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100 Symbols That Changed the World
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Writers on Writing: A Book of Quotations
Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Writers on Writing brings together a plethora of phrases, quotable lines, quips and putdowns about the writing process. Arranged in themes that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech
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...
Level Up Your Essays: How to get better grades at university
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Murder Your Darlings: And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
September Letters: Finding Strength and Connection in Sharing Our Stories
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...
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...
Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization
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...