The Nokomis Group

The Nokomis Group is owned and operated by Noleen Glavish and commenced trading in 1990 as a specialist publisher of high quality natural history books, portfolios, prints, gift cards and original artworks by Australian natural history artists.

We have now expanded to include a NEW BOOKS division in addition to those published by the Nokomis Group.   This has come about as Andrew and Belinda Isles who own Andrew Isles Natural History Books have made a decision to retreat from stocking new books and are concentrating on Antiquarian and Second hand books.  This new division is primarily a mail order business selling natural history books and we ship worldwide.  Our stock holding is substantial and if you click on the New Books tab above, you will see that we are offering a comprehensive range of natural history new books which is predominantly Australian but covers Antarctica, America, Britain, Africa, Europe and Asia.  

Many of the books listed on the website are ex Andrew Isles stock and subjects covered are birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, botany, gardening, ecology, insects, marine, biology, aviculture, entomology and conservation.   Over time we expect this mix to change slightly  and we would always be pleased to receive customer feedback from you as this new division of Nokomis settles down.

Featured Products and New Releases

Camouflaged Wildlife: How Creatures Hide In Order To Survive

This beautifully illustrated book on camouflaged animals includes some of nature’s greatest designs and is one of the most remarkable compilations of pictures on the subject ever published. From foxes... Read More

Cane Toad Wars

Cane Toad Wars chronicles the research of intrepid scientist Rick Shine and his work to document the toad’s ecological impact in Australia and to buffer that impact. Despite predictions of devastation... Read More

The Birds at my Table: Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why it Matters

Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers, scatter the crumbs or seeds, or leave... Read More

An Uncertain Future: Australian Birdlife in Danger

In An Uncertain Future, Geoffrey Maslen takes us into the fascinating lives of Australian birds, showing us how intelligent they are, the significant threats they face due to disappearing habitats and... Read More

Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds

Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that... Read More

Amazing Arachnids

The American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing.... Read More

Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet—and Ourselves

A thoughtful, accessible look at the rapidly growing issue of invasive plants, animals, and microbes around the globe with a focus on the scientific issues and ecological, health, and other... Read More

Birds New to Science: 50 Years of Avian Discoveries

Amazing as it might sound, ornithologists are still discovering several bird species each year that are completely new to science. These aren't all obscure brown birds on tiny islands –... Read More

World’s Weirdest Bugs: The Tiny Aliens Among Us

Over a million species of insects have already been named, catalogued and pictured. Theories as to how many are still to be named in collections, and discovered for the first... Read More

Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean

Unimpeded by any landmass, the mysterious Southern Ocean flows completely around Earth from west to east between the seasonally shifting icy continent of Antarctica and the coastlines and islands of... Read More

The Wondrous World of Weeds

What in the world is a weed? The dictionary will tell you it is a plant out of place. In The Wonderous World of Weeds you will discover that the perceived weeds that grow around... Read More

Myth of Silent Spring: Rethinking the Origins of American Environmentalism

Since its publication in 1962, Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring has often been celebrated as the catalyst that sparked an American environmental movement. Yet environmental consciousness and environmental protest in some regions... Read More