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A Charm of Magpies - An ebook bundle of The Science Magpie The Antiques Magpie and The Nature Magpie - cover

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A Charm of Magpies - An ebook bundle of The Science Magpie The Antiques Magpie and The Nature Magpie

Simon Flynn, Marc Allum, Daniel Hallen

Publisher: Icon Books

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Summary

The Science Magpie is Simon Flynn’s bestselling collection of enthralling facts, stories, poems and more from science’s history, from the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton. 


With Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum as your guide, go in search of stolen masterpieces, explore the first museums, learn the secrets of the forgers and brush up on your auction technique with The Antiques Magpie. 


And with acclaimed nature writer Daniel Allen, join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet and discover which plants can be used to predict the weather in The Nature Magpie.
Available since: 11/06/2014.

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