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All the Knowledge in the World - The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, adults cleared their shelves in the belief that wisdom was now effortlessly accessible in their living rooms. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gandhi helped mill ...Show more
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
32.99 AUD
Category: Popular History
The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gan ...Show more
Dog's Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond by Simon Garfield
22.99 AUD
Category: Pets
'This love letter to our four-legged friends is a delight . . . there is a good joke, an intriguing tale or a fascinating statistic on every page' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday'A fact-packed history of a 15,000-year relationship' Sunday TimesHow did we arrive at the moment when a dog goes to the cinema? H ...Show more
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
29.99 AUD
Category: History
Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans' peculiar fascination with small things-and what small things tell us about our larger world. Simon Garfield writes books that shine a light on aspects of the everyday world in order to reveal the charm ...Show more
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans' peculiar fascination with small things--and what small things tell us about our larger world." Simon Garfield is] an exuberant truffle-hound of the recondite and delightful factoid." --Sunday Times (Lon ...Show more
Mauve by Simon Garfield
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Canons Ser.
1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin's experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye everything it touches a brilliant purple. Perkin has discovered mauve, the world's first synthetic dye, brid ...Show more
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
35.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In 1856 eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color. In a "witty, erudite, and entertaining" (Esquire) style, Simon Garfield explains how the experimental mishap that produced an odd shade of purple revolutionized fashion, as well as industrial ap ...Show more
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
22.99 AUD
Category: Popular History
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of ...Show more
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
32.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling s ...Show more
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