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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
$32.99 AUD
Category: 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
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
$29.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
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
$27.99 AUD
Category: SCIENCE
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
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
$20.00 AUD
$29.99 (33% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it's okay to like Comic Sans, "Just My Type" will have the answer. Learn why using upper case got a New Zealand health worker sack ...Show more
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
$12.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
An artificial dye, mauve, was discovered by a 19th-century chemist called William Perkin while searching for a synthetic alternative to natural quinine. This book examines how the different worlds of fashion, industry, business, chemistry and medicine were transformed by a single colour.
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