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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next by Tom Standage
32.99 NZD
Category: Transport
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
29.95 NZD
Category: 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
Seriously Curious by Tom Standage
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
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
The Future of Technology by Ed. by Tom Standage
49.99 NZD
69.99 (28% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
The Mechanical Turk by Tom Standage
24.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
In 1770 in the imperial court of Vienna, one of the most extraordinary and baffling hoaxes in history was set in motion. As soon as it was unveiled to the cries of shocked courtiers, the Mechanical Turk became a sensation: a life-sized clockwork figure dressed in Eastern costume that, somehow, could ...Show more
Uncommon Knowledge by Tom Standage
24.99 NZD
Category: Finance & Economics
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
Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years by Tom Standage
36.99 NZD
Category: History
Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and political effects. Writing on the Wall reveals how an elaborate network of letter ...Show more
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