The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Elizabeth Knowles (ed.)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
This is a reference work providing background detail for over 20,000 phrases and allusions used in English. It is intended for general readership, especially those interested in the origins of the language, in myth and legend, in the history of ideas, in invention and discovery, and other areas.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Elizabeth Knowles (ed.)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
This new edition of "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" offers a broad and up-to-date coverage of quotations available today. Now with 20,000 quotations arranged by author, this is Oxford's largest quotations dictionary. As well as quotations from traditional sources, and with improved coverage of wor ...Show more
The Chambers Dictionary of World History by Bruce Lenman (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This new edition of the Dictionary of World History (formerly published under the Larousse imprint), contains within a single volume comprehensive coverage of the key figures and events of world history. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent world events, this new edition includes even more i ...Show more
Verbatim - from the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers and armchair linguists by Erin Mckean
$14.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
A collection of the funniest and strangest pieces from 30 years of
Chambers Dictionary of World History by Hilary Marsden (ed.)
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The latest edition of the comprehensive single-volume historical dictionary features 7,500 entries presented in an A-to-Z format and covering key events in world history from 1,000 to 2,000 A.D., including more than sixty fascinating sidebars.
Book of New Zealand Words by Dianne Bardsley
$18.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
Away laughing/O for awesome/Box of birds/By gorry! This accessible yet definitive little text contains over 1,500 samples from New Zealand’s distinctive vocabulary. For the first time since Orsman’s 1997 Dictionary of New Zealand English here are fresh New Zealandisms and examples of their use, from bot ...Show more
A Dictionary of British Place-names by A D Mills
$14.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Reading Level: very good
This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'B ...Show more
Mensa Crosswords by Philip Carter and Ken Russell
$8.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
As well as traditional cryptic and general-knowledge crosswords, this book contains a host of intriguing and original word games including hexagonal and honeycomb puzzles, word-search crosswords, palindrome crosswords, magic-square and magic-cube puzzles, word circles, clueless crosswords and many more. ...Show more
Hunter Davies' Lists - An intriguing collection of facts and figures by Hunter Davies
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Behind every ritual of every day - waking from a dream, calling the dog in, going for a drink after work - there are figures listing the most common dreams, the most popular names for male and female dogs and the preferred afterwork activities of various people. In an all-new approach to the list format ...Show more
Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of Modern Life: Survey, Definition and Justify'd Lampoonery of Divers Contemporary Phenomena, from by Dr. Johnson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise re-emergence from eighteenth century retirement and began Twittering. It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic, aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. "The Guardian" calls him the 'greatest' thing on Twitter and the Telegraph dubs ...Show more
The Book of Indian Names by Raja R. Mehrotra (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: good