I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: I Used to Know That ... | Reading Level: very good
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more
I Before E (Except After C) : Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many readers. Now available in paperback, this delightful gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for new readers and fans of the series alike. Offerin ...Show more
English (I Used to Know That) by Patrick Scrivenor
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: I Used to Know That
If you can't tell a possessive pronoun from a correlative conjunction, confuse 'disinterested' and 'uninterested' and struggle with the subjunctive, then I Used to Know That: English has the answers. Relearn the essential rules of the English language, from grammar and punctuation to sentence constructi ...Show more
As Easy as Pi : Stuff About Numbers That isn't (Just) Maths by Jamie Buchan
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
In this day and age it's hard to imagine a world without numbers. Our lives are centred around commerce and money, and it is the only language that's the same the world over. However, did you know that for a long period of time people could not get their heads around the idea of zero, a figure represent ...Show more
Concise Atlas of Australia 5th by UBD Gregorys
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
Includes * Detailed city centre map coverage of every state capital city* Extensive suburban (metro) and regional map coverage of state capital cities* Common-scale mapping across state-based maps* Tollways* Accredited visitor information locations* Quick find guide* Fuel consumption chart/calculator* D ...Show more
Pogue's Basics: Life: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying Your Day by David Pogue
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
Did you know that you can easily open annoying plastic clamshell packaging using a can opener? That you can sharpen your scissors by cutting sandpaper? That a Chinese food box is designed to unfold flat and form a plate? Or that when you buy aluminum foil or saran wrap, you should press in the tab on th ...Show more
Fields of Blood - Religion...Violence by Karen Armstrong
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. * Religion is as old as humanity ...Show more
Adam Spencer's World of Numbers by Adam Spencer
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Reading Level: very good
What's a 'firkin'? Is a tardigrade animal, vegetable or mineral? How fast is Usain Bolt ... really? And what's the record for the most lobster rolls eaten in 10 minutes? All these questions and more are answered in Adam Spencer's World of Numbers. This is a book for young and old - for anyone who's ever ...Show more
Thing Explainer - Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE | Reading Level: very good
Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the mo ...Show more
And Yet...: Essays by Christopher Hitchens
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
Christopher Hitchens was an unparalleled, prolific writer, who raised the polemical essay to a new art form, over a lifetime of thinking and debating the defining issues of our times. As an essayist he contributed to the New Statesman, Atlantic Monthly, London Review of Books, TLS and Vanity Fair. Any p ...Show more
1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think by Robert Arp
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
An elegant addition to the successful "1001" series--a comprehensive, chronological guide to the most important thoughts from the finest minds of the past 3,000 years. 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think is a comprehensive guide to the most interesting and imaginative thoughts from the finest mind ...Show more
Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies by Martin Cohen
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Category: ATLAS & REFERENCE
Turbocharge your reasoning with Critical Thinking Just what are the ingredients of a great argument? What is the secret to communicating your ideas clearly and persuasively? And how do you see through sloppy thinking and flim-flam? If you ve ever asked any of these questions, then this book is for you! ...Show more