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  • This Way Up

    When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

    by Map Men ...
    ***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Phraseology

    Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

    by Barbara Ann Kipfer ...
    The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use EverydayPhraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.Practical enough to be used as a reference book ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • 如果這樣，會怎樣？（10週年增訂版）：胡思亂想的搞怪趣問，正經認真的科學妙答

    What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    by 蘭德爾．門羅, Randall Munroe, 黃靜雅 ...
    Series series 科學天地
    ★《紐約時報》暢銷榜 TOP 1 ★★ 銷售突破１００萬冊 ★★週年１０倍強勢回歸 ★廣受歡迎的xkcd網站作者蘭德爾．門羅的熱銷名著《如果這樣，會怎樣？》，出版歷時10年，銷售突破100萬冊！書中充滿各種奇思怪想的問題，以及作者一本科學的幽默正經回覆。10週年版《如果這樣，會怎樣？》內容全面更新，外加全新的一章，有更多趣味漫畫，還有10倍極限的情境設定，讓你對世界的理解與想像更加10倍開展！．開車撞到減速坡仍安然存活的最快車速是多快？　如果所有減速坡都變成10倍高，又會怎麼？．從多高的地方把牛排丟下，能讓牛排在著地時煮熟？　如果高度增加10倍，又會怎麼？．你想過1莫耳的鼴鼠有多大嗎？　如果是10莫耳</... ... Read more

    $11.95 USD

  • Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

    $0.41 USD

  • El colibrí

    by Sandro Veronesi ...
    Translated by Juan Manuel Salmerón Arjona ...
    Una bellísima novela sobre el amor, la superación y el optimismo. Una lección de literatura y de vida merecedora del Premio Strega.El colibrí es un pájaro menudo que tiene la capacidad de mantenerse en suspensión en el aire. A Marco Carrera, oftalmólogo que ejerce en Roma, de niño su madre lo llamaba colibrí por su escasa estatura. El problema de crecimiento se solucionó con inyecciones de ... Read more

    $11.09 USD

  • On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

    by James Fell ...
    Sh!t happens. Every day.Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play. When participation in the Hitler Youth became mandatory in Germany, groups of teen “pirates” rebelled. Muhammad Ali refused to “drop bombs and bullets on brown people” in Vietnam. A dog sled relay carried life-saving medicine 674 miles through –50 temperatures to rescue children ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • Cribsheet

    A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

    by Emily Oster ...
    Series Book 2 - The ParentData Series
    **From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • The Great Mental Models, Volume 1

    General Thinking Concepts

    by Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien ...
    Series Book 1 - The Great Mental Models Series
    Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast.This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you.Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • The Official DVSA Guide to Driving - the essential skills: DVSA Safe Driving for Life Series

    by Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency ...
    Series series DVSA Safe Driving for Life
    As well as having the right skills, knowledge and understanding, safe and responsible driving is also about recognising that we’ll generally get where we want to go to more quickly, and in one piece, if we co-operate with other road users. It’s about understanding that others may not be as able or as experienced as we are. And, however skilled we think we are or however long we’ve been driving, we ... Read more

    $19.79 USD

  • The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

    The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts

    by Judika Illes ...
    Updated Anniversary Edition features an inspiring new preface from Judika to celebrate 20 years of this magical reference book.The definitive magic reference book for Witches, Wiccans and all devotees of the magical arts. This is the real version of the archetypal master spell book of fantasy that has a place in our collective imagination. The spell book also contains a brief history of and basic ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Institutes

    by John Cassian, Wyatt North ...
    This edition The Institutes, also known as Institutions, comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each book.Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 435), was a Christian theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings. He is known both as one of the "Scythian monks" and as one of the "Desert Fathers."John Cassian came very late into writing ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 VII

