Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers by Phaidon Editors
29.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest writers - exclusively researched for this new book Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a Word Surprises Me is the ideal keepsake for rea ...Show more
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary by Mark Gwynn, Amanda Laugesen
44.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference Ser.
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary is Australia's most authoritative concise dictionary. Produced in partnership with the Australian National Dictionary Centre, this sixth edition has been thoroughly updated, and includes many hundreds of new words you won't find in any other dictionary. It provid ...Show more
Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve: The literary quirks and oddities of our most-loved authors by Ben Blatt
22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
What are our favourite authors' words? Which bestselling writer uses the most clichés? How can we judge a book by its cover? Data meets literature in this playful and informative look at our favourite authors and their masterpieces. 'What fun this is! Ben Blatt's charming book applies numerical know-h ...Show more
Make Grammar Great Again: Crimes Against the English Language in 140 Characters by Meredith Forrester
16.99 AUD
Category: Reference
It’s hard to address all of Donald Trump’s mistakes in 140 characters, but Meredith Forrester is doing her best. Since the announcement of the Presidential election in November 2016, Meredith has been using the power of grammar to copyedit the most powerful man in the world down to size. ‘I realised tha ...Show more
Children's Writer's Notebook: 20 Great Authors and 70 Writing Exercises by Wes Magee
19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
A guided journal for aspiring authors in need of a creative workout.
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities by Paul Anthony Jones
29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
'Brilliant for anyone interested in the effervescent oddness of English' --Stig Abell on Word DropsThis is the perfect language gift book: a surprising or obscure word for every day of the year. Paul Anthony Jones has unearthed a wealth of wonderful and strange words: dip into this beautifully designed ...Show more
A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Little Histories Ser.
This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infecti ...Show more
Damn Good StoryMastering the Tools and Architecture of a Powerful Narrative by Chuck Wendig
29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Hook Your Audience with Unforgettable Storytelling! What do Luke Skywalker, John McClane, an da lonely dog on Ho'okipa Beach have in common? Simply put, we care about them. Great storytelling is making readers care about your characters, the choices they make, and what happens to them. It's making yo ...Show more
The Times Great Letters : Notable Correspondence to the Newspaper by James (EDT) Owen
39.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The Times has the most famous letters page of any newspaper. This delightful selection of over 300 items of correspondence over the last century shows precisely why. As a forum for debate, playground for opinion-formers, advertising space for decision-makers and noticeboard for eccentrics, nothing rival ...Show more
Times Mini Atlas of the World by Times Atlases
19.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: The\Times Atlases Ser.
The whole world is covered with the accuracy and authority for which Times atlases are renowned. The main features include 117 pages of authoritative up-to-date mapping of the whole world; geographical reference section with flags, statistics and facts for the world's states and territories; statistics ...Show more
The Times Reference Atlas of the World by Times Atlases
59.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: The\Times Atlases Ser.
The beautifully illustrated introductory section gives a detailed profile of today's world and covers major contemporary geographical and global issues--such as environment and population growth--through maps, images, statistics, and graphics. Forty-four city plans of the world's major cities, showing m ...Show more
A World Without 'Whom': The Essential Guide to Language in the Buzzfeed Age by Emmy J. Favilla
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of `correct' writing? When Emmy Favilla was tasked with creating a styleguide for BuzzFeed, she opted for spelling, grammar and punctuation guidelines that would reflect how readers actually us ...Show more