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History, Frankish Identity and the Framing of Western E...
History, Frankish Identity and the Framing of Western Ethnic...
History, Frankish Identity and the Framing of Western E...
History, Frankish Identity and the Framing of Western Ethnic...
Consumer Behavior and Culture: Consequences for Global ...
Consumer Behavior and Culture: Consequences for Global Marke...
Music and Culture in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Liturg...
Music and Culture in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Liturgy, So...
Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization
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Western Civilization : A Brief History, Volume I: To 17...
Western Civilization : A Brief History, Volume I: To 1715 - ...
Western Civilization : a Brief History, Volume II: Sinc...
Western Civilization : a Brief History, Volume II: Since 150...
The Book that Made Your World - How the Bible Created t...
Understand where we came from.Whether youÂ’re an avid studen...
A History of Western Philosophy - And Its Connection wi...
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Goosebumps HorrorLand - #8 Say Cheese - And Die Screaming!
GONE in a FLASH! A picture is worth a thousand screams – if it’s taken with an evil camera that has a nasty vision of the future. Julie’s future doesn’t look pretty. And neither does anyone else’s after they’re caught in her lens! Things start looking up when Julie gets to HorrorLand. That is, until she starts falling down…into the Tunnel of Screams. Someone – or something – is inviting o...
The Better Angels of Our Nature - A History of Violence and Humanity
‘The most inspiring book I’ve ever read’ Bill Gates, 2017 ’A brilliant, mind-altering book … Everyone should read this astonishing book’ Guardian ’Will change the way you see the world’ Daily Mail Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Wasn’t the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling...
Move Fast and Break Things - How Facebook, Google and Amazon Have Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
The question isn’t who’s going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me. “A powerful argument for reducing inequality and revolutionizing how we use the web for the benefit of the many rather than the few.” Kirkus “Jonathan Taplin, more than anyone I know, can articulate the paralyzing complexities that have arisen from the intertwining of the tech and music industries … Every musician and...
Move Fast and Break Things - How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Have Cornered Culture and What It Means For All Of Us
The question isn’t who’s going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me. “A powerful argument for reducing inequality and revolutionizing how we use the web for the benefit of the many rather than the few.” Kirkus “Jonathan Taplin, more than anyone I know, can articulate the paralyzing complexities that have arisen from the intertwining of the tech and music industries … Every musician and...
100 Nasty Women of History - Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know
Â’Vital readingÂ’ STYLISTÂ’Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didnÂ’t expect it to be the life changing, important book that IÂ’m discovering it to beÂ’ PHILIPPA PERRY * * * * * *These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times. When you learn about (the very few) women in history, itÂ’s hard not to wonder: why do they seem so prim and proper? The truth is, (mos...
Body of Truth - How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It
Over the past twenty-five years, our quest for thinness has morphed into a relentless obsession with weight and body image. In our culture, “fat” has become a four-letter word. Or, as Lance Armstrong said to the wife of a former teammate, “I called you crazy. I called you a bitch. But I never called you fat.” How did we get to this place where the worst insult you can hurl at someone is “fatÂ...
Everything in its Place - Storage for Stylish Homes
Both practical and stylish, Everything in its Place is a new storage bible that showcases a wide variety of successful storage solutions that certainly don’t skimp on style. The days of simply wanting to ‘get the look’ are over: nowadays, we are more interested in achieving a happy, smooth-running and contented home life, and it’s not purely the aesthetics of our interiors that we’re ponder...
Culture is Everything - The story and system of a start-up that became Australia's Best Place To Work
The Story And System Of A Start-Up That Became AustraliaÂ’s Best Place To Work Tristan WhiteÂ’s story started like many others. He had a dream to work in a job that inspired him. He didnÂ’t find that job, so he created it. In 2004, The Physio Co (TPC) was born with one team member: Tristan White. In the thirteen years since, TPC has become a remarkable healthcare success story based upon fast grow...
The Code Book - The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking
The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of FermatÂ’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of manÂ’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. As in FermatÂ’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals manÂ’s conti...
