Superstitions & Why we Have Them by Max Cryer
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Some people casually say 'touch wood' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won't allow peacock feathers into the house. And almost anyone who finds a four-leafed clover will treasure it and keep it. Why? Some superstitions are so ancient and have been practised for so long that the ...Show more
Oxford Essential Russian Dictionary - Russian-English; English-Russian
$12.00 NZD
Category: Languages | Reading Level: very good
The Oxford Essential Russian Dictionary is a new compact Russian-English and English-Russian dictionary that offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations. This dictionary is easy to use and ideal for travel, work, or stu ...Show more
Historical Linguistics and Generative Grammar by Robert D King
$14.00 NZD
Category: Linguistics | Reading Level: Good
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite terms as Used by the Convicts of the British Colonies of Australia by Simon Barnard
$14.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intensions. Convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with a useful idea: a dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts. And so, in ...Show more
Concise Oxford English Dictionary Thumb-indexed Edition by Judy Pearsall (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
The tenth edition of this dictionary brings it up to date by the addition of hundreds of new words and meanings with a special focus on fast-changing areas of the language such as new technology, e-commerce and fashion. A new section includes details on countries, weights, measures and alphabets.
A is for Ox - A Short History of the Alphabet by Lyn Davies
$45.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: near fine
The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs by F P Wilson (revised by); Joanna Wilson (introduction)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: good
A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sinhalese Language by Abraham Mendis Gunasekara
$14.00 NZD
Category: Languages | Reading Level: very good
Voices from the Past - A Year of Great Quotations - and the Stories from History That Inspired Them by W B Marsh
$18.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story.
Cassell Dictionary of Cliches by Nigel Rees
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
The King's English - A Guide to Modern Usage by Kingsley Amis
$12.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, "The King's English "is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than" Fowler's Modern Usage, " lighter than the "Oxford English Dictionary," and brimming with the strong opinions ...Show more
I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
$8.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: I Used to Know That ... | Reading Level: very good
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more