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

    By Daniel Allen, Marc Allum and Simon Flynn

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    About this ebook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateNov 6, 2014
    ISBN9781848317413
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    A Charm of Magpies: An ebook bundle of The Science Magpie, The Antiques Magpie and The Nature Magpie

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