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Life on Volcanoes: Contemporary Essays by Tze Ming Mok; Tui Gordon; Tulia Thompson; Courtney Sina Meredith
$25.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Reading Level: very good
This showcase of five lively, smart, thoughtful writers promises to be a valuable and very readable contribution to New Zealand's cultural, social and political discourse - housed within a small, covetable, high quality hard-cover book complete with colour illustrations. The contributors are Tze Ming Mo ...Show more
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation by David Crystal
$25.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce ...Show more
The Godzone Dictionary of Favourite NZ Words and Phrases by Max Cryer
$30.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
The Godzone Dictionary is a concise A-Z of the words and phrases that make our New Zealand language and speech patterns so distinctive and individual, from Aotearoa and Avondale spiders to Zambuck and Zespri. Slang words and expressions feature heavily, while one of the unique features of this book is t ...Show more
Talk Italian Grammar by Alwena Lamping
$25.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Series: Talk
A clear new approach to grammar.
Spanish Berlitz iPhrase by Berlitz
$20.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Series: Berlitz iPhrase
The Berlitz phrasebook is now available on your iPod! This brand new, contemporary series has the same great content as the Phrasebook, with quick access to words, phrases and photographs, with the added benefit of native speakers, making it even easier to perfect the correct pronunciation.
Speaking Frankly: the Frank Sargeson Memorial Lectures 2003-2010 by Sarah Shieff
$32.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Reading Level: Very Good
Frank Sargeson (1903 - 1982) was mentor to many of our past and current writers, including Janet Frame, C.K. Stead, and Kevin Ireland. Commemorating him, the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship is awarded annually. The lectures range from his generosity, how the Great New Zealand novel developed, the in ...Show more
Talk French by Isabelle Fournier
$25.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
Want to speak French with confidence? Don't have much time? Need the basics for a trip abroad? Talk French is the ideal short course for absolute beginners. Designed for adults learning at home or in a class, this popular course covers all the basic language you'll need in everyday situations. Its s ...Show more
Dancing on Hot Macadam: Peter Carey's Fiction by Anthony J. Hassal
$35.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
The writer has a responsibility to tell the truth, not to shy away from the worldas it is; and at the same time the writer has a responsibility to celebrate thepotential of the human spirit.Peter CareyThis is the first comprehensive study of one of the world's most gifted and exciting writers. It follow ...Show more
An Apple a Day...: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work by Caroline Taggart
$30.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? Can beggars be choosers? Is it always better late than never? Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed, use ...Show more
Collins Easy Learning Italian Words by -
$20.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Series: Collins Easy Learning Dictionaries
Collins Easy Learning Italian Words helps you build up your vocabulary and is the ideal companion to any of the ever-popular Easy Learning Italian range. Collins Easy Learning Italian Words is designed for learners of Italian of all ages, whether you are learning at school, in an evening class, for bus ...Show more
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up by Julia Eccleshare
$65.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing | Series: 1000 Sticker Book
1001 CHILDRENS BOOKS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU GROW UP is the perfect introduction to the very best books of children's fiction: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles ...Show more
Changing My Mind : Occasional essays by Zadie Smith
$50.00 NZD
Category: Language / Writing
How did George Eliot's love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? What is Italian Feminism? If Roland Barthes killed the Author, can Nabokov revive him? What does 'soulful' mean? Is " ...Show more
