The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms by Oxford Dictionaries , Oxford Dictionaries
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Oxford Quick Reference Ser.
Authoritative, accessible, and completely up to date, The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to build their vocabulary and improve their writing skills. Over 140,000 alternative and opposite words are given with the closest, most frequently used synonyms ...Show more
Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary 10 (Lonely Planet) by Lonely Planet
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Phrasebook Ser.
Lonely Planet's Japanese Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Japanese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Learn your sushi from your sake, enjoy an elaborate tea ceremony and navigate elaborate transit maps; all ...Show more
Australian Primary Oxford Dictionary by Amanda Laugesen, Mark Gwynn
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The Australian Primary Oxford Dictionary is an essential reference for Australian Upper Primary students with appendix words that identify core words in key learning areas. Now in its fifth edition, this authoritative source on Australian English has been updated with new and revised headwords and phras ...Show more
Game Of Mah Jong Illustrated
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Kangaroo Press Mah Jong
Although Mah Jong has been played by many nationalities through the ages, there are few books on the game. Some early books, translated from the Chinese, make hilarious reading and are virtually impossible to comprehend. Most books for beginners assume that the reader has some elementary knowledge of th ...Show more
Notes on Camp by Susan Sontag
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Penguin Modern
The ultimate Camp statement - 'it's good because it's awful'. These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation.
Renniks Australian Coin & Banknote Values 32nd Edition (PB): The Leading Guide for Australian Coin and Banknote Values. 1800-2023 by Michael T. Pitt
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Renniks Australian Coins & Banknotes Ser.
The leading guide for Australian coin and banknote values. Covers 1800-2023.Edited by Michael Pitt.This comprehensive guide to Australian Coin & Banknote Values contains over 3,850 images and countless thousands of valuations. This book is a must for all collectors, whether you are just beginning or ...Show more
Oxford Mini School Thesaurus by Oxford Dictionaries
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: UK Bestselling Dictionaries Ser.
This authoritative new edition of the bestselling Oxford School Thesaurus boosts vocabulary and improves writing skills through new curriculum support. With the help of the Oxford Children's Corpus, the largest bank of children's language in English, the thesaurus is able to proivde a range of carefully ...Show more
Rebel Without A Clause by Sue Butler
Category: Languages and Reference
The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-div ...Show more
Always Take Notes: Advice from the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam
Category: Languages and 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
The Mirror and the Road: Conversations with William Boyd by William Boyd, Alistair Owen
Category: Languages and Reference
'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday TimesIn this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them.The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life o ...Show more
Have You Eaten Grandma? by Gyles Brandreth
Category: Languages and Reference
Pre order the go-to good English guide from the grammar guru himself, Gyles Brandreth . . . Don't know if it's, like, okay to say 'like'?Are your apostrophe's in the wrong place?Should it be 'past' or 'passed'?Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes? Then do not despair, Gyles Brandreth's Hav ...Show more
Salt: Selected Essays and Stories by Bruce Pascoe
Category: Languages and Reference
A collection of stories and essays by the award-winning author of Dark Emu, showcasing his shimmering genius across a lifetime of work. Bruce Pascoe has been described as a 'living national treasure' and his work as 'revelatory'. This volume of his best and most celebrated stories and essays, collected ...Show more