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Why Do Things Have Names?
ISBN: HB: 9783035802757, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, June 2020
42 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, illustrated in colour throughout
Why is a horse called a horse and not a giraffe or a flapdoodle? Why did Plato go from being called Aristocles, after his grandfather, to being called Plato, which means muscleman? Where do any names come from? In this delightful book, readers young...
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£10,99
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Leibniz, or The Best of All Possible Worlds
ISBN: HB: 9783035801422, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, January 2020
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 64 colour plates
Vienna, 1714: Late in life, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the universal genius of his time, puts down his pen and declares his description of the universe to be complete. In the evening, he sits in his study room among letters, books, and manuscripts as...
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£10,99
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Think Smart, Be Fearless A Biography of Bill Gates
ISBN: HB: 9781632171764, GMC Group, Sasquatch Books, October 2019
48 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in selected countries! How do fearless ideas begin? Travel along with young Bill Gates on his life's journey full of curiosity, discovery, hard work, and most important, fearlessness – the inability to see limits. The book invites youn...
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£12,99
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Moldilocks and the Three Scares A Zombie Tale
ISBN: HB: 9781454930617, GMC Group, Sterling, September 2019
40 pp., 27.6x22 cm, colour illus.
Forget Goldilocks and the three bears – MOLDILOCKS and the THREE SCARES are here, in a delightfully zombie-tastic new version of the popular story. Papa Scare (a monster), Mama Scare (a mummy) and Baby Scare (a vampire) live in a haunted house where...
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£12,99
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Girl's Guide to the Wild Be an Adventure-Seeking Outdoor Explorer!
ISBN: PB: 9781632171719, GMC Group, Sasquatch Books, July 2019
256 pp., 19x14 cm, colour illus.
Not for sale in selected countries! Your definitive guide to getting outside – for girls ages 9-12! In addition to basic outdoor skills, this entertaining guidebook includes easy camping recipes, outdoor projects including science experiments and c...
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£14,99
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Hungry Goat
ISBN: HB: 9781851245031, Bodleian Library Publishing, October 2018
40 pp., 24.7x20 cm, fully illustrated
The (very) hungry goat has a big appetite which gets him into all kinds of adventures. He'll eat anything, from pigs swill to frying pans and even barbed wire. As a result he grows fatter and fatter until one day he gobbles up something that sends hi...
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£12,99
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Party Fun with Kant
ISBN: PB: 9780857425362, Seagull Books, October 2018
192 pp., 19x15.2 cm
Thousands upon thousands of books have been written about Immanuel Kant since his death. None, let's be clear, have been quite like what we have here. In "Party Fun with Kant", Nicolas Mahler tells the story of Kant – and his fellow serious-minded fi...
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£16,00
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Disgusting Diseases A Young Person's Guide
ISBN: PB: 9781921024962, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, May 2018
160 pp., 21x13.5 cm, colour illus.
Young people have a tremendous appetite for the gruesome, scary and downright freaky. However, the material has to be presented in a humorous manner that while, still absolutely fascinating, won't scare the kids (or their parents) away. Each chapter...
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£6,99
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Martin Heidegger's Grouch
ISBN: HB: 9783035800524, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, May 2018
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, illustrated in colour throughout
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willi...
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£10,99
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Superhero Craft Book 15 Things a Superhero Cant Do Without!
ISBN: PB: 9781784944070, GMC Group, GMC, April 2018
64 pp., 27.5x21.5 cm, colour illus.
Encourage your children to create their own superheroes with these fun crafts. Containing 15 fantastic superhero-themed projects to make, The Superhero Craft Book will get children crafting and creating in no time. Aimed at boys and girls aged 3+, al...
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£5,99
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