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Designer and writer Mike Warren, creator of the popular Cut in Half YouTube channel, uses a high-pressure waterjet cutter to reveal the hidden workings of 58 everyday objects, from electronics to car parts and from seashells to sports equipment. With detailed photography from Jonothan Woodward,...
£12.99
GCHQ, the top-secret intelligence and security agency, is opening up its archives of decades' worth of codes, puzzles and challenges for everyone to try. Over the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the Bletchley Park breakthroughs of WWII to the modern-day...
£16.99
Meet the the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland. They form a ring of twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea. A beautifully lyrical exploration of these amazing structures...
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Would Bletchley Park have recruited you? When scouring the land for top-level code breakers, the Bletchley Park recruiters left no stone un-turned. As well as approaching some of the country's finest mathematicians, they cast their nets wider, interviewing music students, chess masters, poets, linguists, hieroglyphics...
£3.50
A 50-page pad of Chopin Liszts! Printed with ruled lines and a part of the manuscript of Liszt's Hungarian March. 50 tear-off pagesmeasures 20.8 x 9.6 x 0.6 cm
£9.99
Solve all your Christmas conundrums! This updated edition includes instructions for avoiding a secret Santa disaster and how to win the festive family games as well as how to apply mathematical techniques to important issues such as who should be on your Christmas shopping list...
£5.99
Why did Pythagoras pause outside a Blacksmith's workshop? Can the nature of harmony really be understood visually? Why do harmonies leave gaps or 'commas' when added together? In this charming little book Ashton uses a Victorian device called a Harmonograph to tell the story of...
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This is a practical guide for people who want to make a change, from Huck, the magazine which celebrates people and movements that paddle against the flow. Find out everything you need to know, from how to design and make placards to strategies for using...
£6.99
Each of this set of three notebooks features a different full-colour satellite image from the Science Museum's collection on its cover. One notebook contains lined paper, one is blank and one contains graph paper. Measures 14 x 10 cm 3 x 32 pages
£14.99
A brilliant book to get you started in STEM. It explains things using only drawings and a vocabulary of just our 1,000 (or the ten hundred) most common words. From how a microwave works and toll bridges to the solar system and tectonic plates, this...
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This book from the New Scientist journeys to the extremes of science exploring a range of staggering and imagination stretching questions such as what is the nature of reality, does the universe ever end, and does time exist? Paperback 336 pages.Measurements: 19 x 13cm.
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Mark your progress in a book with these re-imagined stages of human evolution. Colourful and easy to spot this set of bookmarks make a fantastic gift. Measurements: 16 x 0.2 x 12.5 cm.Set of steel bookmark/paper clips.
£30.00
Have you ever wondered why a medium-rare steak is so popular? Why do we bake some things at 175°C and others at 190°C? And do you prefer to follow a recipe or are you more interested in finding out "what would happen if..."? More than...
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A compelling argument by Nicholas Crane who suggests that geography has never been more important. We are being confronted by a daily barrage of geographical stories on climate change, geopolitics, population growth, migration, dwindling resources, polluted oceans and natural hazards. On this finite orb, with...
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Knitting and handicrafts have a long history in protesting - the pussy hat project has been particularly successful but it joins a long tradition of crafty activism. From yarn bombing to protest scarfs and political pin cushions to shy anarchist socks, make your point with...
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A set of three notebooks, each featuring on its cover a different portion of a map of the world showing the voyages of Captain Cook from the cartographic collection of the British Library. Two notebooks contain lined paper and one contains squared paper. Each notebook...
£14.99
A funny and fascinating guide to the chemical elements, full of fabulous facts and explosive experiments. Scientific sleuth Sherlock Ohms investigates the mystery of how absolutely everything came to exist, and where you can find many of the elements hiding in your own house. With...
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Try out a set of literary themed cocktails. The perfect companion to any literary party, this witty collection of 65 different recipes includes classics like Love in the Time Of Kalhua, Vermouth the Bell Tolls and A Rum of One's Own. Recipes are paired with...
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This intriguing volume is a guide, directory and puzzle book all in one, with specially commissioned illustrations from Thibaud Hérem of 60 real and imaginary mazes from around the world. With a short history and birds eye view of each maze covered and including mazes...
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Here you will find over sixty of the greatest works of western literature – from Beowulf to Bronte, from Kafka to Kerouac, and from Dostoevsky to Dickens– each distilled through the voice of Twitter to its purest, pithiest 140-character essence:"FALLING INTO THE ABYSS!!!! I'll talk...
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Can something really be visible but not there at all? Do things always look smaller when they are further away? Is it ever possible to have a direct and true experience of reality? Are you totally sure? McNaughton takes us on a classical journey through...
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Visit the world's wildest places with Royal Geographical Society writer Chris Fitch who takes us on a journey through diverse kingdoms, some remote and unspoilt, some inhospitable wilderness, and some unexplored and largely unknown. We encounter nature's diversity and abundance in remote jungles, incredible natural...
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What was the great and golden secret known to Leonardo Da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Why were they forbidden to reveal it? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? In this small but compact volume, divine proportion supersleuth...
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From India’s sacred banyan tree to the cedar of Lebanon, trees offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees Jonathan Drori uses botany and history to show...
