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Science is Golden

Science is Golden
Kruszelnicki, Dr Karl

′Nullius in verba′‚ The Royal Society′s motto‚ roughly translated‚ means
 ′Take nobody′s word for it′. Why not do the experiment 
for yourself and see the reality of nature.

Don′t trust authority − trust nature.

Paperback
$27.99
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$24.95
9780732285364

Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream

Mr. Playboy
Watts, Steven

"From the beginning, Hefner's personal experiences provided the stuff of his public career. The private man relentlessly pursued his dream of "personal, political, and economic freedom" and viewed his pursuit of fun not as immature, something critics often charged, but as a happy embodiment of childhood optimism in a cynical world.

Hardcover
$39.95
9780471690597

Vote for Me: The Long Road to the White House

Vote for Me
Barron, John

The 2008 campaign for President of the USA has attracted more attention and prompted more people to get out and vote in caucuses and primaries than any other.

Paperback
$34.95
9781921410864

RHS New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques

Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques
Royal Horticultural Society

The RHS New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques is the new definitive guide explaining all the essential techniques you are ever likely to need. It reflects modern best-practice gardening at the Royal Horticultural Society, the world's leading gardening authority. All techniques are shown clearly and simply with step-by-step instructions for every gardener to follow.

Hardcover
$60.00
9781845334086

Parky: My Autobiography

Parky
Parkinson, Michael

From prize-winning journalist to chat show king on a show voted one of the top ten British TV programmes of all time, Michael Parkinson's starry career spans over four decades.

Hardcover
$49.95
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9780340961667

Balance & Harmony

Balance & Harmony
Perry, Neil

In Balance & Harmony, Neil Perry revels in his love for Asian cooking: the great flavours, the contrasts in tastes and textures, and the way that just about anything can be cooked with a wok and a bamboo steamer.

Hardcover
$125.00
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$99.95
9781740459082

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder

Everything Is Miscellaneous
Weinberger; David

Business visionary and bestselling author David Weinberger charts how as business, politics, science, and media move online, the rules of the physical world—in which everything has a place—are upended. In the digital world, everything has its places, with transformative effects:

Paperback
$29.95
9780805088113

Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography

Stella Miles Franklin
Roe, Jill

Stella Miles Franklin was born in the Australian bush and‚ at the age of twenty−one‚ became an international publishing sensation with My Brilliant Career. The book struck a chord with women and girls all over the country‚ and more than a century later is still regarded as an Australian classic.

Hardcover
$59.99
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$49.99
9780732275785

Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation

Going to Extremes
Ehrenreich, Barbara

America is a grotesquely polarised society and becoming more so all the time. The widening gap between rich and poor over the past eight years has left the country increasingly divided between gated communities on the hand, and trailer parks and tenements on the other. The super-rich travel by private jet, while low-paid workers make multiple bus trips to get to their jobs.

Paperback
$26.95
9781847080653

Growing your own Heirloom Vegetables: Bringing CO2 down to earth

Growing your own Heirloom Vegetables
Blazey, Clive

This is a gardener’s ecological guide to growing heirloom vegetables and also articulates related matters such as climate change, organics and the positive effects that growing any of your own food has on reducing carbon emissions. It is written by Australians for Australians. As our lives have become so hectic, we have entrusted the growing of our food to market gardens and farmers.

Hardcover
$34.95
9780646492766