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Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
'A brilliant and important book ... Five Stars!' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO'An important new book' Daily Express An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of bestseller Fake History , Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether...
Notorious: History's Villains and Why They Matter
History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of bestseller Fake History , Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
Author: Otto English Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from...
Notorious: History's Villains and Why They Matter
History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained...
Notorious: History's Villains and Why They Matter
History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained...
Notorious: History's Villains and Why They Matter
History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world, and have remained...
Freetown
"He was a Fula. I say 'was', because I haven't seen him for a long time. I don't know if he's still alive or where he might be. He just...
Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
Master essential grammar, boost your vocabulary, and improve your TOEFL score! Collins Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test is designed to help students master the vocabulary and...
A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew reference works have achieved the status of a cultural institution, yet H.W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage stands as exactly that — an...
Bismarck: The Story Of A Fighter
$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st eng ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: cracked rear hinges reinforced with tape, otherwise sound...
The English Patient
$10.00 AUD
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
This reference offers clear and immediate access to over 1000 grammatical terms and their meanings. The explanations are accompanied by quotations from existing works on grammar. The wider subject of...
The English Patient: Winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 'Magnificent' Sunday Times 'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on Sunday The final curtain is closing on the...
That's The Way It Crumbles: The American Conquest of the English
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms...
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst: A Factual Account From The German Viewpoint
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew naval engagements of the Second World War carry the tragic grandeur of the Scharnhorst's final battle, and...
The Emergence of Standard English
Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was,...
The English Patient
$10.00 AUD
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Treasure-house of the Language: The Living OED
The legendary "Oxford English Dictionary" today contains over 600,000 words and a staggering 2,500,000 quotations to illuminate the meaning and history of those words. A glorious, bursting treasure-house, the "OED"...
The English Patient
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The Stories of English
The fabulous paperback for all fans of Bill Bryson and Melvyn Bragg. When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'?...
Essential Oxford English Dictionary
$8.00 AUD
Perfect for students, these two reference books contain all the essential reference materials you'll need. Produced by Oxford University Press, these books are authoritative and reliable sources of information. Build...
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language
A fresh new look for Bill Bryson's two exceptional classics on the English language 'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems,...
Mother Tongue: The English Language
Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English...
Unlocking the English Language
At a time when many people fear that the English language is entering a period of serious decline, the author of this book takes a more optimistic view. He believes...
Hereward The Wake: 'Last Of The English'
$100.00 AUD
Author: Charles KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co., 1900Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker to FEP,...
The English Languages
Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding each other. Despite the success of its standard form...
A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodFew reference works have achieved the status of a cultural institution, yet H. W. Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage stands as precisely that —...
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary Of Modern English
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is alive — breathing, shifting, and endlessly surprising — and Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English...
Dictionary of Modern English Usage
$10.00 AUD
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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
The world's leading dictionary that teaches students how to use English.
The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
Derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, the present volume is an A-Z reference work containing over 4,200 entries covering the full range of literature in English...
Italian Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: For advanced learners and professionals (Collins Complete and Unabridged)
The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. Comprehensive and authoritative, this dictionary is the ideal Italian to English and English to Italian bilingual dictionary for advanced students...
IELTS Vocabulary IELTS 5-6+ (B1+): With Answers and Audio (Collins English for IELTS)
Increase your knowledge of vocabulary with Collins Vocabulary for IELTS and get the score you need. IELTS is the world's leading test of English for higher education and migration and...
The Oxford Companion To English Literature
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visibly present. The Oxford Companion to English Literature...
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
The text is intended for students, teachers, readers and writers at all post-primary levels.
Skorzeny's Special Missions
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: fair with no dj. yellowed pages with some foxing. unmkd. This memoir chronicles Otto Skorzeny's military career, most notably his leadership of the 1943 Gran...
The English House
$90.00 AUD
Author: Hermann MuthesiusBinding: HardbackPublisher: Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1979Edition: 1st eng ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThe architectural study The English House by Hermann Muthesius presents...
Vienna 1900: The Architecture Of Otto Wagner
$80.00 AUD
Author: V. Horvat PintarićBinding: HardbackPublished: Dorset Press., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges, scrape to back of DJ, sun-faded...