Quack, Flap, SNAP An Australian Birds Snap Game by McKean Megan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Games & Puzzles | Series: Snap! by Megan McKean
You know the kookaburra but have you met the cassowary? There are thirteen native Australian birds to play with in Megan McKean's new game Quack, Flap, Snap!Other birds include the sulphur-crested cockatoo, Major Mitchell's cockatoo, galah, tawny frogmouth, rainbow lorikeet, Australian magpie, Australia ...Show more
How Economics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained
$39.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE
The complex world of economics - untangled Discover everything you need to know about economics with this unique graphic guide. Combining clear, jargon-free language and bold, eye-catching graphics, How Economics Works is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to all aspects of economics. Covering ever ...Show more
Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide by Michael J. Kelly; Agostino Piero
$12.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
After Slavoj Zizek, Frenchman Alain Badiouwhose work ranges from novels, poems, "romanoperas," and political treatises to math theoryis probably the world's best-known living philosopher. Featuring the brilliantly idiosyncratic illustrations of Piero, this incisive graphic guide is written by Michael Ke ...Show more
Introducing Melanie Klein: A Graphic Guide by Robert Hinshelwood; Susan Robinson; Oscar Zarate (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... Ser.
Melanie Klein was the most innovative and influential child psychoanalyst in the first half of the twentieth century. Introducing Melanie Klein explores her progressive ideas. Her concepts of the depressive position and the paranoid-schizoid position are now in common usage, and her work is studied by ...Show more
The Doubter's CompanionA Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense by John Ralston Saul
$52.00 AUD
Category: Etymology
A long and distinguished tradition of writers have used the form of a satirical dictionary to undermine the received ideas of their day. Voltaire wrote a sharply humorous "Philosophical Dictionary," while Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language was derisive and opinionated. These early dicti ...Show more
Emigres - French Words That Turned English by Richard Scholar
$29.99 AUD
Category: Etymology | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases-such as a la mode, ennui, naivete and caprice-lend English a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that would otherwise elude the language. Richard Scholar examines the continuing history of untranslated ...Show more
The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else by William Hartston
$39.99 AUD
Category: Dictionaries
A delightful and witty treasure trove of utterly useless information by the author of The ThingsThat Nobody Knows. Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great dealof weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takesthe ...Show more
Introducing Wittgenstein: A Graphic Guide by John Heaton
$12.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE | Series: Introducing... S.
This is a superlative graphic guide described as 'warm, witty and wise' by Jonathan Ree to an enigmatic master of twentieth-century philosophy.
I Saw It First! Jungle: A Family Spotting Game by Laurence King Publishing
$45.00 AUD
Category: Games & Puzzles | Series: Magma for Laurence King Ser.
PERFECT FOR FAMILIES: An exciting, fast-paced game for groups of children or adultsQUICK TO LEARN AND PLAY: Simple to learn, addictive to playDETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS: Features 300 fun and unusual jungle creaturesThree hundred jungle animals populate the board of this carefully engineered game. Some are f ...Show more
15 Minute French: Learn in Just 12 Weeks
$22.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
Introductory French language course, fully updated and refreshed, with a free audio app Teach yourself French in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK's 15 Minute French is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn French fast. Twelve themed chapt ...Show more
The Whodunnit Puzzle Book: 80 Cosy Crime Puzzles to Solve
$21.99 AUD
Category: Games & Puzzles | Series: Crime Puzzle Bks.
Summon your inner Miss Marple and get ready to deduce whodunnit in this fiendish collection of crime puzzles from Dr Gareth Moore. Mischief is afoot, and you’ve been summoned to stop it – pit your wits against nefarious criminals and solve a town-ful of mysteries. Put your Agatha Christie hat on and fin ...Show more
Words from Hell - Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology by Jess Zafarris
$34.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conques ...Show more