Pocket Roget's Thesaurus by George Davidson
$10.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Roget's Thesaurus is the world's most trusted wordfinder and is the essential companion for anyone who wants to improve their command, creative use and enjoyment of the language. It remains, definitively, a writer's best friend.
Mots D'Heures: Gousses, Rames by D'Antin Van Rooten L
$19.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Think on my Words - Exploring...??? by David Crystal
$36.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge o ...Show more
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature by Bernice E. Cullinan
$59.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
With 1,200 biographical-critical entries and nearly 100 topical articles all written by experts in the field, this single-volume reference covers 150 years of children's literature in many cultures. Biographical-critical entries include authors as well as illustrators.
Words Words Words by David Crystal
$28.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Language has no life of its own: it only exists in the mouths and ears, hands, eyes and brains of its users. As we are guided expertly and passionately through the mysteries and delights of word origins, histories, spellings, regional and social variations, taboo words, jargon, and wordplay, the contrib ...Show more
The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia by David Crystal
$39.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Edited by David Crystal, the UK's most widely respected reference editor, The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia is the only up to date paperback encyclopedia available. With over 21,000 entries and nearly one million words, this is an invaluable source of information on a wide range of subjects, from history ...Show more
The New Penguin Factfinder (2nd ed.) by David Crystal
$39.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
The Penguin Factfinder is the most comprehensive and authoritative general feactbook available, now fully revised and updated for its second edition. With sections ranging from art and culture to sports and games, it is a goldmine of facts, figures and statistics on every conceivable subject, backed up ...Show more
The Stories of English by David Crystal
$26.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'? This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - histor ...Show more
How Language Works: Popular Penguins by David Crystal
$9.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Popular Penguins500 | Reading Level: very good
David Crystal's How Language Worksis a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges over everything from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communicati ...Show more
Language And The Internet by Crystal David
$49.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
The Fight for English - How language pundits ate, shot, and left by David Crystal
$24.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
Lynne Truss's 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' injected new life into the long-standing arguments over rights and wrongs in English usage. Now David Crystal brings together his own distinctive style and unique expertise to provide the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively, humoro ...Show more