I Before E (Except After C) : Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson
16.99 NZD
Category: Language | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many readers. Now available in paperback, this delightful gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for new readers and fans of the series alike. Offerin ...Show more
Word Watching - Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist by Julian Burnside
36.00 NZD
Category: Language | Reading Level: very good
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From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages by Michael Adams
33.99 NZD
Category: Language
This fascinating book takes invented languages and explores the origins, purpose, and usage of these curious artefacts of culture. Written by experts in the field, chapters discuss a wide range of languages - from Esperanto to Klingon - and uncover the motives behind their creation and the outcomes of t ...Show more
500 Basic Korean Verbs with Free Downloadable Audio by Kyubyong Park
54.99 NZD
Category: Language
Korean verbs are notorious in their difficulty for foreigners to master. East-to-use "500 Basic Korean Verbs" is the only comprehensive guide to the correct usage of Korean verbs available for English-speaking learners. Each of the 500 most important Korean verbs is presented in a convenient single-page ...Show more
The Exercise Book by Ken Duncum
35.00 NZD
Category: Language
The Exercise Book collects over fifty creative writing exercise used by Bill Manhire and his colleagues, not only at Victoria but throughout New Zealand and around the world.This book will be an indispensible resource for teachers and students, and excellent stimulation and entertainment for anyone want ...Show more
Walking on Alligators by Susan Shaughnessy
39.99 NZD
Category: Language
This daily motivator of people who write provides an insistent wake-up call for the creative urge, with insights on how to work against resistance, live with the loneliness, develop discipline, and dare to take deeper risks in their work. These 200 essays explore every aspect of the process of writing. ...Show more
The Possessed : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman
30.00 NZD
31.00 (3% off)
Category: Language
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year THE TRUE BUT UNLIKELY STORIES OF LIVES DEVOTED―ABSURDLY! MELANCHOLICALLY! BEAUTIFULLY!―TO THE RUSSIAN CLASSICS No one who read Elif Batuman's first article (in the journal n+1) will ever forget it. "Babel in California" told the true story of various human ...Show more
Speaking Volumes - Conversations with Remarkable Writers by Ramona Koval
40.00 NZD
41.00 (2% off)
Category: Language | Reading Level: very good
Ramona Koval has been praised as a master of the interview genre, renowned for engaging writers in conversations that are incisive, provocative, and downright funny. In this collection, she shares the most fascinating interviews from her book, Tasting Life Twice, along with brand new interviews with som ...Show more
New Zealand Handbook for Writers and Editors: Grammar, Usage and Punctuation by Margaret McKenzie
34.99 NZD
Category: Language
Whether you are a Professional Writing student, practicing writer of editor, student studying English or English Language or someone wanting to tighten your grasp on grammer, this book is a rich resource.
Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips by Max Cryer
29.99 NZD
Category: Language | Reading Level: very good
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, 'birds of a feather flock together' and 'absence makes the heart grow fonder', but these sayings are so familiar that we are scarcely aware they are proverbs. It has been so for thousands of years, i ...Show more