Goldenballs and the Iron Lady by Andrew Delahunty
$32.99 AUD
Category: English Language
Nicknames are a rich and revealing treasure trove of information about the people, places, and institutions they refer to. In more than 800 entries, this book explores them. It also looks at the histories behind widely used nicknames. It is a useful gift for those who are curious about famous people and ...Show more
How Not to Say What You Mean by R.W. Holder
$34.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
Arm candy ? trainspotter ? toy boy ? cock and bull story - push up daisies ? human sacrifice ? tuft-hunter ? powder room ? downer ? caught short ? see a man about a dog. This brand new dictionary of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery and deceit can be lively and shocking. It contains old favourites and obsolet ...Show more
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms by John Ayto
$29.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
Did you know that 'flavour of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlours in the 1940s, when a particular flavour would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to the rather messy practice of writing impromptu notes on one ...Show more
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Elizabeth Knowles
$37.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in one volume you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings ...Show more
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J.A. Cuddon
$28.00 AUD
Category: English Language
This dictionary contains over 2000 entries on the language of literature, literary criticism and literary theory, covering a wide range of categories including technical terms, genres, themes, personalities, objects and concepts.
The Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
$29.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
Containing over 1,000 of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to terms such as hypertext , multi-accentuality , and postmodernism . It also offers pronunciation guides and suggestions for further read ...Show more
Globish : How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum
$22.99 AUD
Category: English Language
Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not necessarily be the Queen's English that you're hearing, but it is, nevertheless, a form of universally recognised English - it is Globish. In his wonderfully witty and informative new book, Robert McCrum explores the ...Show more
The New Graded Word-book for Australian Schools by Foster W.
$19.99 AUD
Category: English Language
Do you know Why 'The dog followed Harry and I' Is Wrong? How to avoid the construction 'The reason why . . . was because'? When to use 'fewer' and when to use 'less'? All this – and more – was taught in Australian schools many decades ago. Exercises to spell accurately, pronounce words well, and constru ...Show more
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition by H.W. Fowler
$29.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'What grammarians say should be has perhaps less influence on what shall be than even the more modest of them realize ...' No book had more influence on twentieth-century attitudes to the English language in Britain than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard w ...Show more
Fowler's Modern English Usage by Henry Watson Fowler
$79.99 AUD
Category: English Language
Fowler's Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition, Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. It gives a clear and authoritative picture of the Englis ...Show more
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Camilla Rockwood (ed.)
$69.99 AUD
Category: English Language | Reading Level: very good
This revised and expanded edition features hundreds of new entries on everything from blogs and designer babies to New York's mysterious sewer-dwelling alligators, as well as a selection of 'heritage entries' from a Victorian edition of Brewer's: see enchanted castles, magic garters and poison detectors ...Show more