The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester
$15.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a remarkable achievement, the story of which has been aching to be told. Who better to take on the challenge than the talented story-teller Simon Winchester? With his characteristic gift for bringing history alive, in The Meaning of Everything Simon Winche ...Show more
As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from around the World by David Crystal
$20.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, proverbial wisdom is a key factor in understanding different peoples and cultures. Here David Crystal, the world's leading commentator on lan ...Show more
Fighting Talk - Boxing and the Modern Lexicon by Bob Jones
$20.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: new
From 'A Low Blow' to 'Went the Distance', a fascinating and lively examination of the regular use of terms from the boxing ring in our everyday language. Have you ever stopped to notice how often your local newspaper or favourite magazine uses the terms 'On the Ropes', 'The Gloves Are Off' and 'Knockout ...Show more
The Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the by Alex Boese
$12.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
Step right up and enter The Museum of Hoaxes where you can Marvel at such curiosities as Bigfoot, the Cardiff Giant, and the Jackalope . . . Wonder at the mystery of crop circles, the War of the Worlds, and Sydney's Iceberg . . . See the Stone Age Tasaday Tribe, the Cottingley Fairies, and Snow ...Show more
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes by Iona and Peter Opie (eds)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
A detailed reference book to the histories of more than 500 rhymes and songs, with their parallels, first appearances, origins, and variations. The Opies are unrivalled as authorities on the folklore of childhood.
Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...In this hymn to the mother tongue Bill Bryson examines how a language 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' has now become the undisputed global language (more people ...Show more