How to Skim a Stone by Ralph Jones
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Category: Something Special! | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
This is the ultimate guide to skimming a stone. Stone skimming is an art and a science: a brief distraction on a country walk and an international sport with highly competitive championships. Ralph Jones covered last year's World Stone Skimming Championships and here, he investigates the physics, the ...Show more
How to Climb Everest by Kami Rita Sherpa
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Category: Something Special! | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
What does it take to climb the world's highest mountain?This delightful short book reveals everything you need to know about climbing Mount Everest - and who better to tell you than Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of this extraordinary mountain. In Ma ...Show more
Twitch Upon the Thread: Writers on Fishing by Jon Day
$29.95 AUD
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The best fishing writing is never really about fishing, or never only about fishing, and the writers collected in A Twitch Upon the Thread use angling as a way to write about love, loss, faith, and obsession. This is an anthology of fishing writing ranging from medieval times to the present, taking the ...Show more
Smoke by John Berger
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A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Sel�uk Demirel. "Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked." This charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, throu ...Show more
Found and Lost - Mittens, Miep, and Shovelfuls of Dirt by Alison Leslie Gold
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A luminous memoir from the Holocaust writer, Alison Leslie Gold, told through a series of letters to the living and the dead.Alison Leslie Gold is best known for her works that have kept alive stories from the time of the Holocaust, stories of courage and survival - most famously her Anne Frank Remember ...Show more
Frida Kahlo And My Left Leg by Roger Scruton
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A New York Times-bestselling author's personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee. At first sight of Frida Kahlo's painting The Two Fridas, Emily Rapp Black felt a connection with the artist. An amputee from childhood, Rapp Black grew u ...Show more
On Dogs: An Anthology by Tracey Ullman
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Calling all dog-lovers: On Dogs collects essays about man's best friend by Charles Dickens, Vita Sackville-West, Brigitte Bardot, and Shakespeare, among others, with an introduction by acclaimed actor, comedian, and adopter of strays Tracey Ullman. Dogs throughout history have always enjoyed a special r ...Show more
The Wrong Turning - Encounters with Ghosts - Ghost Stories From World Literature by Stephen Johnson
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Introduced and edited by broadcaster Stephen Johnson, a curated selection of chilling ghost stories from world literature. Why do people love ghost stories, even if they don't believe (or say they don't believe) in ghosts? Is it simply the adrenaline rush that comes from being mesmerized and terrified b ...Show more
At the Bookshop: A 1000-Piece Puzzle for Book Lovers by Kim Siew
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This bookshop? You're bound to love it!Mr Darcy, Matilda and Sherlock Holmes enter a bookshop. No, it's not a joke, it's the bookstore of your dreams. Bursting with beloved literary characters and clues to all your favourite works, prepare yourself for the most enchanting, exciting and unusual bookstore ...Show more
How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker
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Category: Something Special! | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
Take a seat--the captain's seat, that is--and relax. You're about to land a Boeing 747. The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so--from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark Van ...Show more
It's Christmas Everywhere: Celebrations from Around the World by Hannah Barnaby
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A global celebration of Christmas, this unique tree-shaped carousel-format novelty board book can be opened and folded back to create a free-standing Christmas tree using its integrated magnetic closure. A sturdy and gorgeous gift, featuring frame-worthy art. Ten days until Christmas. How I wish I could ...Show more
Mycocultural Revolution by Peter McCoy
$25.00 AUD
Category: Something Special! | Series: Good Life Ser.
Discover the glorious world of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi, as described by Peter McCoy, one of today's foremost experts in the field. Covering the essential information and skills for identifying, cultivating, and celebrating the uniqueness of fungi, this book enables anyone to quickly and easi ...Show more