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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
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
All the Knowledge in the World - The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
$20.00 AUD
Category: Reference
The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. 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 Wrig ...Show more
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
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
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
Just My Type - A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody wh ...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
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
$22.99 AUD
Category: 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
$16.99 AUD
Category: 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
To the Letter - A Curious History of Correspondence by Simon Garfield
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
Every letter contains a miniature story, and here are some of the greatest. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, Simon Garfield uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a sup ...Show more
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