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Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity by Carl Wilkinson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Information Books | Series: Words That Changed the World Ser.
Understand how Einstein came to write the most famous equation in history and see how the world was changed forever. Broken into 10 bite-sized chapters, this step-by-step journey through Einstein's mind takes his original manuscripts and makes them accessible to budding scientists everywhere.
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Anna Brett
$35.00 AUD
Category: Information Books | Series: Words that Changed the World
Darwin's theory of evolution written in an accessible format and richly illustrated throughout for children aged 7+. Part of the non-fiction series Words that Changed the World, this book is an accessible guide to the theory of evolution, presented in an attractive format with beautiful illustrations t ...Show more
Darwin's Origin of Species by Browne Janet
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
An enlightening and highly readable introduction to the book that altered forever our understanding of what it is to be human. There is grandeur in this view of life . . . whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beauti ...Show more
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
$35.00 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully illustrated book that uncovers the fascinating stories of creatures great and small. These are the animals that have played a central role in the evolution of humankind and modern society, but remain at the periphery of our undertsanding ...Show more
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gardens | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Plants are so ubiquitous, such a common feature of the world around us, that we rarely stop to consider the profound impact they have on our everyday lives. We give flowers on special occasions, spend many dedicated hours nurturing gardens, use them for dyes and construction, and turn them into cosmetic ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (#1 The Girls Who Changed the World) (CBCA Notable 2023) by Jackie French
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself ...Show more
Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3) by Jackie French
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed history throughout the world. She's faced danger and adventure when Herstory sent her to the past to witness girls' bravery in the incredible feats left out ...Show more
On The Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke
$24.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
'The Wealth of Nations is, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it has been taking its time. Two hundred and thirty one years after publication, Adam Smith's practical truths are only beginning to be absorbed in full. Although its contents didn't make people gasp, something about The Wealt ...Show more
The Buried Ark (#2 The Change Trilogy) by James Bradley
$15.00 AUD
Category: Y.A Fiction | Series: The Change
Callie risked everything to get her little sister Gracie to the safety of the Zone. But Matt, the boy she loves, has been killed by Quarantine and Gracie has been absorbed into the Change. Now Callie must learn to survive in the alien landscape of the Zone, a place where the Change is everywhere, and no ...Show more
The Silent Invasion (#1 The Change Trilogy) by James Bradley
$10.00 AUD
Category: Y.A Fiction | Series: The Change
Plants, animals and humans are being infected by spores from space and becoming part of a vast alien intelligence. When 16-year-old Callie discovers her little sister Gracie is Changing, she flees with Gracie to the Zone to escape termination by the ruthless officers of quarantine. What Callie finds in ...Show more
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography by Christopher Hitchens
$23.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Books That Changed the World
Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, Paine's text is a passionate defense of man's inalienable righ ...Show more
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