The Visual Encyclopedia by DK
$75.00 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
This landmark piece of reference publishing offers a reliable, visually stunning, and family-friendly alternative to online information sources. Packed with carefully curated content, the pages of this illustrated encyclopedia are designed to be accessible and illuminating to a wide range of readers, an ...Show more
A Short History of the Tudors by Richard Rex
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Short Histories Ser.
Combining an expertise on the Tudor dynasty with an authoritative understanding of its religious and political make-up, A Short History of the Tudors provides a fresh and accessible perspective of one of the most formative periods of British history.Rex considers the ways in which the Tudors shaped the ...Show more
Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization by Colin McEvedy
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide shows us the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The book's key feature is 120 specially-drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defences, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the ...Show more
Quantum Bullsh*t by Chris Ferrie
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Science is so f*cking rad. We don't deserve it. What actually is quantum physics? If you can answer that questions without bullsh*tting the person standing next to you in the bookstore, you can stop reading right now. But although most of us don't actually understand quantum physics, we know that it's ...Show more
War and Punishment by Mikhail Zygar
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
As soon as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar took action. He circulated a petition that was signed first by hundreds of his cultural and journalistic contacts and then by thousands of others. That brave act led to a new law in Russia crimi ...Show more
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids by Dr Alok Kanojia
$36.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Is your child spending too much time playing video games? Or are your children are begging you for screen time and you don't know how to help them establish healthy tech habits? Are games causing conflict and arguments? Whatever brings you here, I can help. How much should I let them play? How do I get ...Show more
How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it by Nigel Toon
$36.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big.We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators - very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond t ...Show more
Stasiland by Anna Funder
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Winner of the BBC Four Samuel Johnson PrizeTruth can be stranger - and more heartbreaking and hilarious - than fiction.In this now classic work, Funder tells extraordinary stories from the most perfected surveillance state of all time, the former East Germany. She meets Miriam, condemned as an enemy of ...Show more
Culture: A New World History by Martin Puchner
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentiet ...Show more
Africa: The Definitive Visual History of a Continent by John Reader
$65.00 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A comprehensive and richly visual guide to more than 200,000 years of African history and cultures Immerse yourself in the intricate story of Africa and discover Africa's true place in world history. Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Afri ...Show more
Beautiful Words: A Celebration for Word Lovers by Editors of Whalen Book Works
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Beautiful Words explores the beauty and intrigue of the English language through this collection of the most fascinating words in the English language! Close your eyes for a moment and think of the word “solitude”. What do you see? A deer drinking from a still pond in the middle of a quiet forest on a s ...Show more
Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great by Paul Strathern
$36.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a period which saw advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics. However, all this was achieved against a background of extreme ...Show more