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So You Want to Be a Viking? by Takayo Akiyama; John Haywood; Anon (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: SO YOU WANT TO BE A
An essential guide forwannabe Vikings--andfair warning for thosecourageous, or crazy,enough to pledgeallegiance to the cause. Kate, Eddie, and Angus are dazzled by pictures of Viking warriors' deadly axes and blingy swords in their library books. But when they're transported back in time to Scandinavia ...Show more
The Aussie Dad's Book of Sometimes Helpful Responses by ANON
$24.99 AUD
Category: Humour
Sometimes wise, occasionally funny, wildly hypocritical but always on the money, The Aussie Dad's Book of Answers Sometimes Helpful Responses puts the right words in your mouth to steer you and your loved ones through life's thorniest questions and daily dilemmas.In the bestselling tradition of The Book ...Show more
The Book of the Year 2018 by No Such Thing as a Fish Staff; Anon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Humour
Following hot on the heels of the success of The Book of the Year (or, more precisely, twelve months later) The Book of the Year 2018 will be making its way into the nation's bookshops this autumn. Compiled and written by the creators of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, all ...Show more
The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 by Martin Salisbury; Anon
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
In the modern era, the "beautiful book," an art object in its own right, has become the key to the ongoing attraction of print publishing as physical books continue to distinguish themselves from the screen. Author Martin Salisbury traces the evolution of the book jacket from its functional origins as ...Show more
The Light That Failed: A Reckoning by Ivan Krastev; Stephen Holmes; Anon
$45.00 AUD
Category: Politics
A landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism from two pre-eminent intellectuals Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance? In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. And yet the transformati ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Names for Australian Babies by Anon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Parenting
Contains thousands of names listed alphabetically in separate sections for boys and girls. Each name sites a country or language of origin and a meaning.
The Pocket Watch - the History and Stories Surrounding the First Pocket Watches by Anon.
$38.99 AUD
Category: Antiques
This vintage book contains a concise yet detailed discussion of the pocket watch, being a short essay on the history of the pocket watch with information on early designers, important people, its development, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of interesting information on the subj ...Show more
The Posy Book - Garden-Inspired Bouquets That Tell a Story by Teresa H. Sabankaya; Amy Stewart (Foreword by); Anon (Foreword by)
$38.95 AUD
Category: Gardening
Inspired by the Victorian-era language of flowers, a posy is a small, round bouquet of flowers, herbs, and plants meant to convey a message, such as dahlias for gratitude, sunflowers for adoration, or thyme for bravery. These floral poems have become Teresa Sabankaya's signature. Brides want them for th ...Show more
The Power of Human - How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World by Adam Waytz; Anon
$61.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. Thanks to social media, we can know a campaigning politician's platform; an avid traveler's restaurant recommendations; and the daily emotional fluctuations of our friends without ever even ...Show more
The Swedish Way to Parent and Play - Secrets for Raising Gender-Equal Kids by Kristina Henkel; Marie Tomicic; Anon
$27.95 AUD
Category: Parenting
In the US and around the world, people are striving to close the gender gap. Ranked fifth globally for gender equality, Sweden is doing something right. But to truly close the gap, Swedish experts Kristina Henkel and Marie Tomicic know that we have to start at the beginning, with the daily gender traps ...Show more
Ways of Drawing - Studio Space, Open Space, Inner Space by Julian Bell; Royal Drawing School Staff; Anon
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art Skills
Ways of Drawing brings together a sophisticated, exciting range of reflections on markmaking by practising artists, teachers and writers. From explorations of how it feels to draw and personal accounts of artistic development, to short, imaginative propositions for looking, understanding and experiencin ...Show more