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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gan ...Show more
In Miniature - How Small Things Illuminate the World by Simon Garfield
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans' peculiar fascination with small things-and what small things tell us about our larger world. Simon Garfield writes books that shine a light on aspects of the everyday world in order to reveal the charm ...Show more
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
$36.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
What's your type? Suddenly everyone's obsessed with fonts. Whether you're enraged by Ikea's Verdanagate, want to know what the Beach Boys have in common with easy Jet or why it's okay to like Comic Sans, "Just My Type" will have the answer. Learn why using upper case got a New Zealand health worker sack ...Show more
Just My Type - A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody wh ...Show more
Mauve by Simon Garfield
$24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Canons Ser.
1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin's experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye everything it touches a brilliant purple. Perkin has discovered mauve, the world's first synthetic dye, brid ...Show more
On the Map : Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon Garfield
$28.99 NZD
Category: History
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. With a historical sw ...Show more
On the Map : Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon Garfield
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. His compelling narra ...Show more
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling s ...Show more
Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A US Senator begins a speech that will last for 25 hours. The horrors of ...Show more
To The Letter: A Journey Through a Vanishing World by Simon Garfield
$19.99 NZD
$36.99 (45% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
To the Letter tells the story of our remarkable journey through the mail. From Roman wood chips discovered near Hadrian's Wall to the wonders and terrors of email, Simon Garfield explores how we have written to each other over the centuries and what our letters reveal about our lives. Along the way he d ...Show more
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