Cars We Loved in The 1990s by Giles Chapman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Machinery | Series: Cars We Loved Ser.
The 1980s car era had been brash and loud - but the 1990s that followed was markedly more sober, stylish and sophisticated. A period when safety and durability improved... even though insurance hikes, speed cameras and the introduction of the separate theory test made driving more of a challenge. Britpo ...Show more
1000 Flags - Banners and Ensigns by Elisabeth Dumont Le Cornec
$29.95 AUD
Category: Reference
A guide to the world's flags, their history and design. Did you know that the flag of the United States has been modified 32 times? And that the Jolly Roger is still flown today? Every flag raised through time has a remarkable history tied to the identity and history of whoever is flying it. 1000 Flags ...Show more
Collins World Atlas: Reference Edition (HB) by Collins Maps
$42.99 AUD
Category: Atlas
A beautiful gift for the adventurers in your family A new, fully updated edition of this popular atlas in the Collins world atlas range. Designed in the distinctive Collins style, it is the ideal reference atlas for school, home and business use. Explore our planet;* Highly detailed, updated regional ...Show more
Sharks and Rays of Australia by P.R. Last
$120.00 AUD
Category: Animals
This new edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution maps.
Fox & I: an uncommon friendship by Catherine Raven
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals | Reading Level: very good
A solitary woman's inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox. Catherine Raven left home at 15, fleeing an abusive father and an indifferent mother. Drawn to the natural world, she worked as a ranger in national parks, a ...Show more
Holden Commemorative Edition: The Great Years, the Great Cars 1968-2020 by Gelding Street Press
$39.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
Commodore. Torana. Monaro.Holden captures the essence of these three great cars - their muscle, their romance and their engineering - as well as their glory days at racetracks such as Mount Panorama at Bathurst and Phillip Island. It celebrates 50-plus years of great Aussie motoring memories, from the o ...Show more
Recovery: How we can create a better, brighter future after a crisis by Andrew Wear
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
In times of crisis lies opportunity. Recovery shows us how we can build back better after COVID-19.We have recovered from many crises in the past- war, depression, pandemic, natural disaster. Often, we've bounced back to create an even better future. The Spanish Flu was followed by the economic prosperi ...Show more
Amazing and Curious Railway Tales by Colin G. Maggs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers - and more! - in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, ...Show more
Age of Combustion: Notes on Automobile Design by STEPHEN BAYLEY
$44.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankind's most ingenious, seductive and damaging invention. For over a century, cars have provided reference points for our notions of style, status and desire. In design terms, the Age of Combustion was as rich and varied as architecture's Baroque and ...Show more
Diamonds: Their History, Sources, Qualities and Benefits by RENEE NEWMAN
$59.95 AUD
Category: Reference
The beauty and sparkle and mystique of diamonds is unmatched by that of any other gem in the world. Since early times, diamonds have been treasured as good luck charms, remarkable tools and status symbols and have been worn, collected and presented as lavish gifts. Today, diamonds remain among the most ...Show more
Word for Today by Roly Sussex
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Did you know that the word salary comes from the Latin salfor 'salt', since part of the payment to Roman soldiers was in salt? That braces and suspenders used to refer to different items of clothing? Or that trolls have migrated from fairytales to online discussion forums? The English language is curren ...Show more
Australian Birds in Pictures by Duade Matthew ; Paton Jones
$45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
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