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100 Discoveries: The Greatest Breakthroughs in History by Peter Macinnis
45.00 NZD
49.99 (9% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
Presents the greatest 100 breakthroughs in science and technology, medicine and the major areas of human endeavour over the past ten thousand years.
Rockets: Sulfer, Sputnik and Scramjets by Peter Macinnis
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A history of rockets from their early Chinese origins to their modern use in the military, space exploration and commercial peacetime use Our story starts around 700 BC when the Chinese used a form of gunpowder to fumigate their houses. The first real rockets were gunpowder filled sections of bamboo ...Show more
The Killer Bean of Calabar and other stories:Poisons and Poisoners by Peter MacinnIs
29.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Juicy anecdotal and quirky stories of poisons and poisoners that are informative, interesting, ironic and humorous. 'A triumphantly toxic tome. As a dedicated Macinnis fan, I relish this latest display of erudition, story-telling and fun. One of his very best.'Robyn Williams, Head, ABC Science UnitWas A ...Show more
The Lawn: A Social History by Peter Macinnis
35.00 NZD
Category: History
"The Lawn: A Social History" 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. After the lawn, leisure time would never ...Show more
You Eat Poison Every Day (It's True!) by Peter MacInnis
13.99 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: It's True!
Packed with 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. Pssst! It's true! This is the best book on poisons you'll ever read. Did you realise that you take poison at l ...Show more
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