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Einstein in Oxford Andrew Robinson 9781851246380
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.68Albert Einstein visited Oxford in 1931, to receive an honorary degree and to lecture on relativity and the Universe. While lecturing, he naturally chalked equations and diagrams on several... -
The Scientists: Pioneers of Discovery by Andrew Robinson 9780500297063
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Forty articles expertly curated by biographer Andrew Robinson provide an unrivalled account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time. Who made us see... -
The Indus: Lost Civilizations by Andrew Robinson 9781789143850
RRP: $20.03Booksplease Price: $13.39The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until... -
Genius: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Robinson
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton. What do these world-famous artists and scientists have in common?- apart from the fact that... -
The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms by Andrew Robinson
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.23Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions.Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and... -
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Raspberry Pi Projects by Andrew Robinson 9781118555439 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $3.94Learn to build software and hardware projects featuring the Raspberry Pi! Congratulations on becoming a proud owner of a Raspberry Pi! Following primers on getting your Pi up and running and... -
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson 9780500288160
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $24.66Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered... -
The Lives of Andrew Robinson Bowes ... and the Countess of Strathmore: Volume 9 by Jesse Foot 9780371129838
Booksplease Price: $19.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780371129838Author Jesse FootFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint -
World of Warcraft: The Voices Within (Short Story Collection) Courtney Alameda 9781835413029
RRP: $30.81Booksplease Price: $21.96Enhance your experience of The War Within, the first expansion in World of Warcraft’s World Soul Saga, with this immersive short story anthology featuring an all-star cast of bestselling,... -
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.48On November 8, 2018, the ferocious Camp Fire laid waste to almost the entire town of Paradise, California, a community of 27,000 people. At least 85 died, images of the fire transfixed viewers across... -
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.83WEDLOCK is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of Britain's richest young heiresses. She married the Count of... -
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag by Peter Burke
Booksplease Price: $16.48From Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present"An absorbing group portrait and intellectual history."-Kirkus Reviews"An... -
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Sir Henry Yule
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship... -
Race and Sexuality Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 9781509513840
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $20.56The connections between race and sexuality are constant in our lives, yet they are not often linked together in productive, analytical ways.This illuminating book delves into the interrelation of... -
A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08'A stunning, clear-sighted history of ancient Egypt' Sunday TimesThe extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument - from... -
Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler by Philip Ball 9780099581642
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.71Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', many others made compromises and concessions as... -
Faith, hope, and love remain by Malcolm Archer 9780193401655
Booksplease Price: $5.52for SA and organ or piano This uplifting anthem combines two well-known texts that are commonly read at weddings: 1 Corinthians 13:13 ('And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the... -
Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built by William A. Harris
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $24.88A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together... -
Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox And The Creation Of A Myth by Katherine Frank 9781844135332
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.07It is January 1719 and Daniel Defoe, almost sixty, sits at a table, writing. He is troubled with gout and debt, but for now is preoccupied with a younger man on a barren shore - Robinson Crusoe, for... -
Spinoza, Life and Legacy by Prof Jonathan I. Israel 9780198857488
RRP: $55.60Booksplease Price: $51.90A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and career, while also forcing us to rethink how we... -
The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans by Cynthia Barnett
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $18.65Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewellry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea,... -
The Seven Measures of the World Piero Martin 9780300280111
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $14.55The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world "Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are... -
What’s Wrong with Economics?: A Primer for the Perplexed by Robert Skidelsky
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $13.47A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty... -
That's Mathematics Activity Book: Based on lyrics by Tom Lehrer Tom Lehrer 9781916780088
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.40A Fun, Colourful Maths Activity Book for Ages 7-9 Give your child a maths confidence-boost with this vibrant, hands-on activity book designed to make real-world learning fun. Designed for children... -
Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities by Marcia Bjornerud
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.70A garden of geologic delights for all EarthlingsGeopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries-from Acasta... -
The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.48Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body-and in human... -
The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic Jordi Camí 9780691264325
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $20.86How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze usHow do magicians make us see the impossible? The Illusionist Brain takes you on an unforgettable journey through... -
Japan: The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago by Wildlife of Japan Mark Brazil
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $36.22A comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Japan's astonishing animals and plants-and the natural forces that have shaped themThis richly illustrated guide is the first comprehensive and accessible... -
Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop by Henry Petroski 9780300274134
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $16.48An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: how we experience and utilize physical force "Another gem from a master of technology writing."-Kirkus Reviews ... -
Do Not Erase: Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards by Jessica Wynne
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $39.20A photographic exploration of mathematicians' chalkboards"A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns," wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer... -
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston 9780393349726
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.78A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography. Whether... -
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski 9781804991961
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.22FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical... -
Everyday Life in the Ice Age: A New Study of Our Ancestors by Elle Clifford
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $31.81Everyday Life in the Ice Age is the first attempt to present a truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice Age, with its many problems and challenges, while dispelling... -
The Primacy of Doubt: From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world by Timothy Palmer 9780192843593
RRP: $36.84Booksplease Price: $28.39A bold, visionary, and mind-bending exploration of how the geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world - from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will Covering a breathtaking... -
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Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency by John Ferris 9781526605481 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $4.44You know about MI5. You know about MI6.Now discover the untold stories behind Britain's most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever authorised history of GCHQ.For a hundred years, GCHQ -... -
The Primacy of Doubt: From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world by Tim Palmer 9780192843609
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.33A bold, visionary, and mind-bending exploration of how the geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world-from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will Covering a breathtaking... -
Disaster by Choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes by Ilan Kelman
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.19An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story,... -
The Mind of a Bee by Lars Chittka 9780691253893
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.54A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind-the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as... -
Alien Earths: Planet Hunting in the Cosmos Lisa Kaltenegger 9781802064919
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. The question should have an obvious answer: yes or no... -
Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery Roger Kneebone 9780241392058
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $10.44'Roger Kneebone is a legend' Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters'Fascinating and inspiring' Financial Times'The pandemic has made the necessity of relying on experts evident to all . . . this is...