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As Easy as Pi : Stuff About Numbers That isn't (Just) Maths by Jamie Buchan
17.00 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
In this day and age it's hard to imagine a world without numbers. Our lives are centred around commerce and money, and it is the only language that's the same the world over. However, did you know that for a long period of time people could not get their heads around the idea of zero, a figure represent ...Show more
English (I Used to Know That) by Patrick Scrivenor
13.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: I Used to Know That
If you can't tell a possessive pronoun from a correlative conjunction, confuse 'disinterested' and 'uninterested' and struggle with the subjunctive, then I Used to Know That: English has the answers. Relearn the essential rules of the English language, from grammar and punctuation to sentence constructi ...Show more
Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins by Caroline Taggart
20.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
'Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books.' - Yorkshire Post______________________The huge variety of colourful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocr ...Show more
I Before E (Except After C) : Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson
12.00 NZD
17.00 (29% off)
Category: Non-fiction | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many readers. Now available in paperback, this delightful gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for new readers and fans of the series alike. Offerin ...Show more
I Think, Therefore I Am: All the Philosophy You Need to Know by Lesley Levene
15.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: I Used to Know That ...
Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated, whether they're wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if there's nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of flux (Heraclitus). But is philosophy really so complicated? And ...Show more
I Used to Know That: Geography by Williams Will
17.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
Have you forgotten all you ever learned about climate change? What do you really know about GM foods? Can you remember everything you learned at school about earthquakes? This useful guide reminds you of everything you once learned - or should have learned - about the earth, its resources and atmosphere ...Show more
I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
13.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: I Used to Know That ...
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English by Caroline Taggart, J. A. Wines
13.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Series: I Used to Know That ...
A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. Repackaged with a fresh jacket design, this much-loved gift title is now available in paperback, for new readers and fans of the series alike. My Grammar and I o ...Show more
This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean by Alain Stephen
13.00 NZD
Category: Sale Books | Series: I Used to Know That ...
An informative and accessible guide to all of the great philosophers' best-known theories, explained through their most famous quotes. We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What were their famous aphorisms? And what did these actually mean? This Book W ...Show more
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