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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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We demand Notes For Women! A fantastic Suffragette-themed notebook. Measurements: A5.Paperback64 ruled pages.
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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,...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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First published in 1814, Werner's Nomenclature of Colours is a taxonomic guide to the colors of the natural world for artists and scientist. Abraham Gottlob Werner devised a standardized color scheme that allowed him to describe even the subtlest of chromatic differences with consistent terminology. His...
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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.
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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...
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By Matthew Watkins Equations are the magical invocations of millions of modern mathemagicians. Have you ever needed one fast? Mathemusican Watkins and wizardly illustrator Matt Tweed have compiled nearly 3000 years of cogitation into one amazing little book. Mathemagical! Paperback, 58 pp. Illustrated throughout. Measures 12.5 x...
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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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Create ever growing and changing bookends with this fantastic planter set: just add plants. This clever two-pot planter is designed to look like a traditional flower pot split into two. The books are held together by discreet L-shaped metal supports; the pots slide off the...
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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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Master a musical instrument at your desk in just a few hours. This plastic ruler has printed finger markings and note positions. Also included is a lavishly printed and fully illustrated tongue-in-cheek guide to ruler playing, done in the style of a classic guitar teaching...
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What is everything around us made of, and how did it get there? What arcane secrets hide in the modern alchemist's lab? Is there a hidden order to matter itself, known only to a select few? You hold in your hands the probably the smallest...
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A fun way to approach science for children. This interactive book will inform, but more importantly encourage and help children to enjoy science. A creative workbook that encourages children to think like a scientist by noticing details, questioning everything and, crucially, dreaming up new ideas....
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A really revolutionary notebook. Use these blood-red pages to note down your 5 year plan for world domination. 192 page notebook with glossy plastic cover and ribbon.Measures 12 x 9cm.
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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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Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Aphra Behn, Sojourner Truth and many more famous women who changed the world enter in this fantastic book. These women went above and beyond to change the world they were in and we recognize their success in 'Bad Girls Through History'....
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"Do you have...Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe?""Are all your books for sale, or just some of them?""Do you have any piano sheet music, but for guitars?""Is this book edible?""Do you have any books by Jane Eyre?" And many more... A unique collection of bizarre, outrageous, disturbing,...
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In this unique and exquisite little book, Horning examines basic shelters from all around the world: mud-brick adobe structures, nomads' tents, travellers' quick fixes, timber frame buidlings, and more modern solutions, including strawbale designs and geodesic domes. Find out the difference between a yurt and a...
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This brilliant notebook is also a passport to the red planet, with travel advice and a detailed passport information page (stardate of issue, carbon based or silicon, etc.). 64 lined page notebook with a card cover.Measures 12.5 x 9cm.
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Head in the clouds? This pocket-sized notebook to help you identify and record all the different types of clouds around us, with a full guide to cloud types. 64 lined page notebook with a card cover. Measures 12.5 x 9cm.
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If you are naturally selective when it comes to organising your books then try these Darwinian bookends. Perfect for supporting your evolving reading habits. Measurements: 18.5 x 12.5 x 19 cm.Boxed metal bookends
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Are you fascinated by the structure and processes of the human brain? Both fun and functional, this book includes state-of-the-art knowledge about the brain and how it works, and is designed for amateurs and professionals alike. As we grow up do we ever lose the...
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By Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger An updated edition of this best-selling cookbook, which was the first to explore the menus and manners of ancient Greece and Rome. Featuring fifty recipes from every stratum of classical civilization, this book covers everything from wedding feasts and...
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Are YOU the ultimate map-reader? Do you know trig points from National Trails? Can you calculate using contours? And can you fathom exactly how far the footpath is from the free house? Track down hidden treasures, decipher geographical details and discover amazing facts as you...
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A fun way to approach maths for children. An interactive book that helps children to think like a mathematician by introducing key mathematical concepts in a highly visual and entertaining way. Measures 19.8 x 1.3 x 25.1 cm.Hardback 96 pages.Suitable for 8-12 year olds.
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Everything you need to put your message into the world. Includes how to make your own stickers, seed bombs, portable idea dispenser, stencils and more. This quirky kit is exploding with ideas to make guerilla art whether your artistic message is fun, non-profit, silly or...
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By Miranda Lundy Is there a secret language all around us? What's so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? How can there be something sixy about circles? Beautifully illustrated by the author, this small introduction to one of the oldest and most widespread subjects...
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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...
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True stories of princesses we don't find in Disney movies - from Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe, the Nazi spy, to Princess Olga of Kiev, who slaughtered her way to sainthood and Princess Lakshmibai who fought on the battlefield with her toddler on her back. These...
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The Periodic Table Of Cocktails contains 106 classic cocktails arranged following the logical ordering of The Periodic Table of Elements. A great way to learn about your favourite cocktails and how to make them. Hardback 160 pages.Measurements: 20.5 cm x 13.5 cm.
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This highly-acclaimed book presents a wonderful selection of paintings, drawings and photographs of women reading through the ages, from Vermeer, Manet and Whistler to Edward Hopper and photographer Eve Arnold. The images are accompanied by detailed commentaries that explain the context in which each image...
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This brilliant sketchbook contains Andrew Rae's drawings which show all sorts of real inventions that seem too weird to work. Use his drawings to inspire your own crazy inventions. 100 Colour illustrations.Paperback 128 pages.Measurements: 24cm x 24cm.
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The Feminists: Greer, Mill, De Beauvoir. The School of Life has created sets of three notebooks, each dedicated to a Great Thinker. Each notebook carries an introduction to that thinker on the inside front page, his or her name beautifully printed on the cover, and otherwise empty pages...
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This fantastic book is an analysis of the geometry behind hand-stitching patterns. It features illustrated instructions for 100 stitches for right and left handed people. A great way to learn new stitches. Flexi-binding 144 pages.Measures 27.3 cm x 21.6 cm.200 colour photos and 280 black...
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This book surveys our long-lasting obsession with trees as metaphors for organising and representing hierarchical information. 200 lavishly illustrated examples, from biblical genealogy and corporate structures to linguistic or conceptual hierarchies. Hardcover 208 pages.Measures 19.10 x 25.40 cm.
