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501 Days Out In The Uk, By David Brown ,Jackum Brown and Arthur Findlay
$34.95 inc GST“501 Days Out in the UK” is an invaluable source of inspiration for those seeking to explore the UK’s most fascinating locations. With 501 of the UK’s most interesting days out, this book is the perfect guide to entertain friends and family with something for every age and interest. You will find everything from rural retreats and medieval castles to exhilarating roller coaster rides. Switch off your mind and visit some of the UK’s most relaxing coastal paths. Or expand your mind and engage in some of the most fascinating museums in the UK. “501” is the perfect source of inspiration for every occasion, every mood and every person. After browsing through this book, you will never be stuck for things to do again.
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7 Days In Myanmar, by Denis D. Gray, John Falconer and Nicholas Grossman
$55.00 inc GSTOne country. Seven days. Thirty photographers. Over a single week they created a spectacular photographic portrait of one of the world’s most exciting destinations.
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8 Pioneers Of Malaysian Art, by Tan Chee Khuan
$89.99 inc GSTEight Pioneers of Malaysian Art is the result of monumental research and documentation by art historian, Dr. Tan Chee Khuan. Handsomely-produced and containing more than 200 depictions of the eight artists’ work, this book promises to become the definitive tome on the pioneer artists of Malaysia.
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A Journey Through Indo-China, by Mick Shippen & David Bowden
$54.99 inc GSTIntroducing an endlessly fascinating region that combines rapid change with enduring hospitality; modern cities with ancient temples; urban experiences with breathtaking scenery. Throughout, there are delicious foods to sample and warm and welcoming people. There are unmissable ancient sites in each of the five countries, such as Angkor in Cambodia, Vat Phou in Laos, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya in Thailand and Hue in Vietnam.
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A-Z of Cooking Secrets, by Readers Digest
$50.00 inc GSTExpert advice, more than 200 recipes, thousands of clever tips – they’re all here in one handy A-Z guide. Turn to C for cakes and find recipes for carrot cake and cupcakes. Look up S for souffle and discover that cooking this impressive item really isn’t that hard, after all! Or, go to O for onion and learn the trick to chopping without crying. T for turkey shows you the best way to carve your Christmas roast and W for woks will have you using the stir-fry recipes in no time.
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A-Z of Gardening Secrets : Easy, Tried-and-Tested Advice for All Spaces and Places, by Reader’s Digest
$60.01 inc GSTThe answers at your fingertips! Here’s expert advice that’s easy to access and oh-so-easy to implement. With step-by-step instructions and hundreds of helpful photographs and illustrations, gardening for your space and place will be a pleasure year-round.
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Best Of Best Places In The World
$55.00 inc GSTWhy isn’t the Great Barrier Reef considered the world’s best coral reef? How on earth do you choose the best mountain? What makes a place worthy of being called the best? The Best Of The Best Places In The World has left no stone unturned to bring you the answers to questions like these, and find the best coastline, castle, forest, gardens…in the world. Through stunning pictures and wonderfully descriptive text that capture the very essence of being there, you’ll visit the most spectacular places on our planet. From the Cave of Crystals and the Monasteries of Meteora to more famous places like the Louvre, the Sydney Opera House and the timeless Taj Mahal, this is the most thought-provoking guide to the world’s best places. Get ready for only the best!
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Extraordinary Lives 2, by Jennifer Saunders, Rod Laver
$59.95 inc GSTThey have entertained, trilled and captivates us and now in their own words, they tell the story of how they rose to the top of their chosen fields.
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Extraordinary Uses For Ordinary Things – By Reader’s Digest
$29.99 inc GSTThis fun, practical and surprising volume offers over 2000 ingenious ways to save money and time using common household items. Did you know that you can polish your shoes with toothpaste? Or use bicarbonate of soda to control dandruff? Or keep aphids off rosebushes with banana peel? Or that there are 180 uses for vinegar? In this amazing book, find out thousands of amazing ways to use ordinary household products to restore, replace, repair or revive practically everything in and around your home, or to pamper yourself and entertain your children. Also included are hundreds of fascinating anecdotes and helpful hints – some offer advice and warnings about buying or using certain items, while others are just plain fun, providing quirky historical information about the invention or origin of products.
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How it All Started : The History Behind How Our World Works Today, by Readers Digest
$39.99 inc GSTThe way we live now has its roots much further back in history. Do you ever wonder how we came to have seven days in a week, and when we divided off two as the weekend? Why some countries drive on the right and others on the left? When we first started to use spectacles, or plant gardens for pleasure, not just for food? Or why Christians, Jews and Muslims all regard Jerusalem as a holy city? Over eight themed chapters, How it all started takes these and more than 150 similarly intriguing questions about familiar aspects of our daily lives and traces the complex political, social, religious and cultural factors that have shaped our modern world.
