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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next by Tom Standage
$32.95 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a timely and illuminating history of personal transportation, and how it has transformed the world we live in.Beginning around 3,500 BC with the wheel, and moving through the eras of horsepower, trains and bicycles, Tom Standage puts the rise of the car a ...Show more
A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than simply quench our thirst. As Tom Standage relates with easy authority and charm, six of them - beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola - have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history during pivotal epochs. From hu ...Show more
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
$55.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in Six Glasses, this is a riveting history of humanity told through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance; it has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competi ...Show more
Go Figure And Other Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: The Economist Explains by Tom Standage
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Want to know how a tattoo affects your job prospects, which James Bond drinks the most martinis, or how to make an invisibility cloak? We have the answers. The news cycle moves fast, and as one story is swiftly replaced by another, underlying causes and bigger (and smaller) questions often go unexplored ...Show more
Oddly Informative: Matters of fact that amaze and delight by Tom Standage
$24.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
The latest edition in the Economist Explainer series, edited and introduced by Deputy Editor Tom Standage.
Seriously Curious by Tom Standage
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers. What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housewo ...Show more
Uncommon Knowledge by Tom Standage
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask:How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling?The keen minds of th ...Show more
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