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30-Second Anatomy by Gabrielle Finn
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30-Second
The 30-Second...series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about all those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant, intriguing, or thought-provoking ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is ...Show more
30-Second Classical Music by Joanne Cormac
$23.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: 30 Second
Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor? Can you distinguish between a serenade and a symphony? If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to understand the creative journey taken by classical music from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Our early ancestor ...Show more
30-Second Economics by Donald Marron
$25.00 NZD
Category: Business | Series: 30-Second | Reading Level: very good
In these times of financial crisis, the economic consensus of the past 15 years has been destroyed. It's clear that there's a problem, but what's the solution? Once again, different economic theories are being debated and names such as Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes are being bandied about. What onc ...Show more
30-Second Elements by Eric Scerri
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30-Second
30-Second Elements presents you with the foundations of chemical knowledge, distilling the 50 most significant chemical elements into half-a-minute individual entries, using nothing more than two pages, 300 words and one picture. Divided into seven chapters, it includes the atomic details of the other 6 ...Show more
30-Second Maths by Richard Brown
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
The ideal introduction to the key theories and principles of mathematics.
30-Second Medicine: The 50 Crucial Milestones, Treatments and Technologies in the History of Health, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Gabrielle M. Finn
$23.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: 30 Second
What does the Hippocratic oath actually say? Who originally discovered antibiotics? And is it true that technology now allows reconstructive surgery to use customized 3D-printed body parts? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in 30-Second Medicine, an intriguing visit to the world of ...Show more
30-Second Mythology by Robert A. Segal
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
The perfect introduction to the study of mythology, covering essential facts and details in one handy volume.
30-Second Opera: The 50 Crucial Concepts, Roles and Performers, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Hugo Shirley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Music | Series: 30 Second
The bestselling 30-Second series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one ...Show more
30-Second Philosophies by Barry Loewer
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: 30-Second
A fascinating guide to the main ideas and influential thinkers in the world of philosophy.
30-Second Politics by Steven L. Taylor
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Series: 30-Second | Reading Level: very good
30-second Politics will help dispel this fog of mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colours to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Ath ...Show more
30-Second Psychology by Christian Jarrett
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30 Second
A compact yet detailed introduction to the primary theories of psychology and the history of its development.
30-Second Religion by Russell Re Manning
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: 30-Second
30-Second Religion decants and demystifies the key beliefs, deities, origins, and iconography of the world's major religions, denominations, and less widespread sects and cults. Whether you wish to understand the key differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, to glimpse the many gods of Hinduism ...Show more