Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff by Joanne Anderson
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Category: Language & Writing
An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us). Author Joanne Anderson has expanded on the popular tips s ...Show more
Write Short Stories and Get Them Published by Zoe Fairbairns
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Category: Language & Writing | Series: Teach Yourself
Written by one of the country's leading experts on the short story, Write Winning Short Stories - And Get Them Published is ideal if you want to write creatively in a genre that is increasingly attracting attention from publishers, and which offers plenty of competition and festival opportunities for yo ...Show more
Grandiloquent Words: A Pictoric Lexicon of Ostrobogulous Locutions by Jason Travis Ott
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Category: Language & Writing
Words confirm and deny, guarantee and deceive, elucidate and obfuscate. The more words you know, the better you can express yourself and the more you can do in life. The founder of Grandiloquent Word of the Day accordingly presents a voluptuary of verbiage encompassing rare and obscure terms that confo ...Show more
Beautiful Words: A Celebration for Word Lovers by Editors of Whalen Book Works
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Category: Language & Writing
Beautiful Words explores the beauty and intrigue of the English language through this collection of the most fascinating words in the English language! Close your eyes for a moment and think of the word “solitude”. What do you see? A deer drinking from a still pond in the middle of a quiet forest on a s ...Show more
100 Novels That Changed the World by Colin Salter
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Category: Language & Writing
The inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times - Homer's Iliad ...Show more
Handwritten Remarkable People on the Page by Lesley Smith
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Category: Language & Writing
The less it is part of everyday life, the more the appeal of handwriting grows. This wonderful selection of treasures from the Bodleian Library introduces remarkable individuals through documents written by their own hands. From the second century BCE to the present, individual lives and relationships a ...Show more
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami
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Category: Language & Writing
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with reade ...Show more
Language vs. Reality - Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists by N. J. Enfield
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Category: Language & Writing
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language- the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention. Language is said to be humankind's greatest accomplishment. But what is language actually good for? It performs poorly at representing re ...Show more
What She Said: #1 Award Winner: The Art of Inspiring Action through Speech by Monica Lunin
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Category: Language & Writing
This collection analyses inspirational speeches from persuasive women from many different walks of life throughout history. From Queen Elizabeth I to Julia Gillard, Maya Angelou to Malala Yousafzai, it champions women as great communicators who can teach us how to craft a strong message. This book will ...Show more
52 Diverse Titles Every Book Lover Should Read - A One Year Journal and Recommended Reading List from the American Library Association by Editors of Editors of the American Library Association (Editor)
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Category: Language & Writing | Series: 52 Books Every Book Lover Should Read Ser.
The American Library Association presents a book by a must-read BIPOC author for every week of the year in this beautiful reading log. Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA). Including the ALA's insights into each ...Show more
52 Award Winning Titles Every Book Lover Should Read - A One Year Journal and Recommended Reading List from the American Library Association by Editors of Editors of the American Library Association (Editor)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language & Writing | Series: 52 Books Every Book Lover Should Read Ser.
The American Library Association presents an award-winning must-read book for every week of the year in this beautiful reading log.Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA). Including the ALA's insights into each title ...Show more
Highly Irregular Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme: And Other Oddities of the English Language by Arika Okrent, Sean O'Neill
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Category: Language & Writing
Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you're an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces a modifier, you must have noticed that there are some things about this lan ...Show more