A Smattering of Latin: Get Classical with Trivia, Quizzes and Fun by Simon James
14.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. It includes sections on Latin in the movies, US state mottoes and place names, and also some cho ...Show more
The Times Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords 3: A Bumper Collection of 200 Brain-Teasing Puzzles by The Times Mind Games
18.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Challenge yourself with this set of cryptic puzzles from the most famous crossword in the world compiled by the Times Crossword Editors. Following in the tradition of The Times' authoritative, highest-quality, challenging cryptic crosswords, this latest collection offers an enjoyable and stimulating way ...Show more
The Times Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords Book 2: 200 World-Famous Crossword Puzzles by The Times Mind Games
18.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: The\Times Crosswords Ser.
Challenge yourself with this set of cryptic puzzles from the most famous crossword in the world compiled by the Times Crossword Editors. Following in the tradition of The Times' authoritative, highest-quality, challenging cryptic crosswords, this latest collection offers an enjoyable and stimulating way ...Show more
The Times Big Book of Cryptic Crosswords Book 1: 200 World-Famous Crossword Puzzles by The Times Mind Games
18.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Challenge yourself with this set of cryptic puzzles from the most famous crossword in the world compiled by the Times Crossword Editors. Following in the tradition of The Times' authoritative, highest-quality, challenging cryptic crosswords, this latest collection offers an enjoyable and stimulating wa ...Show more
The Jane Austen Writers' Club: Inspiration and Advice from the World's Best Novelist by Rebecca Smith
32.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
A delightful and informative guide to writing like Jane Austen, written by the five-times-great niece of Austen herself Jane Austen is one of the most beloved writers in the English literary canon. Her novels changed the landscape of fiction forever, and her writing remains as fresh, entertaining and wi ...Show more
Pocket World in Figures: 2017 by The Economist
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Pocket World in Figures
* More than 200,000 copies sold worldwide each year* For more than 25 years, Pocket World in Figures has been informing and entertaining readers around the world with its blend of the serious, the quirky and the downright surprising. Where else would you find out, in a single volume, that a Big Mac will ...Show more
QI: The Third Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd
19.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Quite Interesting Ser.
The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before ...Show more
New Wave: Facts About Flags by Libby Waite
16.95 AUD
Category: Reference
"New Wave" is an illustrated adventure into the incredible world of flags, revealing that there is often more than meets the eye. From the infamous national flags through to signal flags, artistic flags, sporting flags and many more. "New Wave" presents useful general knowledge facts about flags as well ...Show more
Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings by George Orwell
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The best of Orwell's journalism, published in one volume for the first time, selected by leading expert Peter Davison. Celebrated for his novels and essays, Orwell remains one of our very best journalists and commentators. Confronting social, political and moral dilemmas head-on, he was fearless in his ...Show more
The People's Bard by Nancy Pellegrini
9.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Penguin Specials | Reading Level: General Adult
"Shakespeare is, arguably, Britain's most famous literary icon. So how did this uniquely Anglophone playwright come to China? From the first staging of the Merchant of Venice in 1913, to experimental new interpretations on the Chinese stage, his plays touch on universal themes, of love and loss, revenge ...Show more
The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 4th Edition by Chambers
32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
The bestselling reference for crossword solvers and setters The Chambers Crossword Dictionary is the perfect tool for any crossword solver - and you know it because it is used by the setters themselves! What makes The Chambers Crossword Dictionary different? Comprehensive, reliable and easy-to-use, this ...Show more
50 Speeches That Made the Modern World: Famous Speeches from Women's Rights to Human Rights by Chambers
35.00 AUD
Category: Reference
Throughout history, great speeches have produced great change. From inciting violence and asserting control to restoring peace and securing freedom, nothing has the raw emotional power of a speech delivered at the right moment, in the right place, with the right content, and the right delivery. 50 Speec ...Show more