Ultrawild : An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth by Steve Mushin
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Mind-bendingly original and full of intricate illustrations, Ultrawild is totally unique, containing over one hundred outrageously funny, scientifically plausible inventions for rewilding cities and saving the planet. Join maverick inventor Steve Mushin as he tackles climate change with an avalanche of ...Show more
The Spy's Handbook by Herbie Brennan
19.00 NZD
Category: Sport & Leisure
The complete guide to professional spying for 8-to-80-year-olds. Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this indispensable handbook will teach you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes, ciphers, invisible ink and ...Show more
See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason
23.00 NZD
Category: Lift-the-Flaps | Series: See Inside
A new addition to the See Inside series about how things - from the most mundane household objects to most complicated machines - work and operate. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides and machinations of machines and devices, explaining in simple, clear language exactly how they work. Machines include ...Show more
Inventions (Usborne See Inside) by Alex Frith
23.00 NZD
Category: Lift-the-Flaps | Series: Usborne See Inside
This title tells the wonderful, mysterious and often funny stories behind famous inventions. Flaps reveal lovingly detailed artwork to show the hidden workings inside inventions. Carefully researched text explains the differences between discovery, invention and innovation, and how these three aspects u ...Show more
Green Machines and Other Amazing Eco-Inventions by Michelle Meadows
17.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: Dr Seuss Eco Ser.
Celebrate all things green with Dr. Seuss's Lorax in this exciting new book about nature and the inventions that can help protect it!
Computer Science for Curious Kids
30.00 NZD
Category: Computing & IT
Discover how scientific ideas can be harnessed to create computer programs that make our lives easier, help us to work more efficiently, and fill our leisure time with fun. Explore key ideas in computer science such as algorithms, graphics, networking, and intelligent systems. See how software has devel ...Show more
How the World Works (PB) by Clive Gifford
30.00 NZD
Category: Earth Science
This essential title from award-winning author Clive Gifford provides children with all the information they need to know how the world works! We are surrounded by amazing things in the natural world, and we live in an age of exciting advances in science, engineering and technology. But do we really und ...Show more
Charging About - The Story of Electricity by Jacqui Bailey; Matthew Lilly (Illustrator)
17.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: Science Works
A brand new edition of Charging About from the Science Works series, featuring lively storytelling and fun, engaging illustrations to aid children in their learning. Press a button, flick a switch, turn a knob and zap . . . something amazing happens. You have music, light, heat, hairdryers -- all becau ...Show more
Think Big!: the Greatest Ideas in Technology by Sonya Newland
24.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry
Discover the big ideas in technology that have transformed the world around us. From the first televisions and mobile phones to intelligent gadgets in every corner of a smart home, our world has experienced a technological revolution. The Greatest Ideas in Technology takes you on a journey through the ...Show more
Discover Robotics (Wonders of Learning)
12.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry
Robotics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with creating devices that can move and react to sensory input, and some are even controlled by artificial intelligence. Robots are now widely used to perform high precision tasks. This Discover Robotics book provides a valuable introduction to ...Show more
Gamer Girls - 25 Women Who Built the Video Game Industry by Mary Kenney
35.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Discover the women behind the video games we love--the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. Women have always made video games, from the 1960s and the first-of-its-kind, projector-based Sumerian Game to t ...Show more
Robots in Risky Jobs: On the Battlefield and Beyond by Kathryn Clay
20.00 NZD
Category: Technology & Industry | Series: World of Robots
"Describes various military, space, and other robots used to carry out missions that are too dangerous for human beings"--