Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words by Don Watson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
The prime minister speaks of core and non-core election promises, your boss asks you to commit to an involuntary career event (you're fired), and hospitals refer to negative patient outcomes (you're dead)u How to fight back? This book is a heavy weapon against politicians, managers and all those whose w ...Show more
Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page by Cathy Rentzenbrink
$34.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
Why do we want to write and what stops us? How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the terror that no-one will care or that we will get in trouble? How do we identify and overcome everything that gets in our way so we can start making work?Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink sho ...Show more
A Date with Language by David Crystal
$49.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year. In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events, and facts about language, David Crystal presents a selection of insights from literary and linguistic writers, poets, and global institutions, together with the ...Show more
Troublesome Words (PB) by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
What's the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson offers a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage that has been an indispensable companion to t ...Show more
Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences by Bev Vincent
$55.00 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
Celebrate the King of Horror's 75th birthday with Stephen King, which explores the connections between Stephen King's life and his body of work. Explore the evolution and influences of Stephen King's body of work over his nearly 50-year career, and discover how the themes of his writing reflect the chan ...Show more
The Writer's Journey: In the Footsteps of Literary Greats by Travis Elborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time away from their typical surroundings. From epic road trips ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
$14.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing | Series: Popular Penguins
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
Writers and Their Teachers by Dale Salwak (Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina ...Show more
Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition (HB) by Macquarie Dictionary
$64.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
The Macquarie Concise Dictionary Ninth Edition provides an up-to-date account of Australian English, with wide coverage to meet the needs of the general dictionary user. Based on the comprehensive Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition, this volume includes words and meanings which are peculiar to our varie ...Show more
Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry by Sarah Holland-Batt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
Sarah Holland-Batt's highly acclaimed and popular poetry columns from The Australian are collected together for the first time in Fishing for Lightning - suitable for the general reader as well as poetry aficionados. Fishing for Lightning gathers together acclaimed poet and critic Sarah Holland-Batt's c ...Show more
Write for Life: A Toolkit for Writers by Julia Cameron
$39.99 AUD
Category: Words and Writing
The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron Legendary author of The Artist's Way Julia Cameron has pioneered the field of creative recovery, inspiring millions of people around the world to discover their true creative selves. Now in Write for Life, the 'Queen of Creativity' ...Show more
A Little History of Poetry by John Carey
$30.95 AUD
Category: Words and Writing | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and ...Show more