The Art of Marriage - A handbook for life by Catherine Blyth
$24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Catherine Blyth's insights and anecdotes gather wisdom from history, psychology, and couples who have been there, to show how best to negotiate the three-legged obstacle race that is married life.
The Little Black Book of Business Writing by Mark Tredinnick
$29.95 AUD
Category: Reference
The Little Black Book of Business Writing is for everyone who writes for business purposes, in the commercial world, the private sector, the trades and the professions. Mark Tredinnick and Geoff Whyte help readers write the kinds of documents that confront them most days at work - letters, emails, web w ...Show more
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by Elizabeth Knowles
$32.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world and across 250 subjects - from 'Cats' and 'Dogs' to 'Achievement' and 'Extravagance'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of key elements in the proverbial treatment of the topic and each en ...Show more
The Times Desktop Atlas of the World by Anon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The Times Atlas of the World Desktop edition is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger Times atlases. An excellant world atlas for every day look-up at home or work - broad coverage at a great price. This new editi ...Show more
Completely Superior Person's Book of Words by Peter Bowler
$35.00 AUD
Category: Reference
'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons.' Peter Bowler's guides, as his thousands of fans worldwide already know, are witty, charming, and clever volumes that introduce weird and wonderful words. Now the three volumes are published in a collected edition for the first time to provide words to h ...Show more
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable by John Ayto
$70.00 AUD
Category: Reference
Focusing on the English of the 20th and 21st centuries, this impressive volume examines the linguistic and cultural significance of over 7,500 popular words and phrases. Its highly browsable encyclopedic entries cover topics as diverse as catchphrases, buzzwords, characters from film, TV and literature, ...Show more
Brewer's Famous Quotations by Nigel Rees
$55.00 AUD
Category: Reference
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations' -- Winston Churchill Quotations can offer us a glimpse into the past in a few brief words, giving us a feeling for the people and events that have shaped our world; from Oppenheimer's 'I am become death, destroyer of worlds' at the ex ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
$99.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Companions
The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical and cul ...Show more
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary by OXFORD
$69.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary provides an authoritative description of Australian and international English that is unrivalled by other concise dictionaries. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won't find in any other dictionary. It provi ...Show more
Word Watching - Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist by Julian Burnside
$29.95 AUD
Category: Reference
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The Art of Conversation: Or, What to Say, and When by Catherine Blyth
$24.00 AUD
Category: Reference
Every day we use our mobiles and computers to communicate, but ironically we are losing touch with face-to-face talk. Catherine Blyth reveals the endless possibilities of conversation and shows that when it works it can come close to heaven. With examples from Elizabeth I to Tommy Cooper, courtesans to ...Show more
The New Children's Encyclopedia by Senior Editor Carrie Love et al
$49.95 AUD
Category: Reference
All new 2009 encyclopedia designed to answer children's questions about the world. Every home needs a good encyclopedia for school projects, homework, or just for fun. Featuring topics ranging from giant galaxies to microscopic bacteria, and from human cells to ancient civilizations, this encyclopedia a ...Show more