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Big Ideas in Brief: 200 World-changing Concepts Explained in an Instant by Ian Crofton
$12.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: In Minutes Ser.
Ian Crofton, former editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopedia, has written a wide range of other general reference books, including Philosophy (Teach Yourself Instant Reference) and Science Without the Boring Bits. With Big Ideas in Brief, Crofton provides an accessible tour of 200 key concepts that ...Show more
Brewer's Cabinet of Curiosities by Ian Crofton
$39.99 NZD
Category: Humour
From the creators of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, considered by many the greatest trivia collection ever, comes another cool collection of fabulous facts, quirky quotes, and unbelievable-but-true happenings. The coverage includes various historic, literary, artistic, and scientific categorie ...Show more
Brewer's Curious Titles by Ian Crofton (ed.)
$12.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
This volume tells the often intriguing stories behind an array of titles of works of literature, music and the visual arts. Arranged in A-Z order by title, it explains the meanings of, and reasons for, the titles of more than 1500 novels, films, poems, plays, paintings and works of classical music.
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable (2nd ed.) by John Ayto & Ian Crofton
$85.00 NZD
Category: Reference
A fully revised and updated edition of the authentic phrase and fable dictionary for the 21st century, under a new team of editors. The new edition focuses not just on the linguistic and cultural resonance of thousands of contemporary words and phrases (the 'phrase' component), but also on the riches ...Show more
Great Escapes: 25 thrilling escape stories from Devil's Island to Alcatraz by Ian Crofton
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
Great Escapes brings together extraordinary stories of daring escapes from prison, prisoner-of-war camps and other places of incarceration and confinement, drawn from every period of history and from every corner of the world. In addition to telling the stories of the most celebrated and notorious of pr ...Show more
History Without the Boring Bits by Ian Crofton
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting st ...Show more
History without the Boring Bits: A Curious Chronology of the World by Ian Crofton
$35.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting st ...Show more
Little Book of Big History by Ian D. Crofton
$22.00 NZD
Category: History
From the Big Bang to the future of our planet, The Little Book of Big History divides history into manageable but comprehensive time frames, encompassing the cosmos, the stars, life and everything in between. Big History is the attempt to understand and condense the entire story of the cosmos, from the ...Show more
The Disappeared by Ian Crofton
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
From the crew of the Mary Celeste to Lord Lucan, and from Ambrose Bierce to Jimmy Hoffa, history is littered with cases of perplexing disappearance. Beyond the wilder excesses of paranormal speculation and theories of alien abduction, their stories offer the inquisitive reader both the thrill of uncerta ...Show more
The Kings and Queens of England by Ian Crofton
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
From the reign of Alfred the Great - the first king of Wessex to call himself 'king of England' - in the 9th century, to the shock of Norman invasion in the 11th, and from the brutal vicissitudes of late medieval kingship to the comfortable ceremonial of modern-day constitutional monarchy, the story of ...Show more
The Little Book of Big History: The Story of Life, the Universe and Everything by Ian Crofton
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
From the Big Bang to the future of our planet, The Little Book of Big History divides history into manageable but comprehensive time frames, encompassing the cosmos, the stars, life and everything in between. Big History is the attempt to understand and condense the entire story of the cosmos, from the ...Show more