    Getting the Most from Sony's Advanced Compact Camera

    by Alexander White ...
    This book is a complete manual for users of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VII camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 VII with a guide to all aspects of the camera’s operation, including its many advanced settings for autofocus and exposure control. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Blue Ocean Strategy + Beyond Disruption Collection (2 Books)

    by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne ...
    The two landmark books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, that together challenge everything you thought you knew about winning the future.These two iconic books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, together changed how the world thinks about strategy and innovation. Blue Ocean Strategy, the #1 global bestseller, reframed strategy not as a game between rivals fighting over markets ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • 51 Must Know Facts About Brain

    by GP Editors ...
    Series Book 1 - 51 Must Know Facts
    The human brain is extraordinary. It is the body’s control centre. We must know how neurons work, how the brain develops, how it controls movement and perceives the senses, what happens during sleep, and how language, learning, and memory are developed. Technology is finally unlocking the secrets of the brain. It is explaining why we behave the way we do. It is helping experts develop new methods ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Life in Medieval Europe

    Fact and Fiction

    by Danièle Cybulskie ...
    "A lovely, witty treasure trove of a book, spilling over with historical gems . . . a very human history: sometimes weird, always wonderful." —Dan Jones, New York Times-bestselling authorHave you ever found yourself watching a show or reading a novel and wondering what life was really like in the Middle Ages? What did people actually eat? Were they really filthy? And did they ever get to marry for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Brutish Museums

    The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution

    by Dan Hicks ...
    New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020'Essential' – Sunday Times'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books'A real game-changer'– EconomistWalk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Keep It Shut

    What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All (Updated and Expanded, Including a Bonus 10-Day Devotional)

    by Karen Ehman ...
    MORE THAN 300,000 COPIES SOLD!Gain practical insights into breaking habits of gossip, flattery, verbal retaliation, and people-pleasing in this encouraging and biblical resource on taming your tongue.Got words? Oh yeah, you do! The average person speaks over 2.5 million per year--not to mention the ones they type online. In this fully updated and expanded edition of Keep It Shut, Karen Ehman--a ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Terry Brooks

    Reading List

    by Edward Peterson ...
    Whether you are reading your favorite author or getting to know a new author nothing is more important than reading order. You will spoil the story and your own enjoyment if you read a series in the wrong order and you will miss the development of an author’s writing if you read their books in a helter-skelter fashion. With our original reading list you get the perfect tool to enjoy Terry Brooks’ ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Research Methods in Library and Information Science

    by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Marie L. Radford ...
    Series series Library and Information Science Text Series
    The seventh edition of this frequently adopted textbook features new or expanded sections on social justice research, data analysis software, scholarly identity research, social networking, data science, and data visualization, among other topics. It continues to include discipline experts' voices.The revised seventh edition of this popular text provides instruction and guidance for professionals ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Netnography

    The Essential Guide to Qualitative Social Media Research

    by Robert Kozinets ...
    Netnography is an adaptation of ethnography for the online world, pioneered by Robert Kozinets, and is concerned with the study of online cultures and communities as distinct social phenomena, rather than isolated content. In this landmark third edition, Netnography: The Essential Guide provides the theoretical and methodological groundwork as well as the practical applications, helping students ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Curating, Interpretation and Museums

    When Attitude Becomes Form

    by Sylvia Lahav ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on the Global Creative Economy
    Following a period of strategic and ideological change in museums, this book outlines new attitudes in curating and display, education and learning, text and interpretation, access, inclusion, participation, space, and the issues around the sustainability of the encyclopaedic collection.Focused on the contemporary period, the author questions the extent to which the museum visitor has become ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • NITPICKER'S GUIDE FOR DEEP SPACE (NEXT)

    by Phil Farrand ...
    Series series Nitpicker's Guides
    Every episode of the first four seasons of equipment oddities, weird science, strange but true observations, and nutty technical difficulties for discriminating fans of Deep Space Nine.Commanders Log, DS9: Star Date 46379.1: Bajor below. The cosmos above. Bloopers Everywhere!How long is the wormhole?In "Emissary," it is 70,000 light years. Four episodes later Sisko says it is 90,000. Better check ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Red Herrings And White Elephants

    The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

    by Albert Jack ...
    Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswallop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the limelight' mean? Where do they come from? Have you ever taken a moment to wonder what we say actually means? The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this irreverent journey through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language. In a book that ... Read more

    $5.19 USD

  • How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

    A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

    by Gordon D. Fee, Mark L. Strauss ...
    With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD