First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery
$20.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: First Thousand Words | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
The classic bilingual Spanish/English word book, featuring 1000 everyday words illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Spanish vocabulary.
The Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Henry Hitchings
$31.00 NZD
Category: Reference
The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and i ...Show more
The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs by Aw Reed et al.
$25.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: 1st | Reading Level: Very Good
Proverbs (or whakatauki) express the wisdom, wit and commonsense of the Maori people. They are of great value and inspiration to writers, story-tellers and anyone speaking in a Maori setting. Several hundred proverbs are contained in The Raupo Book of Maori Proverbs, categorised under a large number of ...Show more
15 Minute Japanese by -
$40.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Eyewitness Travel 15-Minute Language Packs
This book helps you to learn essential Japanese in just 15 minutes a day. What can you do in fifteen minutes? Wait for a train? Read the latest gossip in the FT? Watch half an episode of Eastenders? