Rewording the Brain: How cryptic crosswords can improve your memory and boost the power and agility of your brain by David Astle
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Reference
Recent ground-breaking and exciting studies have shown that cryptic crosswords are among the most effective ways to boost the power and agility of your brain.Why? The answer lies in the art of teasing out a clue, a discipline that calls for logic, interpretation, intuition and deduction as well as the a ...Show more
Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary PB 6ed by Oxford Dictionary
$44.95 AUD
Category: New Reference | Series: Australian Dictionaries/Thesauruses/Reference
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary is a compact and comprehensive dictionary for Australian users. It presents those words that are current and relevant in the Australian context. No other Australian dictionary can claim its authority.The sixth edition draws on the most authoritative research into ...Show more
Convict Words Language in Early Colonial Australia by LAUGESEN
$53.95 AUD
Category: New Reference
This book explores the language of the Australian convict era, taking the form of a dictionary with supporting quotations from contemporary texts, including newspapers, government reports and documents, contemporary observations, and novels. It will become an essential reference tool for all interested ...Show more
Collins Italian Dictionary Complete And Unabridged Edition: Over 230,000Translations [Fourth Edition] by Collins Dictionaries
$89.99 AUD
Category: New Reference | Series: Collins Complete and Unabridged Ser.
The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. The ideal large Italian to English and English to Italian bilingual dictionary for all serious students of Italian with up-to-date vocabulary and breadth of coverage. This is the perfect dictionary for everyone using Italian for t ...Show more
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers: Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know by David Olsen
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Reference
The ultimate tool for writers! Whether you're crafting the next great American novel or pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, there will come a time in the process when you struggle to find just the perfect word or phrase. Under the time-tested banner of Roget's Thesaurus, this collection will quic ...Show more
Bantam Crossword Dictionary by Walter D. Glanze
$14.99 AUD
Category: New Reference
Over 50,000 clues, over 160,000 solutions--more clues, more solutions than any other book in America. Plus unique long-word finder--makes the tough spots easy to solve! Completely alphabetical, comprehensive, up to the minute, here's the new indispensable crossword puzzle dictionary, the one invaluable ...Show more
The World Almanac and Book of Facts by Sarah Janssen, 198
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Reference | Series: World Almanac and Book of Facts
Get thousands of facts at your fingertips with this essential resource. The World Almanac(r) and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Since 1868, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainme ...Show more
Panics and Persecutions by Claire Lehmann; Colin Wright; Jamie Palm
$42.99 AUD
Category: New Reference
In an age when telling the wrong joke or using the wrong pronoun can cost you your career, Quillette magazine - founded in 2015 by Australian-based journalist Claire Lehmann - has provided a forum for thinkers of all political stripes to push back against the forces of intellectual conformity. Panics an ...Show more
Explain That: 31 intriguing reasons why from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald by Felicity Lewis (ed.)
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Reference
From the nation's most trusted news outlets comes an entertaining and authoritative look at the world around us. Have you ever wondered if time travel is actually possible? Or where the Australian accent came from? Or what it feels like to have dementia? If you're an inquisitive person who likes to und ...Show more
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
$75.00 AUD
Category: New Reference
The much-loved original thesaurus, now in a handsome clothbound hardback edition: a treat for writers, readers, editors, linguists, scholars, students, bookworms, eggheads, philologists, bibliophiles, litterateurs and wordsmiths the world over. Roget's Thesaurus is the world's most famous and trusted ...Show more
Portable Magic - A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
$45.00 AUD
Category: New Reference | Reading Level: near fine
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The Times Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow ...Show more
Dictionary of World Biography, 7th edition by Barry JONES
$90.00 AUD
Category: New Reference | Series: ANU Lives Series in Biography Ser.
Weaves historical facts with perspective on the subjects and the influence they had on theirs and on modern times. Gain a unique insight into the life and times of important identities, cultural icons and controversial characters, including Shakespeare, Freud, Mari I, Nero, Matisse and Pol Pot.