It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches by Orin Hargraves
$29.95 AUD
Category: Language
Careful writers and speakers agree that cliches are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language? In It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the cliche. He helps readers understand why cer ...Show more
Fowler's Modern English Usage by Henry Watson Fowler
$38.95 AUD
Category: Language
Fowler's Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition, Fowler's gives comprehensive and practical advice on grammar, syntax, style, and choice of words. It gives a clear and authoritative picture of the Englis ...Show more
French Slanguage Fun Visual Guide to French Terms and Phrases by Mike Ellis
$14.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Slanguage Ser.
With this fun visual guide, simply follow the illustrated prompts and read the English words out loud with emphasis on the words in red: soon you'll be speaking French! Learn to be polite by saying "please": "See Voo Play" (S'il vous plait). Or let someone know what a "good idea" that was: "Set Tune Bun ...Show more
Talk French: 1 by Isabelle Fournier
$13.95 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Talk
This book also comes as part of a pack with audio CDs: ISBN 9781406679007 Talk French (Book) has already inspired thousands of people to learn French from scratch and is great support if you're attending a French class. Whether you're learning for business, travel or just for fun, its straightforward, s ...Show more
Compact Oxford Russian Dictionary by Oxford Dictionaries
$31.95 AUD
Category: Language | Reading Level: General Adult
The Compact Oxford Russian Dictionary offers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Russian and English. It covers all the words you need for everday use, carefully selected from evidence from the Oxford Languages Tracker and the Oxford English Corpus. Also includes Russ ...Show more
Easy JapaneseLearn to Speak Japanese Quickly, Dictionary & Manga (Audio CD Included) by Emiko Konomi
$19.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Easy Language Ser.
This user-friendly Japanese language book is a complete course, pocket dictionary and Japanese phrasebook in one.Easy Japanese is designed for Japanese language beginners who are planning a visit to Japan or already living there and wish to learn spoken Japanese quickly and easily—on their own or with a ...Show more
2,001 Most Useful Spanish Words by Pablo García Loaeza
$9.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Dover Language Guides Spanish Ser.
Perfect for traveling, this volume features over 2,000 common Spanish words, each accompanied by a brief definition, a sentence in Spanish demonstrating proper usage, and a translation. Up-to-date terms cover technology and consumer electronics, and a convenient category section features everyday words. ...Show more
2,001 Most Useful French Words by Heather McCoy
$9.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Dover Language Guides French Ser.
A practical compilation of common French words, this volume features 21st-century vocabulary about the Internet, cell phones, and other digital technologies. Each entry includes the French word, its definition, usage in a French sentence, and an English translation. The book also includes a quick refere ...Show more
Learn Korean Thru K-Pop - K-Pop Songs to Help Learn Korean by Peter Kang; Jinjoo Lee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Learn Korean Thru K-Pop Ser.
K-pop for language learning? Is this a gimmick? Yes, it could be. But it isn't, if properly done. Songs are engaging, endlessly repeatable, clearly pronounced, vernacular, and singable of course. This book is made to make songs useful for learning the Korean language. Translations are explained and made ...Show more
Portuguese - Berlitz Picture Dictionary by Berlitz Publishing Staff
$16.99 AUD
Category: Language | Series: Berlitz Picture Dictionaries Ser.
Berlitz Picture Dictionary Portuguese With over 2000 essential words and phrases, this stylish, pocket-sized Portuguese picture dictionary from Berlitz's trusted language experts makes communicating quick and easy. Developed by a team of Berlitz language experts, each book in this stylish series of pict ...Show more
Rooted in the Body - Arabic Metaphor and Morphology by Lisa J. White; Mahmoud Shaltout (Illustrator)
$78.00 AUD
Category: Language
A unique comic-illustrated exploration of the rich vocabulary derived from body parts in Arabic We are all married to our bodies, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. As a result, the body is a hard-wired, powerful presence in thought and speech. Rooted in the Bo ...Show more