Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg, Oliver Pugh
16.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing...
Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic. The Ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. A German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers. How will you ...Show more
Introducing Logic: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan, Sharron Shatil, Bill Mayblin
16.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing...
Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and mathematical symbolism.This book follows the historical development of ...Show more
Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Rodrigues; Chris Garratt (Illustrator)
12.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of Bertolt Brecht or ...Show more
Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene by Lauren Fuge
36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Nature
From the beginning, humans have been wanderers. Our feet carried us out of Africa and propelled us to far-flung corners of the world, often through incredible feats of innovation and imagination. These explorations yielded great rewards: land and resources, food and knowledge. But in every landscape we ...Show more
Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin by Emily O'Gorman
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Nature
How have people and wetlands shaped each other in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin? What counts as a wetland, especially in Australia, the driest inhabited continent on earth? In the name of agriculture, urban growth and disease control, humans have drained, filled or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 perce ...Show more
London by Tanya Dalziell
30.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Joan London's remarkable body of work, including the award-winning novels and short fiction The Golden Age, Gilgamesh and Sister Ships, tells everyday stories of family, love and loss, with her signature poetic vision. London's stories portray how ordinary people get caught up in extraordinary circumst ...Show more
Our Familiars - The Meaning of Animals in Our Lives by Anne Coombs
29.99 AUD
Category: Science & Nature
How do animals guard, serve, and care for us? And how and why do we love them so much?Anne Coombs spent her entire life working to understand the profound answers that come from these two deceptively simple questions. Before her death in late 2021 she researched the topic extensively and reflected deepl ...Show more
Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking by Tyson Yunkaporta
24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Non-Fiction
SAND TALK, Tyson Yunkaporta's bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, 'an extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming'. RIGHT STORY, WRONG STORY extends Yunkaporta's explorations of how we can learn from Indigenous thinking. Along ...Show more
Running with Pirates by Kári Gíslason
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
At the age of eighteen, Kari Gislason arrives on the island of Corfu after a life-altering meeting with his father in Iceland. Looking for adventure, he decides to stay after meeting 'the Pirate', a mysterious Greek stranger who offers him work - only to find himself eventually fleeing the island, leavi ...Show more
The Outside: Cheating Death, Chasing Waves and Growing Up in One of Australia’s Most Notorious Crime Families by Larry Blair and Jeremy Goring
36.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Larry Blair shot to fame at barely 20 years of age when he became a double-winner of Hawaii’s Pipeline Masters – the biggest and most dangerous prize in surfing. He became a household name, appearing in soapies, on milk cartons and in TV ads for Levi’s and Coke. But Larry was harbouring the deadliest ...Show more
Djinang Bonar: Seeing Seasons by Leanne Zilm, Ebony Froome
24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Non-Fiction
Djinang Bonar takes readers through the seasons of the Noongar calendar, exploring different seasonal indicators to increase readers' awareness of the environment around them and their knowledge of Noongar language. Noongar country is portrayed in spectacular detail with gorgeous illustrations of the pl ...Show more
Poetry Play Kit: Games to get your poems started by Joseph Coelho
24.99 AUD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Celebrate the power of poetry with the Poetry Play Kit! Play with words and spark imaginations with Joseph Coelho. Make poetry fun with Joseph Coelho: This activity kit is packed with games and activities - discover all kinds of ways to start writing poems. A compendium of literacy games and activities: ...Show more