the only large animal that hops, can travel at speeds of 15–40 kilometers per hour. Female [...]

The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth An international best seller embraced and endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers and energy industry executives from around the world, Tim Flannery’sThe Weather Makerscontributed in bringing the topic of global warming to national prominence. For the first time, [...]

Tim Flannery is here to offer us a change of perspective. And he is here to inspire us. He invites us to consider again our place on earth, what it really means to be alive. Here on Earth: A new Beginning, is a revolutionary dual biography of the planet and of our species. Flannery reimagines [...]

Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, Here on Earth, A Natural History of the Planet, explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative, [...]

Here on Earth: An Argument For Hope. ‘We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature—of our true abilities and of our history—is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds—a civilisation which is transforming our Earth. We are masters of [...]