Engines: The Inner Workings of Machines That Move the World by Theodore Gray
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International bestseller, Theodore Gray, author of How Things Work and The Elements Trilogy, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies, turns his focus here to a visual exploration of the inner workings and functionality of the engines that run our world--from the first steam engines to giant turbines ...Show more
The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj
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The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. Drawn from five countries - Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - the Five Eyes has been steeped in secrecy since its formation in 1956, ...Show more
The Great Dead Body Teachers: An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection by Jackie Dent
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'Since I was a child, I’ve been interested in dead bodies. When I was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut. He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass outside our house in Dasmarinas, a fortified village in Manila, in the Philippines. ‘The first exhumation was ...Show more
Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays on Uncertainty by Sarah Firth
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A delicious mix of daily life, science, philosophy, pop culture, daydreams and irreverent humour, Eventually Everything Connects is a work of graphic non-fiction that is comforting, confronting and mind-expanding in equal measure. WTF is going on? How can I find joy in these precarious times? Is my s ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M Sapolsky
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'Awe-inspiring ... the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmA ground-breaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by ...Show more
Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice by Geoffrey Robertson
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A freshly updated version of the definitive book on human rights law, now with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine In a newly updated edition of Crimes Against Humanity, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. H ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 88: Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics by Katharine Murphy
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A portrait of a leader in the making, and a nation on the move. In this perceptive, compelling essay, Katharine Murphy offers a profile of Anthony Albanese in motion - a piece about character, the balance of forces, and the mood of the nation. Are Albanese and his party up for change? Are Australians u ...Show more
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
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Chip War reveals how we can’t make sense of politics, economics or technology today without first understanding the central role played by computer chips in shaping the modern world. But the West's lead in this area is under threat. At stake is America's military superiority and the economic prosperity ...Show more
Astronomy - A Beginner's Guide by William H. Waller
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Category: SCIENCE/CURRENT AFFAIRS | Series: Beginner's Guides
To study astronomy is to consider the most wondrous phenomena on the grandest of scales - the universe and all it contains. Beginning with our earliest explorations of the night sky, William Waller takes us on an enthralling journey through the Milky Way and far, far beyond. He combines science and his ...Show more
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement by James Vincent
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A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could ...Show more
Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice by Geoffrey Robertson
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Category: SCIENCE/CURRENT AFFAIRS | Reading Level: very good
When it was first published in 1999, Crimes Against Humanity called for a radical shift from diplomacy to justice in international affairs. In vivid, non-legalese prose, leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson made a riveting case for holding political and military leaders accountable in internat ...Show more
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space by Loren Grush
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The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make-up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms and flight suits that didn't fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space. In 1983 S ...Show more