Books
Aspects' prides itself on having Perth's best selection of gardening books, from Australian native flora through to garden design and propagation. Our selection also includes a wide range of books on travel, art and design, natural and cultural history, cooking, and Australian and children’s literature.
Australian Bush SuperfoodsLily Alice and Thomas O’Quinn Australia's unique native ingredients boa...
Australian Bush SuperfoodsLily Alice and Thomas O’Quinn Australia's unique native ingredients boast nutritional and medicinal benefits that cannot be found anywhere else on the planet. From the Kakadu plum with its unmatched vitamin C content, to bunya nuts that contain natural antibacterial properties, knowledge of these superfoods has been passed down in Aboriginal cultures for thousands of years. This book features 40 of Australia's most interesting and beneficial bush superfoods, with bea...
$32.95
Trace Balla Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Gramp...
Trace Balla Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the unexpected places you may go. Praise for Rivertime:'The drawings and text teem with vitality and wonder. Verdict: enchanting.' - Herald Sun'A reminder for mid-primary school kids that communing with nature has its own rewards.' - Junior Books + Publishing'A gentle picture book about the beauty of nature.' - ...
$24.95
Jan Ramage, illustrated by Ellen Hickman From the break of dawn to nightfall, the tuart is not as...
Jan Ramage, illustrated by Ellen Hickman From the break of dawn to nightfall, the tuart is not as it appears. Leaves and bark, trunk and branches - all are places of pretence, traps and trickery. Find out what surprise a "moon crater" might hide and why a bullseye borer drills holes; how a crab spider goes shopping and a jewel beetle becomes a seedpod; why a dragon wears a beard and how a gecko talks. And meet the "mad hatterpiller", who does a very clever hat trick. 'Tuart Dwellers' celebra...
$26.95
Christian Fletcher 'West' by renowned, award winning Western Australian photographer, Christian F...
Christian Fletcher 'West' by renowned, award winning Western Australian photographer, Christian Fletcher, is a stunning 182 page case-bound coffee table book. It features photographic images from Western Australia. This outstanding quality hard cover book is the latest from Christian with his best images and stories behind the work. About the Author:Christian Fletcher has been a professional photographer for 29 years and still retains all of the passion and enthusiasm for taking a great photo...
$60.00
Rottnest Island: Kingdom of the Quokka
Islands worldwide are grand experiments in nature, with their isolation creating unique condition...
Islands worldwide are grand experiments in nature, with their isolation creating unique conditions for animals to diverge from the norm. But some islands take evolutionary twists to the extreme. On the far west of the Australian continent with the limitless Indian Ocean beyond, there is a set of islands whose inhabitants defy all laws of nature. The three islands lie side by side, but each is ruled by a different animal. One by a unique marsupial the Quokka, the second by a penguin and the th...
$45.00
Passion for Silversmithing, Philip Noakes NR
A Passion for Silversmithing: Philip NoakesDorothy EricksonPhilip Noakes' questing mind and life'...
A Passion for Silversmithing: Philip NoakesDorothy EricksonPhilip Noakes' questing mind and life's work have embodied his constant search for the refinement of his skills, leading him to become a renowned silversmith, goldsmith and jeweller.In 2016 he was recognised as a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths in the United Kingdom, taking his place among the most significant artists in the world. His work delves deep into his past and utilises the full range of his skills and imag...
$70.00
A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to CoastAmber Creswell Bell The Australian lands...
A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to CoastAmber Creswell Bell The Australian landscape has inspired countless generations of artists. 'A Painted Landscape' forms an aesthetic study of the landscape as seen, experienced and expressed by the Australian artists who choose to paint it. Surveying 50 artists working in various mediums and depicting varied terrains, this book showcases an incredible diversity of art practices and subject matter. Focusing on contemporary landscape pain...
$69.95
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a ...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of AgricultureBruce Pascoe 'Dark Emu' argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Abori...
$27.95
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and...
Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western AustraliaVivienne Hansen and John Horsfall For over 50,000 years before colonisation, the Noongar people were much healthier than most Aboriginal Australians are today. Living in the open, in a land largely free from disease, they benefited from a better diet, more exercise, less stress and a supportive community. In 'Noongar Bush Medicine', the authors have recorded information on many of the medicinal plants that were regu...
$34.95
Alison Lester Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story celebrates a baby's wonder at our beauti...
Alison Lester Part poem, part lullaby, this gentle story celebrates a baby's wonder at our beautiful world. From Australia's favourite picture-book creator Alison Lester comes a timeless book to share and to treasure. Now in a gorgeous board book edition. For ages zero to four years old About the Author: Alison Lester is one of Australia's most popular and bestselling creators of children's books. Her picture books mix imaginary worlds with everyday life, encouraging children to believe in th...
$14.95
Lili Wilkinson, illustrated by Alison Mutton An adorable story about a mischievous quokka who lea...
Lili Wilkinson, illustrated by Alison Mutton An adorable story about a mischievous quokka who learns his lesson... or does he? Here's Clancy the quokka. So friendly and charming.His innocent face is entirely disarming. 'Clancy the Quokka' is super cute, but also has a super cheeky habit of raiding picnic food, so when he spots a magnificent birthday cake, how can he resist? After the mayhem he creates, will Clancy learn his lesson? A funny and thoroughly entertaining picture book featuring on...
$24.95
Jolly Read, Illustrated by Natasha Lea The quokka (or quak-a in local Noongar language) is a uniq...
Jolly Read, Illustrated by Natasha Lea The quokka (or quak-a in local Noongar language) is a unique and rare marsupial living on Wadjemup or Rottnest, an island in the sun off the coast of Western Australia. They are isolated and have no predators, and maybe that's why they smile so much! Quokkas are famous for being the friendliest and happiest wild animals on Earth. The new quirky funny kids’ book about the unique little Rottnest Island marsupial that has become famous for being the happies...
$25.95