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I am Jane Goodall (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
$32.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Ordinary People Change the World
We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer. Learn all about Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee scientist. Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical figure, told in ...Show more
Karl Marx's Das Kapital by Wheen Francis
$27.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it', wrote Karl Marx in 1845. This is the essence of Das Kapital, a blazing expos of the new capitalist world of the Victorian era, whose ideas would affect the lives of millions and alter the course of world histo ...Show more
Last Guard - Book 5 by Nalini Singh
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: The\Psy-Changeling Trinity Ser.
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to a world devastated by change in her award-winning Psy-Changeling Trinity series, where two people defined by their aloneness hold the fate of the Psy in their hands . . .Termed merciless by some, and a robotic sociopath by others, Payal Rao is th ...Show more
Machines That Think! - Big Ideas That Changed the World #2 by Don Brown
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas seriesMachines That Think explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating looks at ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (The Girls Who Changed the World, #1) by Jackie French
$19.98 NZD
Category: Not a Book | 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
Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history by Roland Perry
$0.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: How 2 Aust Greatest Generals Changed the World History
Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: John Monash and Harry Chauvel. Monash commanded the Australian forces on the Western Front at the most crit ...Show more
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
Second-hand, paperback in reasonable condition. Obvious fold on front cover. A ground-breaking explanation of the single most influential text of all time by the world's foremost religious historian. The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over 2,000 languages, it i ...Show more
On The Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke
$29.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: Books That Shook the World | Reading Level: very good
'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
Rachel Carson (Scientists Who Changed the World) by Anita Croy
$24.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Scientists Who Changed the World
Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson was a pioneer in combining the disciplines of the arts and science, specifically writing and biology. She is famous for alerting the world to the danger of pesticides and other manmade farming chemicals through her writings, including her bestselling book, Sil ...Show more
Rocket to the Moon! (Big Ideas That Changed the World) by Don Brown
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Big Ideas That Changed the World
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person's ...Show more
Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #3 by Don Brown
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World Ser.
Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series A Shot in the Arm! explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox--perhaps humanki ...Show more
Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
$29.99 NZD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: The Psy-Changeling Trinity Series | Reading Level: very good
An amazing new adventure begins in the Psy-Changeling universe, from New York Times bestseller Nalini Singh. Silver Silence marks the beginning of a thrilling new story arc in Nalini Singh's bestselling Psy-Changeling universe. Welcome to Psy-Changeling Trinity!