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Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live-and How Their Wealth Harms Us
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all.Have you...
Secrets of Automata: Ingenious Designs for Mechanical Life
This extraordinary book reveals the secrets of automata mechanisms, which were developed over generations by makers who closely guarded their designs in the competitive business of automata making. Written by...
The Reassembler
When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of objects that spring to life with the click of a button or twist of a knob,...
Mathematics & Science Bargain Book Box
Mathematics & Science Bargain Book Box From the quantum world and the mathematics of infinity to the secret life of trees and the science of human touch — this box...
Make Your Own Amazing Mechanical Toys
This practical book is a guide to making five kinetic, mechanical marvels. It combines basic mechanical principles with shaping and fitting components crafted from timbers and manufactured boards. Step-by-step instructions...
Let Newton be!
The work of historians has recently uncovered the great variety of Newton's work from mathematics to theology, from mechanics to music and from optics to alchemy. A major theme of...
Stage Directions: Writing on Theatre 1970-2008
Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection...
New Beginnings: why change is hard and how we can achieve it
We know that we must change ourselves and the world if we want to survive. So why do we cling to old habits and false certainties instead of embracing change...
Black Sunday
$200.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: DJ: unclipped, minor tears, worn along the edges; slightly foxed. Pages: light foxing on book block. Binding remains...
LOCOMOTION No.1: The True Story of the World's First Public Service
An archaeological and archival investigation into this historic steam locomotive. In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington Railway began operations as the world's first public railway to be operated by steam....
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
$12.00 AUD
What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking work provides readers with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others. Whether you're...
Company-Wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy:
$15.00 AUD
Today companies are expected to be flexible and both rapidly responsive and resilient to change, which basically asks them to be Agile. Lack of an overarching theory about how to...
The Guardian of All Things: The Epic Story of Human Memory
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Pioneers of Armour in the Great War
AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS 'Pioneers of Armour in the Great War' tells the story of the only Australian mechanised units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the...
That Near Death Thing: Inside the Most Dangerous Race in the World
Author: Rick Broadbent Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world's most dangerous race. The Isle of Man...
Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2481
$110.00 AUD
Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box This curated collection offers twenty-four mystery and espionage narratives at a practical price point. Readers will find a comprehensive selection of investigative...
The Wife and the Widow
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Copenhagen
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Knowing: The Nature of Physical Law
Author: Michael MunowitzFormat: Hardback, 163mm x 239mm, 726g, 432 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2006We ask question after question of an indifferent universe that would just as soon...
The Solzhenitsyn Files: Secret Soviet Documents Reveal One Man's Fight Against The Monolith
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the iron curtain, a literary giant waged a silent war against the most powerful state apparatus in the world — and the Kremlin kept...
Orbit
$25.00 AUD
Author: Jay Apt, Michael Helfert, Justin WilkinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: National Geographic Society, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacketOrbit presents a breathtaking visual journey through the cosmos, offering...
The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade
$15.00 AUD
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The Fast Exit
$70.00 AUD
Author: Michael CroninBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, London , 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed boards in good condition. Worn Dj with some shelfwear. Clean and bright copy....
Classic Car Guides: Vintage Cars
$40.00 AUD
Author: Michael SedgwickBinding: HardbackPublished: Ward Lock Limited., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor chips to DJ, foxing to...
Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe
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Author: Johnjoe McFadden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 "In short, Life Is Simple is enthralling."--Michael Blastland, Prospect A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe...
The Dark Hours
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THE END OF WOKE: How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A lovely blend of righteous polemic and wishful thinking' Julie Burchill 'Thought provoking and entertaining. Andrew Doyle's intellect dazzles' Jimmy Carr...
Encountering Silencing: Forms of Oppression in Individuals, Families
While trauma has, rightfully, come to the centre of our attention, silencing, an equally important topic, has never been thoroughly studied. This book breaks that silencing and elaborates on various...
THE END OF WOKE: How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A lovely blend of righteous polemic and wishful thinking' Julie Burchill 'Thought provoking and entertaining. Andrew Doyle's intellect dazzles' Jimmy Carr...
Performance And Reliability Of Semiconductor Devices
$100.00 AUD
Author: Michael Mastro, Jeffrey Laroche, Jun Bae, Jin-Woo Kim, Myung-Soo KimBinding: HardbackPublisher: MRS MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis academic text addresses the critical...
Have I Got News For You: The Quiz of 2023
WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023: PUZZLES AND HUMOURWhether it was Harry talking about his todger in his controversial autobiography, or celebrities from Gary Lineker to Phillip Schofield and...