Dinopedia by Darren Naish
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Pedia A Brief Compendium
An illuminating and entertaining collection of dinosaur facts, from A to Z Dinopedia is an illustrated, pocket-friendly encyclopedia of all things dinosaurian. Featuring dozens of entries on topics ranging from hadrosaur nesting colonies to modern fossil hunters and paleontologists such as Halszka Osmól ...Show more
The Locked-up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia's Covid-19 Response by Tom Chodor, Shahar Hameiri
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A timely analysis of Australia's response to the pandemic, which asks what have we learned?Donald Horne famously called Australia 'the lucky country'. So how did we become the locked-up country and how might the future look different?Australia has changed enormously since Horne's 1960s, but its response ...Show more
Unsolved Mysteries - Unexplained Events and Paranormal Phenomena from Around the World by Jamie King
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Seek the truth at the heart of the world's most bizarre cases in this chilling collection of unsolved mysteriesDid you hear about the woman who died inside a tree?What about the legend of the Beast of Bodmin Moor?Do you know that UFOs flew over Belgium?Intriguing, captivating and downright bizarre, this ...Show more
The Skeptics' Guide to the Future by Steven Novella
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Category: General Non Fiction
OUT NOW: the new book from the bestselling authors and hosts of the wildy popular 'The Skeptics Guide to the Universe'__________Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in th ...Show more
Deck of Stars: A Guide to the Night Sky by Dr Sara Webb
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Across human cultures and history, we have looked up to the heavens and discovered the constellations, from Auriga to Cassiopeia and Cygnus to Lyra. Each cluster of stars has its own story, both mythic and scientific. With The Deck of Stars, you can learn about both.With 50 cards, this deck teaches you ...Show more
The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
$65.00 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. A directory of wonders' - Guardian 'Jaw-dropping' -The Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in ...Show more
The Physics of Climate Change by Lawrence M. Krauss
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Category: General Non Fiction
'Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency' Ian McEwan The news is full of hotly debated and divergent claims about the impacts and risks of climate change. Lawrence Krauss, one of the world's most respected physicists and science popularizers, cuts through t ...Show more
The Vikings and Their Enemies: Warfare in Northern Europe, 750-1100 by Philip Line
$44.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The Shortest History of Europe: Revised and Updated by John Hirst
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation, from Ancient Greece and Rome to the two World Wars. The Shortest History of Europe begins with a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikel ...Show more
The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests by David Lindenmayer
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Lifts the lid on destruction of native forests by government corporations and logging industry that is making bushfires worse, killing wildlife and costing taxpayers millions, for the sake of woodchips for export. Since colonisation, Australia has been frantically logging our native forests as if our l ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
Crusaders by Dan Jones
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Templars. 'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and thrilling history of the crusades is one of the best'SUNDAY TIMES. 'A powerful story brilliantly told. Dan Jones writes with pace, wit and insight'HELEN CASTOR. 'A fresh and vibrant accoun ...Show more