100 Science Fiction Films by Barry Keith Grant
$57.50 AUD
Category: English - Plays and movies | Series: Screen Guides
Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are o ...Show more
1001 Quotations to Inspire You Before You Die by Robert Arp
$49.99 AUD
Category: English - Speech | Series: 1001
'An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.' Letitia Elizabeth Landon...'To be or not to be' is not really the question: the real question is what did Hamlet mean by it? 1001 Quotes To Inspire You Before You Die presents multicultural aphorisms, adages, and axioms fr ...Show more
101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider
$19.99 AUD
Category: English - Plays and movies
If you want to know your Degoba from your Delos or your Ming from your Morlock, if you can't decide whether to eat Soylent Green or in Mos Eisley's Cantina, or if you simply want to try to comprehend 2001:A Space Odyssey, 101 Sci- Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die is for you. Visionary and imaginati ...Show more
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick
$39.99 AUD
Category: Design | Series: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
This book presents concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory.This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want ...Show more
5 Language Visual Dictionary by DK
$29.99 AUD
Category: Languages
This learner dictionary is your go-to guide for five major European languages, with a free audio app included.Perfect for tourists and business travellers alike, DK's 5 Language Visual Dictionaryis your essential companion when buying food and clothes, talking about work and interests, discussing health ...Show more
A Billion Voices by David Moser
$9.99 AUD
Category: Languages | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their forbidden affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment. Now, seventeen years later, Matthew returns with a new identity, a lo ...Show more
A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities by J.C. McKeown
$32.95 AUD
Category: History
The ancient Romans have left us far more information about themselves than has any other Western society until much more recent times. But what we know about them is sometimes bizarre, and hardly fits the conventional view of the Romans as a pragmatic people with a ruthlessly efficient army and a very l ...Show more
A Century of New Words by John Ayto
$32.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Take a fascinating journey from plastic (1909) to podcasting (2004). This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Ayto's critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Words, and was published in hardback as Movers and Shakers: A chronology of words that shaped our age. It offers a selection of the ...Show more
A Creative Approach to Teaching Calculation : the What, Why and How of Teaching Calculation and Number in Context by Lury Josh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Maths
Calculations are the gateway to outstanding learning in mathematics, but many people struggle with the step-by-step procedures of calculation methods. This book motivates learners by using pattern, practical hands-on and real-world activities that engage the curiosity, and the innate mathematical abilit ...Show more
A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases by James Morwood
$39.95 AUD
Category: Languages
This authoritative and highly browsable guide provides an enlightening account of the meaning and history of Latin words and phrases that have entered the English language. Readers will find over 1000 phrases, sayings, mottoes, and proverbs, translated with examples of usage and fascinating citations an ...Show more
A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia by Tony Young; Kay Smith (Illustrator)
$34.95 AUD
Category: Science
This beautiful book highlights an often overlooked, but remarkable, aspect of our natural world: Australia's fungi. Many are brightly coloured, some fluorescent, some are elegant, others squat, some fragrant, more still are highly toxic. This field guide showcases many of these species in all their sple ...Show more