The Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms by Oxford
$26.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback 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
The Oxford Guide to Plays by Michael Patterson (Editor)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Quick Reference Ser.
Now in paperback, The Oxford Guide to Plays offers a marvelous beideker to 1000 of the most important plays in world theater. Covering everything from The Seagull and The Tempest to Dancing at Lughnasa, Angels in America, and The Heidi Chronicles, this volume is the perfect resource for everyone who lov ...Show more
The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori: Revised 2009 Edition by P. M. Ryan
$32.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. This new edition has been fully revised by the author.The Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. Th ...Show more
The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand English by H.W. Orsman
$60.00 NZD
Category: Reference
When it was first published as the Heinemann New Zealand Dictionary in 1979, this dictionary was acclaimed as ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂour first home-grown dictionary, complete with all the words we shock or mystify the world with.ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàA second edition was published in 1989; now renam ...Show more
The Right Word: Making Sense of the Words that Confuse by Elizabeth Morrison
$30.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The quality of your written English is your passport to both academic and career success. Whether you're a native speaker or learning English as a second language, it's very easy to get confused and make mistakes. This book is your essential guide to mastering the subtleties and becoming an expert commu ...Show more
The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W Pennebaker, Ph.D. PhD
$40.00 NZD
Category: Reference
We spend our lives communicating. In the last fifty years, we've zoomed through radically different forms of communication, from typewriters to tablet computers, text messages to tweets. We generate more and more words with each passing day. Hiding in that deluge of language are amazing insights into wh ...Show more
The Shakespeare Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes. This bold book covers every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, plus lost plays and less well-kn ...Show more
The Story of English: How the English Language Conquered the World by Philip Gooden
$33.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a sup ...Show more
The Superior Person's Book of Words by Peter Bowler (illus Roderick Mills)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Reference
A dictionary for every lover of good words, neglected words and downright mad words. The secret to being a truly Superior Person is to use really superior words. More impressive than a top hat, much more effective than a fist-fight, here are five hundred words to help you wiggle out of sticky debates, d ...Show more
The Talking Ape by Robbins Burling
$40.00 NZD
Category: Reference
In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing - and the most readable - account of the origins of language yet published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other, and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of langu ...Show more