Reference & Language

Author: Charles M. Schulz Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 297 The best-selling, award-winning, critically acclaimed series that sparked a renaissance for fans of classic comic strips upon its...

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...

Author: Colin Salter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world's most recognizable symbols. Universal symbols have...

Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1216 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. An up-to-date easy-reference French to English and English to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Author: John-Paul Flintoff Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 "Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to...

Author: Dr Inger Mewburn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people...

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...

Author: Yens Wahlgren Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 A linguistic and creative masterpiece on entertainment's constructed languages to instruct and delight fans and creators alike. This is a book...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Author: Roy Peter Clark Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From one of America's most influential writing teachers, a collection of 50 of the best writing strategies distilled from 50...

Author: Expanse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Take it to the next level! Bursting with the biggest games, latest trends, and hottest news, Next Level Games Review 2023 is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Author: Christopher Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 96 Welcome to the age of the incredible shrinking message. Your guide to this new landscape, Christopher Johnson reveals the...

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...

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...

Author: Brittany Snow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 An inspirational collection of letters, notes, and conversations among friends, celebrities, experts, and the September Letters community. A guide to help...

Author: Anita Lobel Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Anita Lobel was barely five years old when World War II began and the Nazis burst into her home...

Author: David S. Kidder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional- American History comes the third installment...

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...

Author: Deanna Marcum Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital library Libraries have long...