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Macquarie Concise Thesaurus
Author: Macquarie Dictionary Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 890 The Macquarie Concise Thesaurus contains a rich range of over 200,000 synonyms, which have been specifically compiled for users of Australian...
Virginia Woolf: Inspiring Quotes from an Original Feminist Icon
Author: Virginia Woolf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 The first and collection of Virginia Woolf's most inspirational quotes. 'No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to...
The Dawn of Language: The story of how we came to talk
Author: Sverker Johansson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 "A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLE "I love a book that teaches me things I didn't know while provoking in...
English Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus: The perfect portable dictionary and thesaurus (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 700 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. Two books in one with all the...
Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian, 1984-1996
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Author: Noam Chomsky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 664 Conducted from 1984 to 1996, these interviews first appeared in the books Chronicles of Dissent, Keeping the Rabble in Line, and...
How Words Get Good: The Story of Making a Book
Author: Rebecca Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Once upon a time, a writer had an idea. They wrote it down. But what happened next? Join Rebecca Lee, professional...
The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading and Writing
Author: Debra Adelaide Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Books are impractical companions and housemates: they are heavy when you are travelling, and in the home take up...
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
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Author: The Economist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In this exuberant celebration of the world's museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Ali...
October, or Autumnal Tints
Author: Henry D. Thoreau Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Originally delivered as a lecture shortly before the writer's own death, Henry David Thoreau's classic "Autumnal Tints" is an ode...
Roget's International Thesaurus 7th Edition
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1312 The world's bestselling thesaurus, Roget's International Thesaurus, 7th Edition, gives writers of all levels an unparalleled aid in using language...
The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language
Author: Keith Kahn-Harris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside Kinder Surprise eggs: WARNING, read...
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age
Author: Steven Mithen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar The relationship...
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English
Author: Caroline Taggart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 An amusing foray into the complexities of the English language, this title covers a range of grammatical errors from incorrectly used...
The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic
Author: Jordi Cam Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us How do magicians make us see the...
Your Conscious Mind: Unravelling the Greatest Mystery of the Human Brain
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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 What is consciousness? Is it real or just an illusion? And how does it work? What is this strange mental world...
Collins Arabic Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 Offering learners at home, school or in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Arabic and English in a...
Talk on the Wild Side: Why Language Can't Be Tamed
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Author: Lane Greene Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Language is the most human invention. Spontaneous, unruly, passionate, and erratic it resists every attempt to discipline or regularize it--a history...
Barbie Book of Joy
Author: Barbie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Be More Barbie! For generations, Barbie has inspired women around the world. From the first Barbie doll released in 1959 to the...
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done
Author: David Badre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 312 A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions-and how this shapes our everyday lives. Why is it...
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds
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Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An entertaining investigation of the numerical abilities of animals and our own appetite for arithmetic The philosopher Bertrand Russell once observed...
Behaviour Matters: Monkey Needs to Listen
Author: Sue Graves Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: When Mr Croc plans a go-kart race, Moky is very excited. But he doesn't listen to instructions and his team's...
Hold My Hand: Wise words for mothers and daughters everywhere
Author: Antje Southern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his." Oscar Wilde A wonderful...
She Said: Witty Words from Wise Women
Author: Dominique Enright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 In it you'll find writers, artists, politicians, actors, musicians, fashionistas, from Sappho to Beyonce and Dorothy Parker to Carrie Fisher, all...
The Decisive Mind: How to Make the Right Choice Every Time
Author: Dr Sheheryar Banuri Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 *Available now: a new model for understanding and optimising your decision making skills by a leading behavioural economist* __________ Have...
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
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Author: Morten H Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Forget the language instinct--this is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity's...
English Gem Thesaurus: The world's favourite mini thesaurus (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 700 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. This new edition is part of the Collins Gem...
Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language
Author: Esther Schor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A rich and passionate biography of a language and the dream of world harmony it sought to realize In 1887, Ludwig...
On the Tip of My Tongue: The perfect word for every life moment
Author: Tom Read Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Navigate every situation in modern life with eloquence and grace with this curated list of words featuring witty analysis of...
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!
Author: Florence Hazrat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier...
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
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Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief...
Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy
Author: Roger Horberry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know it's harder than...
A Tranquil Star: Stories
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Author: Primo Levi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 170 These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader from...
Chineasy (R) Travel
Author: ShaoLan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Chineasy (R) Travel presents over 100 of the most used and useful Chinese characters, phrases and sentences for travellers, wherever they may...
Connect!: How to Inspire, Influence and Energise Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
Author: Simon Lancaster Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Why do some people radiate energy when they speak whilst others fizzle outbefore they've even begun? How do some...