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Engineering: A Beginner's Guide by Natasha McCarthy
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: Beginner's Guides
Focusing on the impact of engineering on society and the world, McCarthy details the development of the discipline, explains what makes an engineering mind, and shows how every aspect of our lives has been engineered: from gadgets to our national infrastructure. Long considered tinkerers, problem solver ...Show more
Feminism: A Beginners Guide by Sally J. Scholz
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Beginner's Guides
Feminism is arguably the most significant social movement of the last century and it is far from over. But what appears as a single, unified movement on behalf of women's liberation is really a fascinating coalition of social and political causes, goals, and ideals. By highlighting the themes that form ...Show more
Imperial China - A Beginner's Guide by Peter Lorge
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Category: History | Series: Beginner's Guides
In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynasties claiming divine assent ruled for more than 2,000 years, until the last emperor abdicated in 1912. It was a period of immense change and claims to con ...Show more
Judaism - A Beginner's Guide by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok; Dan Cohn-Sherbok
19.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Beginner's Guides
This book explains Judaism as it is practised today, giving an account of all aspects of the faith, from worship and festivals, everyday life and death, to the state of Israel and the relationship between Judaism and other religions.
Lacan: A Beginner's Guide by Lionel Bailly
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Category: Psychology | Series: Beginner's Guides
Jacques Lacan was one of the most important psychoanalysts ever to have lived. Building upon the work of Sigmund Freud, he sought to refine Freudian insights with the use of linguistics, arguing that 'the structure of unconscious is like a language'. Controversial throughout his lifetime both for adopti ...Show more
Nutrition: A Beginner's Guide by Dr. Sarah Brewer
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Category: Health | Series: Beginner's Guides
Strap: A no-nonsense guide to the science of what we eat and how it affects our health Description: Shocking obesity rates, the rise of eating disorders, killer food allergies, super foods that cure cancer: as the headlines shout every week, we have never been more engaged, or struggled so hard, with wh ...Show more
Stand Up Paddleboarding: A Beginner's Guide by SIMON BASSETT
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Category: Sport | Series: Beginner's Guides
Stand Up Paddleboarding is the fastest growing watersport worldwide. The comparatively low cost, the convenience of inflatable boards and the fact that you can just get on and go all add up to its appeal. But, as with everything, a little bit of knowledge and technique makes the experience so much more ...Show more
Surfing: A Beginner's Guide by ALF ALDERSON
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Category: Sport | Series: Beginner's Guides
Catch the surfing bug with this book that teaches you where to surf, when to surf, and how to surf safely. Surfing: A Beginner's Guide has been the go-to surf book for beginners since 1996. This third edition, now with the endorsement of Surfing England, takes you through all the vital steps to become a ...Show more
The Enlightenment : A Beginner's Guide by Kieron O'Hara
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Beginner's Guides
The History of Medicine: A Beginner's Guide by Mark Jackson
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Category: History | Series: Beginner's Guides
In a world burdened by chronic conditions, mutating viruses, and a health service strained to its limits, the history of medicine challenges our understanding of what it means to be healthy. By illuminating the ailments and methods of the past, our own dilemmas about medical practice and policy can be p ...Show more
Middle East by Philip Robins
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Category: No Category | Series: Beginner's Guides
The wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East promised to pave the way for democracy. It brought down dictators and captured the popular imagination, but for most of the region, peace and stability remain as elusive today as they have ever been. In this fully revised introduction, Oxf ...Show more
The Middle East: A Beginner's Guide by Philip Robins
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Category: History | Series: Beginner's Guides
The Middle East is notorious in the West for many reasons; few of them are positive. Synonymous with terrorism, oil riches, bad governance, corruption, and conflict, it has led many Western commentators to write it off as both backward and insular. In this pioneering introduction, Oxford University's Ph ...Show more