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A Guide to Battles by Richard Holmes
$32.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Se ...Show more
Dictionary of Earth Sciences by Michael Allaby
$37.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference Ser.
This leading dictionary - now in its third edition - offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics in 6,250+ clear and accessible entries. Coverage includes geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatolog ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations by Ned Sherrin
$32.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
This hilarious collection of humorous quotations, full of wisecracks and wit, snappy comments and inspired fantasy, has been specially chosen by Ned Sherrin. Now with even more quotes on more subjects: from Gambling to Hollywood, from Diets to Shopping. Find the best lines from your favourite jokesters ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms by Alison Latham
$20.95 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
Printed music and writing about music involve the use of complex systems of notation and a wealth of technical terms in several languages. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms provides clear, succinct, definitions of a comprehensive range of the musical terms, in English and other European lan ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes by Oxford University Press
$28.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
From writing poems to writing birthday cards, and from the garret to the classroom, the Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes has what every writer (or budding writer) needs. It contains rhymes for 45,000 words, including proper names, place names, and foreign terms used in English. The organization and layout ar ...Show more
Oxford Guide to Plain English by Martin Cutts
$15.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference Ser.
Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all asp ...Show more
Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage (2nd Edition 2008) by Robert Allen
$34.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
This invaluable reference work offers the best advice on English usage, drawing on the unrivalled resources of Oxford's English Dictionaries programme and language monitoring. This second edition of the Pocket Fowler harks back to the original 1926 edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henr ...Show more
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics by Iain McLean
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notablecurrent affai ...Show more
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