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There It Is Again: Selected Non-Fiction by Don Watson
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Historian, essayist, speechwriter, humourist, anti-cant crusader; Don Watson has a gift for luring us to the nub of a matter, or at least to a new view of it, there to grin or grind our teeth at the spectacle. Over the years Don Watson has written on politics and politicians in Australia and the USA, sp ...Show more
Watsonia: A Writing Life by Don Watson
49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale... Watsonia collects the fruits of a writing life. It covers everything from Australian bush humour to America gone berserk; from Don Bradman to Oscar Wilde; from Animal Farmto the Australian parliament. Wher ...Show more
Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words by Don Watson
22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The prime minister speaks of core and non-core election promises, your boss asks you to commit to an involuntary career event (you're fired), and hospitals refer to negative patient outcomes (you're dead)u How to fight back? This book is a heavy weapon against politicians, managers and all those whose w ...Show more
Worst Words: A Compendium for Our Times by Don Watson; Helen Smith (Contribution by)
29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Dr Don Watson - with his trademark wit and wisdom - says enough already! The English language is complex and evolving, and can win minds, hearts and nations. Why don't we try using it?Depending where you are on the change continuum, a quick pulse check will be in order and a scan of the forthcoming weat ...Show more