La Place by Anne Ernaux; Annie Ernaux; Pierre-Louis Fort; Olivier Tomasini
$32.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
La Place looks at a daughter's relationship with her father. In a fragmented and retrospective way the narrator describes her feelings of separation and betrayal that arise when education and marriage place her in a social class with different values, language, tastes and behaviour. She explores the way ...Show more
Dictionary of Gestures: Expressive Comportments and Movements in Use around the World by Francois Caradec
$44.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
An illustrated guide to more than 850 gestures and their meanings around the world, from a nod of the head to a click of the heels. Gestures convey meaning with a flourish. A vigorous nod of the head, a bold jut of the chin, an enthusiastic thumbs-up- all speak louder than words. Yet the same gesture ma ...Show more
Proust among the Stars by Malcolm Bowie
$52.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A matchless close reading of Remembrance of Things Past and a lesson in how to read the great books profitably and pleasurably. Bowie asserts that Proust's novel is one of the great exercises in speculative imagining in the world's literature and that its originality lies first in the quality of Proust' ...Show more
The Tablet of Destinies by Roberto Calasso; Tim Parks (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a qua ...Show more
On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche
$16.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
'Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences' If you want to be a writer, then you'd better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That's the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer's life. It ...Show more
Tuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary by A. L. N. Kramer Sr.; Willie Koen; Katherine Davidsen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
This is the most up-to-date Indonesian Dictionary on the market Tuttle Concise Indonesian Dictionary has both Indonesian to English and English to Indonesian sections. Its compact size allows for easy transport without limiting the content. This Indonesian dictionary is perfect for Indonesian langua ...Show more
15 Minute Japanese: Learn in Just 12 Weeks by DK
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Introductory Japanese language course, fully updated and refreshed, with a redesigned free audio app Teach yourself Japanese in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK's 15 Minute Japanese is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn Japanese fast. ...Show more
15 Minute Arabic: Learn in Just 12 Weeks by DK
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Introductory Arabic language course, fully updated and refreshed, with a redesigned free audio app Teach yourself Arabic in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK's 15 Minute Arabic is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn Arabic fast. Twelve t ...Show more
15 Minute Mandarin Chinese: Learn in Just 12 Weeks by DK
$22.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Introductory Mandarin Chinese language course, fully updated and refreshed, with a redesigned free audio app Teach yourself Mandarin Chinese in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK's 15 Minute Mandarin Chinese is the perfect course for busy people who want ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
$39.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to their success, and the hard lessons they have learnt along the way. Where do the best ideas come from? How do you stay motivated? What does it take to become a published author? And how do you actually make money from your writing? For over five ...Show more
Great Books of China by Frances Wood
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Discover or rediscover the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization. Great Books of China offers concise introductions each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature. The books chosen reflect the c ...Show more
Italian Short Stories Parallel Texts #1 by RALEIGH TREVELYAN
$35.00 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Penguin Parallel Text Ser.
The eight stories in this collection, by Moravia, Pavese, Pratolini and other writers, have been selected as representative of twentieth-century Italian writing. The English translations provided are literal rather than literary, and there are notes to help the student of Italian. However, the volume ca ...Show more