Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - 8th Revised edition by Elizabeth Knowles
83.95 AUD
Category: Reference
The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations was published in 1941 and for over 70 years this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations past and present. The eighth edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate ans ...Show more
Wedding Speeches by Andrew Byrne
12.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Everything you need to create your wedding speech! If the thought of speaking at a wedding gives you sweaty palms and makes you tongue-tied, then this book is for you! Packed with expert advice, The Complete Wedding Speech Guide walks you through what's expected of each speaker, outlines the component ...Show more
500 Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart
22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. This book will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full p ...Show more
Complete Screenwriting Course: Teach Yourself by Charles Harris
29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you'll ever read. Practical exercises will teach you the craft of writing for film and television, both mainstream and independ ...Show more
Chambers Book of Great Speeches by Chambers
39.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The Chambers Book of Great Speeches is the most comprehensive guide available to the inspired and inspiring speeches that have shaped the world we live in. There are over 250 speakers covered, from Bella Abzug to Emile Zola. Each speaker is introduced with a brief biography setting them in context. Each ...Show more
English (I Used to Know That) by Patrick Scrivenor
14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: I Used to Know That
If you can't tell a possessive pronoun from a correlative conjunction, confuse 'disinterested' and 'uninterested' and struggle with the subjunctive, then I Used to Know That: English has the answers. Relearn the essential rules of the English language, from grammar and punctuation to sentence constructi ...Show more
Maths (I Used to Know That) by Chris Waring
14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: I Used to Know That
If memories of learning algebra bring you out in a cold sweat and thoughts of quadratic equations cause you feelings of fear and dread, I Used to Know That: Maths can help. A light-hearted and informative reminder of the things that we learnt in school but have since become relegated to the backs of our ...Show more
I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: I Used to Know That ...
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times by Roy Peter Clark
28.99 AUD
Category: Reference
In HOW TO WRITER SHORT,Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed - from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing internet age short-form writing has become an essential ...Show more
Aitch Factor by Susan Butler
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Only dead languages don't change; living ones change all the time. From aitch to amazeballs, from mondegreens to man boobs, there is no topic too controversial or complex for Australia's most influential editor, Susan Butler. Sue, long-time editor of the Macquarie Dictionary, takes you on an insightful, ...Show more
Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary (7th Ed HB) by Mark Gwynn (Editor); Amanda Laugesen (Editor); Julia Robinson (Editor)
29.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Dict Ser.
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary (APOD) is an indispensable guide to English as it is written and spoken in Australia. First published in 1976, the APOD is Australia's bestselling dictionary. Extensive and versatile, this dictionary is firmly established as Australia's favourite reference in scho ...Show more
Letters of Note - Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
59.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Letters of Note is a collection of over one hundred of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters, based on the seismically popular website of the same name - an online museum of correspondence visited by over 70 million people. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter, to Q ...Show more