Reference & Language

A millennium edition of the 100 Years of Popular Music, including a song from each year from 1900 to 1999. All the songs are arranged for voice and piano with...

The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. The perfect word reference for daily use with 300,000 synonyms and antonyms. Contains practical usage notes, and a...

THE A TO Z OF SPORT is unique: nothing as comprehensive has ever appeared before. It covers more than one hundred sports, with the treatment of some of the nation's...

When is the last time you climbed a tree? Went pond-dipping? Picked blackberries? Held a snail race? Or tracked down a badger set? If the answer is 'can't remember', or...

This comprehensive reference features the birth dates of more than 50,000 words -- from Old English to modern-day slang. Readers can avoid anachronisms and add accuracy to their writing.

This book covers the most prominent human, animal and supernatural figures of Chinese legend, folklore and religious belief. The entries range from the mythical, such as Pan Ku (creator of...

Full of humor and wit, this book was offered in 1827 in order that servants be given a handbook by which they might more efficiently perform the duties for which...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Do you want to know the key to raising resilient kids, from the inside out In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world,...

Ripley?s Believe It or Not! Completely Awesome is sure to thrill anyone who enjoys learning about the world of the extraordinary. The 384 pages of this book are packed with...

In this reference text, Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's...

Wherever you work, the chances are you have fallen under the poisonous spell of business bullshit and jargon. Very few of us seem able to avoid "reaching out", or "walk...

You're a man. You love facts. Facts amuse you. The more trivial the better. The most important things in the world - sport, cars, gadgets, beer, meat - come together...

Great cities deserve great encyclopedias. A city is known by its past, its characteristic virtues and troubles, and its ways of life. 'Marvellous Melbourne' symbolises the achievements of Australian urbanisation...

Australia is an amazing place, but did you know that some of our most stunning views can be experienced from the loo? After a life-changing trip to Kata Tjuta -...

This is an alphabetically-arranged reference to the unit's 50-year history with over 600 entries. All the regiment's battles and campaigns are listed. The weapons, equipment and techniques used by the...

This guide to over 2500 operatic characters is intended both as a source of reference and an enjoyable read. Covering a wide range of works across the whole compass of...

From "Emergency Ward 10" to "ER" and "Quatermass" to the "X Files", cult television programmes have held viewers in their thrall for 40 years. In the '90s, satellite broadcasters have...

Jefferson Davis, captured, imprisoned, and charged with 1) conspiracy and culpability in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) conspiracy to cause the deaths of Northern P.O.W.'s at Andersonville, Georgia, a...

The author of the international bestseller 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do turns her focus to parents, teaching them how to raise mentally strong and resilient children. Do today's...

Griselda Kerr has drawn on over 20 years of gardening knowledge and experience to create the book that she wishes she had had access to when, as a complete beginner,...

Author: M.J. SainsburyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australia & New Zealand Book Co., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Some minor...

Author: Professor HoffmannBinding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1894Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn red cloth. Bumping on corners and spine. /Minor marks and specks on board....

Author: William F. GanongBinding: PaperbackPublished: Lange Medical Publications., 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A concise summary of mammalian and...

Author: Selwyn SpeightBinding: HardbackPublished: Currawong PressCondition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has damage in form of tears at some corners and spine and tanning along spine and...

Author: Jonathan GreenBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Collects more than 3,000 statements...

Author: Denis GiffordBinding: HardbackPublished: Bloomsbury, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name insideThis comprehensive reference work in the genre of animation history presents a detailed "Who's...

Author: Frank Muir & Denis NordenBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre Methuen, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded cover, This collection of humorous essays and anecdotes, "You Can't Have Your Kayak...

Author: Gareth And Barbara Lloyd EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent & Sons., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive literary reference work, "Everyman's...

Author: Ellis TroughtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cloth cover shows wear, gilt lettering on spine faded, pages have some yellowing and light foxingWritten...

Author: A.W CoyshBinding: HardbackPublished: David & Charles, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged, has wear and tear particularly at top of spine, light staining first and...

Author: J.P. O'Neill, Australian Bureau of StatisticsBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear around edges and...

Author: Rabbi Solomon Ganzfried; Translated By Hyman E GoldinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, previous owner bookplate...

Author: Thomas BurrowBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ with slight moisture damage. Stained book block. Clean text. This...

Author: Bill WannanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sun Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has some minor general wear, spine lightly tannedThis compendium of Australian humor, "Dictionary Of...

Simple, dynamic, flavor-packed recipes from the authors of The Flavor Matrix -informed by the science of flavor pairing but accessible enough for every cook Fans were ravenous for more recipes...

Dermoscopy (also known as surface microscopy) is a clinical technique which allows the detailed examination of pigmented skin lesions and which is more accurate diagnostically than other clinical approaches. This...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Do you want to know the key to raising resilient kids, from the inside out In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world,...

Author: Martin Seymour-SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Windward, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNovels and Novelists: A Guide to the World of Fiction by Martin Seymour-Smith is an indispensable work...

Author: Ivor HerbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide to horse racing, penned by the esteemed Ivor Herbert, offers an authoritative look into the...

Author: Robert BurchfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Comes with slipcaseHere, Robert Burchfield, editor of the four-volume Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary,...

Author: Cross MarshBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W. Cheshire, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover back has light water mark stain; previous owner name and...

Author: A.J.R. CormackBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tapes. This comprehensive reference work, "The World Encyclopedia Of Modern Guns," is...

Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive biographical dictionary presents the lives and works of over 200 classical composers, spanning from...

Author: The Diagram GroupBinding: HardbackPublished: Paddington Press, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine. No loose pages.This comprehensive reference work, "The Official World Encyclopedia...