Reed Book of NZ Quotations by David McGill (ed.)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The Reed Book of New Zealand Quotations contains the best and worst that has been said about New Zealanders. Over 3000 quotations present the nation in every mood and situation, from the sublime to the silly. From the first wary encounters between Maori and European, New Zealanders are depicted at work ...Show more
The Surgeon of Crowthorne - A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words by Simon Winchester
$12.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a fifty-year task requiring the assistance of thousands of volunteers - one of the keenest a W C Minor. Minor was a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder. Here Simon Winchester tells this uplifting ...Show more
Words On Words - Quotations about Language and Languages by David Crystal
$25.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
A thematically structured dictionary of quotations relating to all aspects of language. Ranging from Wilde to Wordsworth and James Bond to Winnie-the-Pooh, 65 sections bring together the wise, witty and whimsical insights from over the years.
The Elements of UML Style by Scott W. Ambler
$6.00 NZD
Category: Writing | Series: SIGS Reference Library | Reading Level: very good
Contains standards and guidelines for creating UML diagrams that are concise and easy to understand.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
$35.00 NZD
Category: Writing | Reading Level: near fine
"The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice th ...Show more
Collins Robert French Unabridged Dictionary
$35.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
The HarperCollins Robert is simply the best French dictionary you can buy. Here's why: With more than 820,000 completely revised and updated entries and translations, the HarperCollins Robert offers complete coverage of contemporary terms in business, technology, politics, culture, and medicine. The Har ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard
$20.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English containing words from the English writers previous to the ninteenth century which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense and words which are now used only in the provincial dialects by Thomas Wright
$85.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: good
Chambers Biographical Dictionary by Magnus Magnusson
$16.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary by Anne H Soukhanov
$18.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
A Plum in Your Mouth : Why the way we talk speaks volumes about us by Andrew Taylor
$12.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
By putting our differences and snobberies under a microscope, this book explains many facts about us as a nation, exploring the development of language and our behaviour. Did you know that the court of Richard II spoke in broad Yorkshire? Why don't we speak like we did 40 years ago? Why is one perceived ...Show more