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Jumped, Fell, or Pushed? : How Forensics Solved 50 “Perfect” Murders – By Stephen A Koehler
$43.99 inc GSTIt takes more than a knife, a pair of gloves, and a fabricated motive to get away with murder today; and more than a pot of ink and a steady hand to forge a document. Thanks to advances in the science of forensics, many of the world’s most dangerous, psychotic, violent, and cunning criminals can now be brought to justice.
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Little Black Book of Books : Over a Century of the Greatest Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events That Rocked the Literary World – By Lucy Daniel
$49.95 inc GSTPoets and playwrights, novels and novelists, publishing coups and personal stories, literature as we know it has been shaped by the key exponents of the craft, quirks of fate, meetings, love affairs and moments of despair and death.
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Little Black Book Of Hotels – By Alex Polizzi
$49.95 inc GSTAre you sick of trawling the internet or combing through guidebooks desperately searching for that somewhere special for a break away, only to be disappointed when your chosen destination doesn’t live up to its promise? In this must-have guide Alex Polizzi, presenter of Channel 5’s The Hotel Inspector, takes the hassle out of hotel selection, revealing her pick of the very best places to stay in Great Britain. Whether you’re searching for a boutique city bolthole or luxurious country house, cosy bed & breakfast or Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms, you’ll find it here.
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Maps of Malaya and Borneo : Statehood, Trade and Development, by Frederic Durnard
$49.95 inc GSTThis is a superbly illustrated collection of historical maps of Malaya and Borneo, dating from the 1500s to World War II. Maps of Malaya and Borneo showcases the extensive map collections of His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Sultan of Selangor, and Richard Curtis.
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Marvel Comics: Year By Year – A Visual Chronical Updated And Extended, by Dorling Kindersley
$59.95 inc GSTFrom your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to the uncanny X-Men, Marvel Comics has been entertaining people for over 70 years with its fantastic characters and engaging stories
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Meals That Heal High Blood Pressure : 200 Heart-Healthy Recipes, by Readers Digest
$29.99 inc GSTResearch confirms that the very best remedy for high blood pressure, better than any pill, is to eat a diet full of fresh produce rich in nutrients and low in sodium. And that’s where this cookbook comes in.
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Off The Beaten Path, by Editors of Reader’s Digest
$60.00 inc GSTIn a state-by-state A-to-Z format, this budget-friendly vacation planner reveals the best-kept secret spots so that no matter where you live, you can plan an unforgettable local vacation within an hour or two of your home. Each of the featured sites has been verified by the respective state’s tourist bureau as still being “off the beaten path.” Revel in nature, science, art, and culture, and encounter the unexpected as you explore undiscovered gems.
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Outdoor Book For Adventurous – By Adrian Besley
$19.95 inc GSTThe Outdoor Book for Adventurous Chaps” will remind older readers of their fondest childhood memories: days of building go-karts and tree-houses, mucking around on rope swings or in rock pools. It will re-awaken these half-forgotten activities and give younger readers an exciting incentive to get off their backsides and turn off the television and/or games console for a few hours of good old-fashioned entertainment, that will easily drift on into a whole day.
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Roses Are Red Bk For Lovers – By Kate Moore
$19.99 inc GSTFor people who shy away from writing poetry, love-letters, or composing love songs, Roses Are Red …is the perfect way to show that special someone in your life just how much you care. This book is a beautiful celebration of the joys of being in love, containing everything from tips on how to be the perfect partner, to fascinating facts and trivia on romance and relationships.
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Success 365, by Shirley Taylor
$45.00 inc GSTHow can I increase my effectiveness at work? How can I enhance my productivity? How can I improve my time management? How can I make better decisions? How can I become better at networking? How can I boost my memory? How can I become a better negotiator? How can I learn great interview skills? You’ll find answers to all these questions and many more in Success 365
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Supernatural : The World’s Most Haunted and Mysterious Places – By Sarah Bartlett
$44.99 inc GSTSomething mysterious is at work. For thousands of years, Earth has been haunted by ghosts, menaced by vampires, disturbed by malevolent spirits, and graced by mystical powers. The desire to engage with the supernatural world lures many visitors to haunted castles, UFO hotspots, and sacred sites. In truth, we want to experience spine-tingling moments, feel the mystery, or find evidence of other worlds.
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Surprising Facts About Animals, by Marc Aspinall
$19.95 inc GSTWow! is a fantastic new series that is full of only the best and most amazing facts. Surprising Facts about Animals is full of extraordinary facts about a wide range of creatures. Discover that goats have rectangular pupils, that gorillas can catch human colds and that rhinoceros beetles can carry up to 850 times their own weight! This is a lively, fun book about animals that is certain to make you say Wow! again and again.