The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary by Bruce Moore
$32.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary is Australia's bestselling dictionary. Extensive and versatile, this dictionary is firmly established as Australia's favourite reference in schools, homes and offices. This much-anticipated new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new ...Show more
Australian Writer's Marketplace 2009/10: 2009/10 by Queensland Writers Centre
$49.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
The Rough Guide Japanese Phrasebook (3rd edition 2006) by Lexus
$14.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Whether you want to reserve a hotel room, hire a bicycle or ask for a cup of tea, "The Rough Guide Japanese Phrasebook" will help you all the way. The A-Z English to Japanese and A-Z Japanese to English translations will have you speaking the language even before you arrive. Practice your pronunciation ...Show more
On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English, Thinking Chinese and Living Australian by Ouyang Yu
$27.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Scholarly and scatological, this cornucopia of fun and wisdom is a breathtaking picture of speech, thought and images from the world's richest and oldest culture, giving an insight into how English-lang- uage and Chinese-language cultures collide, contrast and illuminate each other. It's about what is l ...Show more
Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English by Bruce Moore
$32.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
For the first time ever the story of Australian English is about to be told in full. Speaking our Language is written for people who want to know where Australian English came from, what the forces were that moulded it, why it takes its present form, and where it is going.The sub-title of this book, The ...Show more
Clever Maids by Valerie Paradiz
$25.00 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Set against the chaos of the Napoleonic wars and the years of high- German romanticism, Clever Maids chronicles one of the most fascinating literary collaborations in European history and brilliantly captures the intellectual spirit of the men and women of the age.
Speak by various
$27.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Speak: A Short History of Languages is a history of human speech from prehistory to the present. It charts the rise of some languages and the fall of others, explaining why some survive and others die. It shows how languages change their meaning, shape, and sounds, and how the history of languages is in ...Show more
At Large and at Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist by Anne Fadiman
$22.95 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
Butterflies, ice-cream, writing at night, playing word games...in this witty, intimate and delicious book Anne Fadiman ruminates on her passions, both literary and everyday. From mourning the demise of letter-writing to revealing a monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from Balzac's coffee addiction to maki ...Show more