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Darwin's Origin of Species by Browne Janet
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
An enlightening and highly readable introduction to the book that altered forever our understanding of what it is to be human. There is grandeur in this view of life . . . whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beauti ...Show more
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully illustrated book that uncovers the fascinating stories of creatures great and small. These are the animals that have played a central role in the evolution of humankind and modern society, but remain at the periphery of our undertsanding ...Show more
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Plants are so ubiquitous, such a common feature of the world around us, that we rarely stop to consider the profound impact they have on our everyday lives. We give flowers on special occasions, spend many dedicated hours nurturing gardens, use them for dyes and construction, and turn them into cosmetic ...Show more
Karl Marx's Das Kapital by Wheen Francis
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it', wrote Karl Marx in 1845. This is the essence of Das Kapital, a blazing expos of the new capitalist world of the Victorian era, whose ideas would affect the lives of millions and alter the course of world histo ...Show more
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future (#1 The Girls Who Changed the World) (CBCA Notable 2023) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world. Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time she imagines herself ...Show more
Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history by Roland Perry
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: How 2 Aust Greatest Generals Changed the World History
Monash and Chauvel is a gripping narrative history that follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War across all the Allied armies: John Monash and Harry Chauvel. Monash commanded the Australian forces on the Western Front at the most crit ...Show more
On The Bible by Karen Armstrong
$24.99 AUD
Category: Mythology, Spirituality & Religion | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: very good
A ground-breaking explanation of the single most influential text of all time by the world's foremost religious historian. The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world. Translated into over 2,000 languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last 200 ye ...Show more
On The Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke
$24.95 AUD
Category: Humour | Series: Ten Books That Changed the World S. | Reading Level: good
'The Wealth of Nations is, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it has been taking its time. Two hundred and thirty one years after publication, Adam Smith's practical truths are only beginning to be absorbed in full. Although its contents didn't make people gasp, something about The Wealt ...Show more
The Buried Ark (#2 The Change Trilogy) by James Bradley
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: The Change
Callie risked everything to get her little sister Gracie to the safety of the Zone. But Matt, the boy she loves, has been killed by Quarantine and Gracie has been absorbed into the Change. Now Callie must learn to survive in the alien landscape of the Zone, a place where the Change is everywhere, and no ...Show more
The Silent Invasion (#1 The Change Trilogy) by James Bradley
$9.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: The Change
Plants, animals and humans are being infected by spores from space and becoming part of a vast alien intelligence. When 16-year-old Callie discovers her little sister Gracie is Changing, she flees with Gracie to the Zone to escape termination by the ruthless officers of quarantine. What Callie finds in ...Show more
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