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Joe : The Only Boy in the World by Michael Blastland
35.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
An exceptionally haunting memoir that also shows us what it is to be really human A little boy sits at the top of the slide, oblivious to the restless queue snapping behind him. He stares into space ... and sings. In a hardware store, he plonks himself on a display toilet amidst the throng of custome ...Show more
Joe: The only boy in the world by Michael Blastland
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In a hardware store, Joe sits on a display toilet amidst the throng of customers and wees, smiling serenely. He thumps crying babies. He is amazed when the car he runs in front of actually hits him. Joe is ten and mentally disabled. He's funny, fascinating and maddening, and this memoir tells his moving ...Show more
The Norm Chronicles: Risk and Uncertainty by Michael Blastland
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
This is a far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice. Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind ...Show more
The Tiger That Isn't : Seeing through a World of Numbers (expanded edition 2008) by Michael Blastland & Andrew Dilnot
27.99 NZD
28.99 (3% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
This title offers a painless introduction to the maths of the real world by the team who created and present the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series "More or Less". Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Mos ...Show more
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