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Adam Spencer's Top 100 by Adam Spencer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Australia's funniest mathematician is back in 2019 with a small format edition of 2018's bestseller. Which number terrifies Ogdokontaheptaphobes? Why would you watch the same clock for 14 years? And have you met the 23-million-digit prime? The answers to all of these questions - and much, much more - ar ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 43: Bad News : Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation by Robert Manne
$19.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch's empire in Britain. But what about in Australia, where he owns 70 per cent of the press? In Bad News, Robert Manne investigates Murdoch's lead political voice here, the Australian newspaper, and how it shapes debate. Since 2002, under the edi ...Show more
1001 Days That Shaped the World by Michael Wood
$49.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The history of the world through extraordinary moments, decisive encounters, memorable incidents and natural disasters. This book features a detailed and informative account of every event chosen, together with an assessment of the longer term physical, cultural, social or economic impact. Evocative pai ...Show more
1001 Inventions That Changed the World by James O'Loghlin
$65.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: 1001 Things Ser.
From the invention of the wheel in the fifth millennium BC to the development of the worldwide web and the launch of the MP3 player, this engaging and enlightening book reveals the origins and impact of everything from paper to the personal computer, and from penicillin to the contraceptive pill.
Last Man Standing - The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase by Duff McDonald
$40.50 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
In the midst of the most disastrous economic climate of Wall Street’s history, one executive has weathered the storm more deftly than any other: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase. In 2008, while Dimon’s competitors watched their companies crumble, JPMorgan not only survived, it made an ast ...Show more
Mythbusters - Zaps Rays And Waves by Searle Nicholas
$12.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The Mythbusters phenomenon has taken the world by storm. Here we step inside 17 of the most popular urban myths and watch Jamie and Adam bust them to bits.
Small Data by Martin Lindstrom
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The New York Times Bestseller named one of the "Most Important Books of 2016" by Inc, and a Forbes 2016 "Must Read Business Book" 'If you love 'Bones' and 'CSI', this book is your kind of candy' Paco Underhill, author of Why We Buy 'Martin's best book to date. A personal, intuitive, powerful way to look ...Show more
Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm by Karen Kissane
$35.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Worst of Days takes readers inside the ferocious, insatiable beast that was the Black Saturday inferno. It takes us to the people who found themselves in its path, fighting and fleeing the flames. It is a powerful journey into the human psyche, showing the very best and worst of what we do under threat. ...Show more