Completely Superior Person's Book of Words by Peter Bowler
39.99 NZD
Category: Language | Reading Level: From
'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons.' Peter Bowler's guides, as his thousands of fans worldwide already know, are witty, charming, and clever volumes that introduce weird and wonderful words. Now the three volumes are published in a collected edition for the first time to provide words to h ...Show more
How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You Pretend to Understand...When You Don't by Hubert Van Den Bergh
28.99 NZD
Category: Language
How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know, but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as useful example phrases so that readers can quickly see the correct context for each word. Anecdotes and ...Show more
Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2009 by Anon
49.99 NZD
Category: Language
The bestselling guide to markets in all areas of the media, completely revised and updated, and this year in its 102nd edition. New articles include:Foreword by Kate MosseNotes from a successful mind, body and spirit author - William BloomNotes from a successful cross genre writer - Neil GaimanNotes fr ...Show more
Art of Conversation - Christian by Howland Louise
19.99 NZD
Category: Language
- The Art of Christian Conversation is a unique, multi-purpose gift & resource. - It is the ideal gift for Christians, and those exploring, providing fresh opportunities for all to share their ideas and thoughts, affirming their faith and enriching their relationships.
The Book is Dead (Long Live the Book) by Sherman Young
29.99 NZD
39.99 (25% off)
Category: Language
Sometime in the late twentieth century the book died. Sherman Young, passionate book lover and a consumer and producer of digital technology, is on a mission to make book culture matter again. Shirking nostalgia and without apology, The Book is Dead (Long Live the Book) investigates the economics and te ...Show more
How to Write by Philip Oltermann
29.99 NZD
Category: Language
"The Guardian's" 2008 "How to Write" supplements were a huge success with wordsmiths of all stripes. Covering fiction, poetry, comedy, screen writing, biography and journalism, they offered invaluable advice and bags of encouragement from a range of leading professionals, including Catherine Tate on wri ...Show more
Painless Grammar by Rebecca Elliott
27.99 NZD
Category: Language
This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this ...Show more
The Wand in the Word : Conversations with Writers of Fantasy by Leonard S Marcus
29.99 NZD
Category: Language
"Each lively and highly readable interview ends with advice to would-be writers. . . .An essential volume for fantasy readers of all ages." -- BOOKLIST (starred review) "Fantasy," writes Leonard S. Marcus, "is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to ...Show more
A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature by Roger Sutton
34.99 NZD
35.99 (2% off)
Category: Language | Reading Level: very good
Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children--and nurturing their love of reading. A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their childre ...Show more
The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club by Maeve Binchy
32.99 NZD
Category: Language
'The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up?' Maeve Binchy The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club gives a unique insight into how a No.1 bestselling author writes. Inspired by a course run by the National College of ...Show more
Fleur Adcock ('Writers and their Work' series) by Janet Wilson
40.00 NZD
Category: Language
DOP 2007, UK 141PP softcover Discusses Adcock as a New Zealand poet who draws on her experiences of dislocation and divided loyalties, and relocates her work within the postwar British poetic mainstream. Wilson argues that although originating from a white settler colony such as New Zealand, Adcock ...Show more
Becoming an Effective Writer by Derek Wallace
21.99 NZD
Category: Language
Write-on workbook. Becoming an Effective Writer is a practical workbook for students who want to write better university essays. The book provides instruction in the vital activities of explaining and persuading, and in conducting and writing research. All university students, including those at postgra ...Show more