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30-Second Classical Music: The 50 Most Significant Genres, Composers and Innovations, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Joanne Cormac
$19.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor? Can you distinguish between a serenade and a symphony? If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to understand the creative journey taken by classical music from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Our early ancestor ...Show more
30-Second Engineering: 50 Key Principles, Methods, and Fields Explained in Half a Minute by James Trevelyan; Elizabeth Clinton (Editor); Katie Crous (Editor)
$27.99 AUD
Category: Business | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Major buildings, energy supply systems, chemical plants, food processing, and aircraft are all examples of engineering today. Despite such diversity, nearly all engineering fields rely on common principles and methods, and there is remarkable similarity in the daily work of engineers. Engineers spend mo ...Show more
30-Second Feminism by Jess McCabe
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Category: Business | Series: 30 Second
Feminism is a global movement, developing with each cut and thrust of history to form a parallel "herstory." But what are the most important feminist ideas? What do terms like "patriarchy," "rape culture," and "intersectionality" mean? How have these terms emerged from historical conditions facing women ...Show more
30-Second Genetics by Jonathan Weitzman; Matthew Weitzman
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Category: Science | Series: 30 Second
30-Second Genetics charts the most extraordinary discoveries, from the fundamentals of cell biology to the almost unbelievable advances in DNA sequencing and stem cell technology.
30-Second Literature by Ella Berthoud
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: 30 Second
Whether you're looking for a new author or genre to explore, 30-Second Literature provides you with summaries of the major literary genres, styles and histories. Part of the 30-Second series, this introductory guide to literature is split into 7 chapters that cover: The History of Literature - from ...Show more
30-Second Medicine - The 50 Crucial Milestones, Treatments and Technologies in the History of Health, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Gabrielle M. Finn
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Category: Health | Series: 30 Second Ser.
What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And is it true that technology now allows reconstructive surgery to use customized 3D-printed body parts? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in 30-Second Medicine, an intriguing visit to the world of ...Show more
30-Second Money; 50 Key Notions, Factors, and Concepts of Finance Explained in Half a Minute by Donald Marron
$27.99 AUD
Category: Business | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Stock-market crashes show how the world of high finance can negatively impact our daily life, but smart money reveals a two-way street where those savvy to the science of finance can take their personal wealth up a gear. What is a hedge fund? How best to understand private equity? What are the principle ...Show more
30-Second Mythology: The 50 Most Important Classical Gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Monsters, Myths and Legacies, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Dr. Robert A. Segal
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: 30 Second
The 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute. 30-Second Mythology offers the ...Show more
30-Second Numbers by Niamh Nic Daéid; Christian Cole
$27.99 AUD
Category: Science | Series: 30 Second
The successful 30-Second series tackles numbers, with experts on maths and data demystifying the essential numerical topics. We know that we use numbers pretty often, some of us confidently, others reluctantly. But are we aware of just how essential they are to almost every decision we make? Counting ...Show more
30-Second Universe by Charles Liu; Karen Masters; Sevil Salur
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Category: Business | Series: 30 Second Ser.
The universe literally encompasses everything we were, are and will be, everything we knew, know and can know. When we decide to understand the universe as a whole, new truths come to light, and unexpected perspectives illuminate our take on life. 30-Second Universe explains all the tantalising concepts ...Show more
30-Second Zoology - The 50 Most Fundamental Categories and Concepts from the Study of Animal Life by Mark Fellowes
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Endowed with abundant water, extraordinary ecoystems, varied climates and biomes, our planet is teeming with creatures, great and small. What produced this rich diversity? How have so many species formed, evolved and adapted? What effects are humans having on the rest of the animal kingdom and on the ...Show more
301 Things to Draw by BUSHEL & PECK BOOKS
$24.99 AUD
Category: Activity Books | Series: 301 Things to Do Ser.
Age range 6 to 9Keep boredom at bay with 301 Things to Draw!Not a how-to book, this chunky doodle book instead comes packed with over 300 quirky, free-wheeling prompts to get creative brains whirring. Draw a graham cracker castle, a machine that ties your shoes, the first chicken President of the United ...Show more