True stories: discovery, historical & scientific books

672 books were found.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Author: Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9780008329372
Format: Paperback
$18.09

In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human...  Read More >>

Zerreissprobe?: Rustungsforschung an Der Abteilung Maschinenbau Der Mpa Stuttgart Von 1933 Bis 1945

Zerreissprobe?: Rustungsforschung an Der Abteilung Maschinenbau...

Author: Jens Klein
ISBN: 9783832549237
Format: Paperback
$179.52

"Wahrend des ""Dritten Reiches"" wurden technisch-wissenschaftliche Institutionen in wachsendem Umfang in die Rustungsforschung...  Read More >>

The Great Mathematicians

The Great Mathematicians

Author: Raymond Flood ,  Robin Wilson
ISBN: 9781788886949
Format: Paperback
$23.26

A well researched light hearted review of history's greatest mathemeticians, what made them tick and what they did...  Read More >>

Bioenergemal Communication with Alien Bioenergemes: Homo bioenergemae universalis

Bioenergemal Communication with Alien Bioenergemes:...

Author: Alejandro Cuevas-Sosa
ISBN: 9781786234773
Format: Paperback
$37.52

Aliens visit the Earth and other planets mainly looking for minerals necessary for their nutrition, making of their...  Read More >>

Comunicación Bioenergemal con Bioenergemas de Extraterrestres: Homo bioenergemae universalis

Comunicación Bioenergemal con Bioenergemas de Extraterrestres:...

Author: Alejandro Cuevas Sosa
ISBN: 9781786234797
Format: Paperback
$37.52

Los extraterrestres visitan la Tierra y otros planetas principalmente en busca de minerales necesarios para su nutrición,...  Read More >>

Two Sisters: The international bestseller by the author of The Bookseller of Kabul

Two Sisters: The international bestseller by the author...

Author: x Asne Seierstad
ISBN: 9780349009063
Format: Paperback
$27.99

In October 2013 two teenage sisters left Oslo for Syria. A powerful and gripping true account of a family torn apart...  Read More >>

Titanic

Titanic

Author: Stuart Robertson
ISBN: 9781910821190
Format: Hardback
$19.99

This title is brimming with facts about the Titanic and its passengers, the history of the Titanic, strange stories...  Read More >>

Hinterland: Spring

Hinterland: Spring

Author: Andrew Kenrick ,  Freya Dean
ISBN: 9781911343851
Format: Paperback
$25.88

First issue of a new anthology of creative non-fiction publishing out of University of East Anglia.  Read More >>

The Loch Ness Mystery: Band 06/Orange

The Loch Ness Mystery: Band 06/Orange

Author: Sarah Rice ,  Collins Big Cat
ISBN: 9780008339685
Format: Paperback
$14.88

Discover the mystery of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster – from its origins and sightings to the latest scientific research...  Read More >>

Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope, and Heritage of Astronomy

Cosmic Discovery: The Search, Scope, and Heritage of...

Author: Martin Harwit (Cornell University, New York)
ISBN: 9781108722049
Format: Paperback
$106.06

Cosmic Discovery is rereleased after more than thirty-five years, with a new preface. Martin Harwit chronicles the...  Read More >>

Stranger Country

Stranger Country

Author: Monica Tan
ISBN: 9781760632212
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Tracks meets Wild in this account of Chinese Australian journalist Monica Tan's 6 month odyssey though outback Australia....  Read More >>

A Napoleonic Defence:: Hailsham Barracks 1803 - 1815

A Napoleonic Defence:: Hailsham Barracks 1803 - 1815...

Author:
ISBN: 9780993544125
Format: Paperback
$16.82

Great Britain was at war with France and Napoleon was ravishing Europe and the authorities decided that they needed...  Read More >>

Diamonds and Stones in an Era of Gold

Diamonds and Stones in an Era of Gold

Author: Dr. Brian Collopy
ISBN: 9781925231656
Format: Paperback
$67.25

The story is set in 19th century Melbourne. Dr James Beaney, a controversial surgeon, who amassed a fortune from...  Read More >>

The White Headhunter

The White Headhunter

Author: Nigel Randell
ISBN: 9781786080479
Format: Paperback
$21.99

The remarkable biography of a 19th century sailor, whose adventures led him to life with a tribe of headhunters....  Read More >>

The Hero from Nithdale Station: The remarkable true-life story of Major Charles W.H. Tripp - 'The Boss'

The Hero from Nithdale Station: The remarkable true-life...

Author: Dick Tripp
ISBN: 9780473462291
Format: Paperback
$23.26

"Be inspired by the courage of this hard-working Southland farmer who led the First Commando Fiji Guerrillas in...  Read More >>

The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent Second Edition: Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson (US & International Edition)

The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent Second Edition: Mysterious...

Author: Tim Crook
ISBN: 9781908842077
Format: Paperback
$51.72

The true story behind the 'Mrs Wilson' series shown on US Masterpiece PBS and BBC Television. In this US and International...  Read More >>

What Doesn't Kill Us: the bestselling guide to transforming your body by unlocking your lost evolutionary strength

What Doesn't Kill Us: the bestselling guide to transforming...

Author: Scott Carney ,  Wim Hof
ISBN: 9781911617549
Format: Paperback
$28.44

A New York Times bestseller and a Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and The Times. Is getting a little...  Read More >>

Atom Bomb to Santa Claus: What Have the Americans Ever Done for Us?

Atom Bomb to Santa Claus: What Have the Americans Ever...

Author: Trevor Homer
ISBN: 9781786080820
Format: Paperback
$21.99

A fascinating celebration of America’s greatest innovators and inventions.  Read More >>

The Crossing: Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1953-58

The Crossing: Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and...

Author: John Knight
ISBN: 9781445686295
Format: Hardback
$51.75

The definitive account of Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary's Trans-Antarctic Expedition, completed 60 years...  Read More >>

The Ismay Line: The Titanic, the White Star Line and the Ismay family

The Ismay Line: The Titanic, the White Star Line and...

Author: Wilton J Oldham
ISBN: 9781911105411
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Story of the ship-owning Ismay family, and in particular Bruce Ismay, who joined the last lifeboat on the Titanic...  Read More >>

My father was a farmer in New Cumnock: The story of a Scottish farming family

My father was a farmer in New Cumnock: The story of...

Author: Iain Baird
ISBN: 9781911589969
Format: Paperback
$30.92

The story of a family of Scottish farmers who faced tough times in the second half of the nineteenth century after...  Read More >>

A Fortunate Life: Fremantle Press Treasures

A Fortunate Life: Fremantle Press Treasures

Author: A B Facey
ISBN: 9781925591385
Format: Hardback
$35.00

A true classic of Australian literature, Facey's simply penned story offers a unique window onto the history of...  Read More >>

Using Nature's Shuttle: The making of the first genetically modified plants and the people who did it

Using Nature's Shuttle: The making of the first genetically...

Author: Judith M. Heimann
ISBN: 9789086863303
Format: Paperback
$84.48

'Using Nature's Shuttle' is a suspenseful, by turns comic or tragic, but always lively account of how young, idealistic...  Read More >>

The Breakthrough: immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer

The Breakthrough: immunotherapy and the race to cure...

Author: Charles Graeber
ISBN: 9781911344865
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Draws on the experiences of patients, physicians, and researchers to explain the revolutionary development of immunotherapy...  Read More >>

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