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A field guide for monster-philes of all ages, focusing on 64 curious creatures. This spotter's manual explains what they look like, their annoying habits, what they eat and even if they are useful for anything. Ages 7+.
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The stories of many intrepid individuals who explored the Australian continent in the first 120 years of European settlement, including both little-known explorers and old favourites. There are tales not only of tragedy, conflict and death, but also of loyalty, amazing perseveran ...
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This book is written by Peter Macinnis, the recipient of the Eve Pownall award in the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards for the sister publication, Australian Backyard Explorer. In Australian Backyard Naturalist, Peter enthusiastically explores the animals that inh ...
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Historically difficult substances to trace, poisons have been used by many for their own dastardly purposes. But the truly great poisoners are those who make selective use of poisons to save human lives. With ripping yarns, unusual views of famous people, Macinnis explains the wh ...
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Including facts about both natural and man-made poisons, from foxgloves and hemlock to rat-killer and lead paints, this book also contains many tales of murder, intrigue and accidental death. Here, you can read about toxic wallpaper that killed even bedbugs, find out why Bath bun ...
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Explores the strange coming-together of means, opportunity and motive in the middle of the nineteenth century, and the lasting social changes that followed when the lawn emerged as the dominant feature of the modern built environment. This book explains how the lawn mower was the ...
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Presents the greatest 100 breakthroughs in science and technology, medicine and the major areas of human endeavour over the past ten thousand years.
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A historical account of the world's love affair with sugar and it's discovery and development around the globe. From New Guinea to Shakespeare's England and from slave labour to mass production, it has caused wars and geopolitical balances that have shaped the modern world and it ...
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Beginning in China in 70 B C, this history chronicles the development of rockets from gunpowder-filled sticks of bamboo to interstellar commercial satellites. It traces the story of American Robert Goddard as he led the group of 20th-century space enthusiasts who realized that ro ...
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An extraordinary story of a small force defeating a much larger one. It is the tale of 550 men of the 39th Militia Battalion. In eight short and brutal weeks, these soldiers slowed, and eventually stopped the advance of 6000 experienced Japanese troops of the Nankai division acro ...
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