Skinny Protein Bites - 6 x 25g - Box - Cheese and Onion
A tasty alternative to those crisps we all love, you’ll find it hard to resist our Skinny Protein Bites. Fewer calories and more fibre than our original Protein Bites, these high-protein savoury snacks are just perfect for grabbing on-the-go. Tempt your taste buds with our delicious Maple BBQ or Cheese & Onion flavours! Why choose Skinny Protein Bites? Packed with an impressive 40g of pro...
A History of Western Philosophy - And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to ...
Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages—from Plato and Aristotle th...
Culture Is Everything - The Story And System Of A Start-Up That Became Australia's Best Place To Work
Tristan WhiteÂ’s story started like many others. He had a dream to work in a job that inspired him. He didnÂ’t find that job, so he created it. In 2004, The Physio Co (TPC) was born with one team member: Tristan White. In the 13 years since, TPC has become a remarkable healthcare success story based upon fast growth and a thriving, systemised company culture. TristanÂ’s obsession with creating an...
On Intelligence - The History of Espionage and the Secret World
This book is a professional military-intelligence officerÂ’s and a controversial insiderÂ’s view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the recent war with Iraq. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyses not just the events that conspire to cause disaster, but why crucial intelligence is so often ignor...
Stephanie Chiocci and the Cooper's Hill Cheese Chase
Age range 8 to 12Standing at the summit of CooperÂ’s Hill in England, Stephanie Chiocci prepares to barrel down a slope steeper than the MCG grandstands. But winning the annual Gloucester Cheese-Rolling Race is just one of her objectives. The Collingwood AFLW captain has also taken it upon herself to save the family cheese-making business of one of her biggest fans. To do so Stephanie must defeat ...
Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else - The stories behind Australia's weird and wonderful place names
The stories behind Australia’s many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names. From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out-of-place names going – now described and explained in one humorous and fascinating book. Australia’s vast spaces and ir...
McGee on Food and Cooking - An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture
McGee On Food And Cooking is a masterpiece of gastronomic writing; a rich, addictive blend of chemistry, history and anecdote that no self-respecting foodie or cook can afford to be without. McGee On Food And Cooking renders the everyday miracles of the kitchen wondrous and fascinating, shedding light on questions that have puzzled generations of cooks. If youÂ’ve ever wondered why fish goes off q...
Big History - Between Nothing and Everything
Big History: Between Nothing and Everything surveys the past not just of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe. In reading this book instructors and students will retrace a voyage that began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance of the universe. Big history incorporates findings from cosmology, earth and life sciences, and human history, and assemble...
Civilization and Its Discontents
In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We all know that living in civilized groups means sacrificing a degree of personal interest, but couldnÂ’t you argue that it in fact creates the conditions for our happiness? Freud explores the arguments and...
Milk Made - A Book About Cheese: How to Choose It, Serve It and Eat It
Milk. Made. is an elegant and comprehensive tour of the art of cheese-making and eating – from selecting cultures, to the practises of production that cross continents, and right through to the best recipes to enjoy them. Within the pages, you will find sections on the key types of cheese (and other dairy products) as well as how to make the cheese, store the cheese, serve the cheese, and the his...
Bohemian Modern - Imaginative and Affordable Ideas for a Creative and Beautiful Home
The Bohemian Modern home is a place where creativity, individuality, and a wild mix of colour and pattern meet in a modern environment. Whitewashed walls and polished concrete floors are brought to life by vibrant Moroccan rugs and wall hangings; a cosy chair made from wicker suspended from the ceiling, and a veritable jungle of house plants – clustered in pots, hanging from the ceiling or even g...
Milk Made - A Book About Cheese: How to Choose It, Serve It and Eat It
Milk. Made. is an elegant and comprehensive tour of the art of cheese-making and eating – from selecting cultures, to the practises of production that cross continents, and right through to the best recipes to enjoy them. Within the pages, you will find sections on the key types of cheese (and other dairy products) as well as how to make the cheese, store the cheese, serve the cheese, and the his...