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Antibiotics! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Anne Rooney
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and how t ...Show more
Books! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Alex Woolf
$20.00 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Imagine a world without books. You would have no information about the world outside, except what you could learn from travellers. You would know nothing about the past, except what storytellers could remember. The book is a truly amazing data storage device, yet most of us take it for granted. Find out ...Show more
Clean Water! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Roger Canavan
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
We could not live without water. Almost two-thirds of our body weight is water. We rely on it to keep ourselves clean, to keep our bodies nourished, and to get rid of waste. But water can also carry deadly germs and poisons. One of the greatest challenges for scientists and governments today is to make ...Show more
Clocks and Calendars (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without) by Fiona MacDonald
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
The invention of clocks and calendars has been very important in shaping the progress of human civilisation. This book tells their story, from early timekeeping methods and devices, and the formation of the modern Western calendar, to the creation of extremely accurate digital clocks. You Wouldn't Want ...Show more
Electricity! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Ian Graham
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
We depend on electricity in almost everything that we do. It gives us heat, light, transportation and entertainment. Electricity has always existed, but it is only in the last 200 years or so that we have learned how to make use of it. Find out what electricity does for us - and how we managed without ...Show more
Mobile Phones! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Jim Pipe
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
We rely on our mobile phones all the time, whether it's to keep in touch with friends, to play games, or to access the Internet. As phones become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, we find it difficult to imagine life without them. But, until about 30 years ago, there were no mobile phones. How on eart ...Show more
Money (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without) by Alex Woolf
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Money is one of the most important inventions in the history of human civilisation, allowing people to exchange goods and services, and amass great wealth and power. This book tells the story of money, from its origins to the rise of the banking system and beyond.
The Internet (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without) by Anne Rooney
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
The Internet has become one of the most important inventions in our daily lives, revolutionising everything from the way businesses work to the friendships people share. This book tells the story of the internet, from its early development to the creation of the World Wide Web, and today's broadband cul ...Show more
Toilets! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without...) by Fiona MacDonald
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
How would you cope if there were no toilets? Where would you go? How would you keep yourself and your house clean? This book tells the fascinating story of a piece of technology that most of us take for granted. Find out why toilets are so important, how they improved over the years, and how they might ...Show more
Writing (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without) by Roger Canavan
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Writing is one of the most important inventions in the history of the human species, enabling people to communicate and transmit knowledge across vast distances in space and time. This books tells the story of writing, how it developed in ancient civilisations, and its many manifestations from printing ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees! by Alex Woolf; David Antram (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without. It's hard to imagine what life would be like today without the inventions and natural phenomena we take for granted, from the bees that pollinate our crops to the numbers that allow us to calculate and build computers. Combining history with science, these titles explo ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Insects! by Anne Rooney
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Nasty stinging creatures that destroy crops and spread disease - if that's your opinion of insects, read this fascinating book to discover the other side of the story. Without insects to pollinate flowers, we would have no fruit. Without bees, we would have no honey. Maggots are not pretty, but they hel ...Show more