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100 Things You Will Never Do: And How to Achieve the Impossible by Daniel Smith
$39.99 NZD
Category: Humour
Ever fancied travelling through time? Taming a lion? Winning a Nobel Prize? Well, here's how to attempt all that and more. Daniel Smith - author of 100 Places You Will Never Visit - takes you on an entertaining journey through 100 things you will (probably) never get the chance to do. Offering tips and ...Show more
100 Things You Will Never Find: Lost Cities, Hidden Treasures and Legendary Quests by Daniel Smith
$39.99 NZD
Category: Travel
What happened to Amelia Earhart's aeroplane, Van Gogh's painting of Dr Gachet and the crew of the Mary Celeste? This fascinating book unlocks the world's lost property cupboard and sifts through buried treasure, mysterious disappearances and unknown locations, examining the evidence - and the conspiracy ...Show more
50 Strategies That Changed History by Daniel Smith
$27.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
How did David, the future king of Israel, plot his assault against the seemingly invincible Philistine warrior Goliath? What strategic thinking lay behind the military triumphs of Alexander the Great or Napoleon Bonaparte? When revolutionaries organized to bring about the downfall of the autocratic Russ ...Show more
A Short History of the World in 50 Books by Daniel Smith
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: A\Short History of the World Ser.
The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining the nature of our extraordinary species and imagining what lies beyond our known world. Books ultimately provide an invaluable and comprehensive record of what ...Show more
Cockney Rhyming Slang: The Language of London by Daniel Smith
$23.00 NZD
Category: Humour
The definitive guide to the vibrant and inventive language of the East End, featuring history, trivia and anecdotes. Cockney rhyming slang originated as a secret code among the thieves of London's East End. Adopted by costermongers and market traders, it fast became a vibrant patois that defined a commu ...Show more
DC Comics Super-Villains by Daniel Wallace; Phil Jimenez (Contribution by); Kevin Smith (Foreword by)
$47.99 NZD
Category: Nerd/Geek/Super Cool
Discover the origins, secrets, and nefarious schemes of the most powerful and corrupt villains in the DC Universe in this lavishly illustrated visual history, now available in paperback for the first time. As any comics fan knows, a Super Hero is nothing without a worthy foe to battle. For every Batman ...Show more
How to Think Like Churchill by Daniel Smith
$27.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, Winston Churchill will always be remembered for his leadership during the Second World War. His commitment to 'never surrender', as well as his stirring speeches and radio broadcasts, helped inspire British resistance to the Nazi th ...Show more
How to Think Like Churchill by Daniel Smith
$10.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Learn to think like Winston Churchill with quotes and passages by and about the great man. Prime minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, Winston Churchill will always be remembered for his leadership during the Second World War. His commitment to 'never surrender', as well as h ...Show more
How to Think Like Sigmund Freud by Daniel Smith
$24.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
The work of Sigmund Freud, one of the most important thinkers of the past two hundred years, redefined the fields of neurology and psychotherapy and the way we view the human mind. Most strands of the psychoanalytic discipline can even today be traced back to the leaps in understanding he made all those ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher by Daniel Smith
$33.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: How to Think Like ... Ser.
From Socrates to Sartre, Avicenna to Angela Davis, this accessible guide will get you up to speed on the world's greatest minds and help you to think like them.You've heard of Plato, but do you understand his Theory of Forms? What does René Descartes' maxim 'I think, therefore I am' actually mean? And h ...Show more
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel Smith
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
For years, Daniel Smith suffered from bouts of acute anxiety, extended episodes without any apparent cause that seized control of his body and mind, leaving him an emotional wreck. Sleep was impossible and headaches and nausea haunted his days. Anxiety threatened his sanity and jeopardized his relations ...Show more
Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel Smith
$55.00 NZD
Category: Health & Wellbeing
Anxiety once paralyzed Daniel Smith over a roast beef sandwich, convincing him that a choice between ketchup and barbeque sauce was as dire as that between life and death. It has caused him to chew his cuticles until they bled, wear sweat pads in his armpits, and confess his sexual problems to his psych ...Show more