£14.99
Filled with useful and beautiful charts of butterfly identification information, including life stages, habitats and migration patterns, this durable notebook also features ruled and plain pages for your own notes. Fifth title in this series; we also offer Observer's Notebooks for Trees, Astronomy and Weather....
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Some of the world's most famous maps, stretching back to a time when cartography was in its infancy and the 'edge of the world' was a barrier to exploration. The book includes details of how Lewis and Clark helped map the American West, and how...
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An inspirational book about contemporary art by women about women. Featuring 200 works from the 1970s to the present, in different media by women artists. How do women paint or photograph each other? How do they represent each other in performance or sculpture? As mothers...
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The sea monsters on early maps are one of their most visually engaging elements, and yet they have never before been carefully studied. These creatures shine light not only on the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also on the history and geography...
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An essential desktop tool for anyone who's thoughts expand beyond a linear path. With this notebook you can plan, thumbnail, dream, note, list and develop all your ideas. The grids include: cartesian, isometric, log-log, reticle and architectural as well as ledger tables, storyboard grids and...
£9.99
Pebble spotting - a simple pleasure. This is charming, knowledgeable and witty guide to everything you didn't know there was to know about pebbles. The author Clarence Ellis ruminates on what a pebble actually is, before showing us how they are formed, advising on the...
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A fascinating collection of the most significant plans, sketches, drawings, and illustrations that have influenced and shaped the way we think about the world. From primitive cave paintings to Leonardo da Vincis Vitruvian Man to the complicated DNA helix drawn by Crick and Watson to...
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Solid yet impermanent; stark, yet rugged. And beautiful. Acclaimed poet and writer Nancy Campbell sets out from the world’s northernmost museum – at Upernavik in Greenland – to explore it in all its facets. From the Bodleian Library archives to the traces left by the...
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Tear, Paste, Protest: 50 Removable Posters. This collection was produced during the upsurge in political activism in the 2016 US presidential election campaign. Over 300 international artists and designers contributed their poster art to support the rights of minorities and concerns about animals, the environment...
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The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. An innovative and tongue-in-cheek use by Ladybird's of its own archived material. Hardback, 54...
£25.00
This astonishing miscellany of maps is a treasure trove of curious and interesting facts and a glorious celebration of our beautiful and diverse world. The atlas contains 64 maps and infographics including four fold-out maps and a double-sided removable poster. Maps and subjects include The...
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Science has proven that optimism is actually good for your heart, and this amusing writer’s journal affirms the notion that it’s also good for your brain. With playful prompts and witty quotations, It’s Gonna Be Okay is smart yet comforting—like a pair of horn-rimmed, rose-coloured glasses. Paperback...
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For anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by their to-read pile, these metal bookends carry the phrase 'so many books' on one and 'so little time' on the other. They are crafted from cut metal. Black metal, 15cm high. Each pair of bookends comes boxed.
£14.99
This clothbound lined notebook contains a wealth of inspirational material for followers of hip-hop and rap and is created by brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal aka ItsTheReal. Described as 'the premier storytellers in hip-hop in 2018', ItsTheReal appear on stages worldwide and produce a huge...
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We demand Notes For Women! A fantastic Suffragette-themed notebook. Measurements: A5.Paperback64 ruled pages.
£6.50
A gorgeous paper notebook with a cover design base on the round towers of Gérard Grandval's 1974 Choux de Créteil development. Includes informative short note on the building. Measures 9 cm x 14 cm64 blank pagesPaper: 80 gsm, 100% recycledBinding: 100% recycled, lay flat, saddle-stitch,...
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Contains 7 paper cut-out models celebrating post-war architecture of Central and Eastern Europe. You can explore and reconstruct some of the most controversial edifices erected behind the Iron Curtain. Contains 7 buildings to assemble, from omnipresent pre-cast housing estates to mighty post-soviet landmarks awaiting renovation...
£14.99
We live in an age of documents, and throughout time these have acted as signposts to the way our world has changed. This book takes us through nearly 5000 years of history via 100 key documents, from the I Ching to Edward Snowden's Wikileaks files...
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A brilliant guide to writing featuring expert techniques demonstrated in a clear and jargon-free way, with examples from twenty-five masters of prose. For aspiring writers of all ages and abilities, Read This is certain to motivate and strengthen your writing talent. Paperback 136 pages. 25...
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A wonderful notebook for novelists; this is the perfect place to store all your writerly observations. The notebook features an elasticated pen holder at the side, a blue ribbon pager marker, and a handy elastic closure/page holder. 160 blank pages. Measures 21 x 14cm with...
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Unlocking astonishing secrets and colourful pasts, this book is a voyage of wonder and discovery, showing that the elements' stories are our stories, that their lives are inextricable from our own. Here you will meet iron that rains from the heavens and noble gases that...
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Drawn from 14th- and 15th-century sources, including works by Geoffrey Chaucer, and carefully adapted to suit the modern kitchen, this beautifully illustrated cookbook explores the traditions and tastes of authentic medieval cookery. This book is a brand new treatment of a mouth-watering collection of recipes inspired...
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A notebook which contains star charts, guides and a tear-out astrolabe to help you record your astronomical adventuring. 64 lined page notebook with a card cover. Measures 12.5 x 9cm.
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An acclaimed history of the world through 100 things we have either admired and preserved, or used, broken and thrown away. This book will take you on a journey back in time to see how we humans have shaped our world, and been shaped by...
