Excuse My French: Mastering the Lingo, Not Just the Language by Rachel Best
$27.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Excuse my French! arose out of a culture clash between a Frenchman and an English woman. Life together in a bi-lingual relationship for Rachel and Jean-Christophe created many miscomprehensions, amusing mistranslations and often sheer bewilderment. This book offers a way out of the conversational confus ...Show more
Teach Yourself Get Started in Mandarin Chinese by Elizabeth Scurfield
$67.00 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: Teach Yourself Beginner's Languages
Are you looking for a course in Mandarin Chinese written for the absolute beginner who has no experience of learning a foreign language? Get Started in Mandarin Chinese will give you the confidence to communicate in Mandarin Chinese. Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and in ...Show more
As Right as Rain: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions by Caroline Taggart
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you? Let's not beat about the bush: the English language is littered with linguistic quirks, which, out of context, seem completely peculiar. If you can't quite cut the mustard, this book will explain ho ...Show more
This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean by Alain Stephen
$29.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What were their famous aphorisms? This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean explains as simply as possible the ideas behind the world's most highly regarded philosophers, examining thei ...Show more
Alphabetical - How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth ...Show more
Collins Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary by Anne R. Bradford
$34.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
The much-loved Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary offers more than 250,000 solutions Users will never again be short of answers to their crossword clues with this unique dictionary that has been compiled and crafted based on the author's 50 years' experience of crossword solving. Every word listed ...Show more
Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History by Andrew Taylor
$24.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Books That Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history. Andrew Taylor sets each text in its historical context and explores its wider influence and legacy. Whether he's discussing the incandescent effect of The Q ...Show more
Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers by Paul Dickson
$24.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others-like bedazzled, hurry, critical, and anchovy-are essential parts of our standard vocabulary t ...Show more
Collins Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus by Collins Dictionaries
$22.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: Collins Pocket Ser. | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
This new edition of Collins Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus ensures you'll always have the words you need at your fingertips. With matching dictionary and thesaurus entries on the same page, you'll never be stuck for words again! With all the main entry words shown in colour, Collins Pocket Dictionary a ...Show more
French-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary by DORLING KINDERSLEY
$24.00 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
The DK French-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary introduces the vocabulary of the modern world through themed chapters filled with full-colour photographs and artworks which display and label all elements of everyday life. With sections ranging from home and work to leisure and the environment, every i ...Show more
Usborne First 100 Words in French by Heather Amery
$14.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Series: First Hundred Words | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
A long-standing favourite from Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright, this jolly picture book of first words makes picture to word recognition fun
By the Book - Writers on Literature and Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review by Pamela Paul
$34.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular By the Book feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she b ...Show more