How Language Works by David Crystal
$45.00 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Answering questions about the nuts and bolts of language, this is a survey of nearly everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, and how politeness travels across languages. ...Show more
How Language Works by David Crystal
$26.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way, we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how par ...Show more
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. First published 2007. David Crystal has been described as a sort of 'latter day Dr Johnson', a ...Show more
By Hook or by Crook : A Journey In Search of English by David Crystal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. David Crystal has been described (by the Times Higher Education Supplement) as a sort of 'latter d ...Show more
As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from around the World by David Crystal
$32.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, proverbial wisdom is a key factor in understanding different peoples and cultures. Here David Crystal, the world's leading commentator on lan ...Show more
Language and the Internet by David Crystal
$49.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
In recent years, the Internet has come to dominate our lives. E-mail, instant messaging and chat are rapidly replacing conventional forms of correspondence, and the Web has become the first port of call for both information enquiry and leisure activity. How is this affecting language? There is a widespr ...Show more
How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors - OP dec 08 by Dan Crowe
$59.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Have you ever wondered about the creative process of your favorite authors? Ever wondered who loves money more than life? What doors do the secret keys unlock? What old lady wears fur jackets? Who needs to punch a boxing ball before work? With primary evidence from the very private lives of those contem ...Show more
Fight for English by David Crystal
$32.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
This is the story of a thousand years of argument about 'correct' English, as world renowned expert David Crystal provides the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively and accessible approach, Crystal charts the battles, past and present. He combines a chronological survey of ...Show more
Key Guide to Australian Mammals by Leonard Cronin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Key Guides
Introducing Environmental Poli by Croall Rankin
$19.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
The Cat's Pyjamas : The Penguin Book of Cliches by Julia Cresswell
$24.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
This is a fascinating, thematic exploration of cliches from as the actress said to the bishop to zero hour, explaining what they are and where they've come from. Julia Cresswell has taken her best-selling dictionary of cliches ('Sumptuous...A mine of information.' - "Guardian") back to the drawing boar ...Show more