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Ex Libris: 100 Books for Everyone's Bookshelf by Michiko Kakutani
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
From 'the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world' (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss 'Why do we love books so much?' For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an esca ...Show more
Reading Like An Australian Writer by Belinda Castles (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
This is an ode, a love letter, to the magic of reading. To the spark that's set off when the reader thinks ... I can do this too. Here, twenty-six writers take us through these moments of revelation through the dog-eared pages of their favourite Australian books. These writers come together to draw kno ...Show more
Desk Wars: Make Secret Weapons from Stationery with 30 Models to Build Yourself by John Austin
$16.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General | Series: Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction Ser.
'Cubicle farms are full of enemy combatants begging to be taken out.' WIRED Achieve clandestine ends practically and inexpensively with Desk Wars - perfect for do-it-yourself spy enthusiasts. Follow fully illustrated step-by-step instructions to build 30 miniature secret weapons and surveillance tools ...Show more
On Thomas Keneally: Writers on Writers by Stan Grant
$17.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
Stan Grant is drawn to Thomas Keneally 'for many reasons- we share an Irish heritage and a complicated relationship with religion. I am especially interested in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, which was a formative novel for me. My family shares a connection with the real Jimmy Governor as well. The boo ...Show more
The 50 Greatest Wonders of the World by Aaron Millar
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
Award-winning travel writer Aaron Millar reveals the greatest wonders of the world and the insider secrets on how to see them at their awe-inspiring best. Featuring selections from around the globe, and a number of new and never-seen-before entries, this compendium of bucket-list experiences is designed ...Show more
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Steve Mockus (Editor); Francis Grose
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. This slang dictionary gathers the most amusing and useful terms from English history and helpfully presents them to be used in the conversations of our modern day. O ...Show more
Chess For Dummies by James Eade
$37.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
Check out this updated chess guide - and up your endgame in no time Over half a billion people play chess worldwide, and the game has been adopted by cultures in every continent around the globe. Whether you're new to the game or moving closer to mastery, Dummies is here to help you get your head in the ...Show more
Far from Land - The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds by Michael Brooke; Bruce Pearson (Illustrator)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them before 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 remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized ...Show more
Humans by Brandon Stanton
$44.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General | Series: Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton's Humans is a book that connects readers as global citizens at a time when erecting more borders is the order of the day. It shows us the entire world, one story at a time. After five years of travelling the globe, the creator of Humans of New York brings people from all parts of the wor ...Show more
Shakespearean: Life According to Shakespeare by Robert McCrum
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
Why do we return to Shakespeare time and again?When Robert McCrum began his recovery from a life-changing stroke, described in My Year Off, he discovered that the only words that made sense to him were snatches of Shakespeare. Unable to travel or move as he used to, McCrum found the First Folio became h ...Show more
The Book Lover's Quiz Book by Gary Wigglesworth
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
'Brilliantly inventive and entertaining questions from the bookworm's bookworm' Mark Mason, author of Walk the Lines, Question Time and many more This is a literary quiz book with a difference. Rather than basic sets of questions, The Book Lover's Quiz Book mirrors the format of Gary's live quizzes, at ...Show more
The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes: The Letters, Diaries and Writings of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte by Juliet Gardiner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction - General
The Illustrated Letters of the Brontes is the story both of the real world of the Brontes at Haworth Parsonage, their home on the edge of the lonely Yorkshire moors, and of the imaginary worlds they spun for themselves in their novels and poetry. Wherever possible, their story is told using their own wo ...Show more