Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Series: Ponderables
Hardcover with removable fold-out Timeline
Milk of Paradise - A History of Opium by Lucy Inglis
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the "Milk of Paradise" for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain--and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, a ...Show more
Taekwondo Basics - Everything You Need to Get Started in Taekwondo - from Basic Kicks to Training and Competition by Scott Shaw
$14.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness | Series: Tuttle Martial Arts Basics Ser.
Taekwondo Basics teaches you all the fundamentals of this Korean martial art form in a clear and easy-to-understand manner This basic introductory survey contains the following vital information: The origins, philosophy, and history of Taekwondo How to find a teacher and a class that are right for you ...Show more
Garden Apothecary by Reece Carter
$39.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Mira Ser.
Homemade remedies for everyday ailments Health and wellness is a booming sector in Australia. We eat clean and we detox our pantries. But what about our medicine cabinets and the lotions and potions we use on our skin? Shouldn't we take as much care with those as we do with food? In The Garden Apothec ...Show more
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
____________________________________BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK____________________________________HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found.This is i ...Show more
Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon
$45.00 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and stren ...Show more
Power of the Pedal: The Story of Australian Cycling by Rupert Guinness
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sport and Fitness
In 'Power of the Pedal', read about cycling in Australia from the penny farthing to 21st-century commuters and Olympic stars. Bicycles changed our lives! They meant a new and faster way to get around and gave rise to ways of exploring, socialising and competing. In the nineteenth century cycling encoura ...Show more
Mathematics Ponderables by Tom Jackson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Nature and Science | Series: Ponderables
Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns are everywhere in nature, and counting, measuring, and cal ...Show more
Philosophy (Ponderables) by Tom Jackson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ponderables Ser.
Here is the essential guide to philosophy. Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought is an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and science attempt answers to the big questions -- what is truth, how to be good, and where did we come from? ...Show more
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - A Sortabiography by Eric Idle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Kathy Lette: (author best known for her works 'Puberty Blues' & 'How To Kill Your Husband [And Other Handy Household Hints]', and friend of Bookoccino) "Eric Idle’s memoir – a book so life-affirming and funny, it should be prescribed by doctors in lieu of Prozac." From the ingenious comic perfo ...Show more
My Polar Dream by Jade Hameister
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Fourteen-year-old Jade Hameister had a dream: to complete the Polar Hat Trick. In 2016, she skied to the North Pole. In 2017, she completed the Greenland Crossing. In 2018, she arrived at the South Pole. This is the story of an adventurer who never gave up - who set herself incredible challenges beyond ...Show more
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire - Indie Non-Fiction Winner 2019 by Chloe Hooper
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as fire ...Show more