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30-Second Cinema by Pamela Hutchinson
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
Are you an art-movie buff or a blockbuster enthusiast? Can you reel off a list of New Wave masterpieces, or are you more interested in classic Westerns? Most of us love the movies in one form or another, but very few of us have the all-round knowledge we'd like. 30-Second Cinema offers an immersion cour ...Show more
30-Second Classical Music by Joanne Cormac
Category: No Category | 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 Classical Music: The 50 Most Significant Genres, Composers and Innovations, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Joanne Cormac
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second Ser.
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 Data Science by Liberty Vittert
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second Ser.
30-Second Data Science covers 50 key elements in the field of data-gathering from basic to ethics, explained clearly and concisely.
30-Second Ecology - 50 Key Concepts and Challenges, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Becky Thomas; Mark Fellowes
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second Ser.
30-Second Ecology explores how the life of organisms on Earth is interdependent and finely tuned to exist as a whole.
30-Second Einstein: The 50 Fundamentals of His Work, Life and Legacy, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Brian Clegg
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
The 50 fundamentals of his work, life and legacy, each explained in half a minute Spend 30 seconds a day in the company of a colossus from the world of science, and you will soon have his whole story-both his scientific attainments and his extraordinary life-in your head. Einstein was not only an unpara ...Show more
30-Second Einstein: The 50 Fundamentals of His Work, Life and Legacy, each Explained in Half a Minute by Brian Clegg
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
Albert Einstein was an unparalleled scientific genius whose ideas and theories were so shockingly revolutionary, he changed the way the Universe was imagined on multiple occasions. A prodigy in his 20s and a Nobel Prize winner, Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a human rights campa ...Show more
30-Second Engineering: 50 Key Principles, Methods, and Fields Explained in Half a Minute by James Trevelyan; Elizabeth Clinton (Editor); Katie Crous (Editor)
Category: Gift Books | Series: 30 Second Ser.
Major buildings, energy supply systems, chemical plants, food processing, and aircraft are all examples of engineering today. Despite such diversity, nearly all engineering fields rely on common principles and methods, and there is remarkable similarity in the daily work of engineers. Engineers spend mo ...Show more
30-Second Fashion - The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Rebecca Arnold (Consultant Editor)
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second Ser.
The 50 key modes, garments, and designers, each explained in half a minute! Even if you're not a regular follower of Suzy Bubble, Le Happy, or The Sartorialist, you probably have some feeling for fashion. Most people have a vague idea of what's in, what's out, and what they might consider putting on th ...Show more
30-Second Fashion: The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Rebecca Arnold
Category: No Category | Series: 30 Second
The 50 key modes, garments, and designers, each explained in half a minute! Even if you're not a regular follower of Suzy Bubble, Le Happy, or The Sartorialist, you probably have some feeling for fashion. Most people have a vague idea of what's in, what's out, and what they might consider putting on the ...Show more
30-Second Feminism by Jess McCabe
Category: Gift Books | Series: 30 Second
Feminism is a global movement, developing with each cut and thrust of history to form a parallel "herstory." But what are the most important feminist ideas? What do terms like "patriarchy," "rape culture," and "intersectionality" mean? How have these terms emerged from historical conditions facing women ...Show more