The Writing Book: A Practical Guide for Fiction Writers by Kate Grenville
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
From the acclaimed author of The Secret River, a completely practical workbook that offers down-to-earth ideas and suggestions for writers or aspiring writers to get started and keep going Full of ideas and examples to get pen to paper or fingers on the keyboard, this guidedoesn't just talk about how to ...Show more
Italian Berlitz Pocket Dictionary by *
14.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Berlitz Pocket Dictionary Ser.
Available in both paperback and vinyl cover, these dictionaries feature: high impact cover design in striking "Berlitz" blue, in-keeping with the whole "Berlitz" range for increased brand recognition; bold, blue headwords offer the user maximum accessibility making it easy to navigate around the diction ...Show more
My Grammar and I (Or Should That be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English by J. A. Wines
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
For anyone who has ever had a problem with dangling modifiers and split infinitives, or for those who have no idea what these things even are, "My Grammar and I" provides all the answers. Taking you on a tour of the English language, through a veritable minefield of rules and conditions for the grammati ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
12.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Popular Penguins
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
Oxford Paperback Dictionary and Thesaurus by Oxford Languages
23.95 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: UK Bestselling Dictionaries Ser.
The Oxford Paperback Dictionary Thesaurus is a great value-for-money product. It is the ultimate one-stop reference, containing both a dictionary and a thesaurus in one handy reference volume. The dictionary and thesaurus texts have an integrated design which has been tried and tested with users to spee ...Show more
Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History by William Safire
74.95 AUD
Category: Reference
Covering speeches from Demosthenes to George W. Bush, this third edition has a new preface on what makes a speech "great". It includes the words of Oliver Cromwell to the "Rump Parliament", Tony Blair exhorting his party to fight terrorism and Alistair Cooke sending a Christmas "Letter from America". A ...Show more
Elements of Style (4th revised edition) by E.B. White; William Strunk
17.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. This 'little' book can help students communicate more effectively, showing them how to enliven their sentences, put statements in the positive form and write in a clear and simple style.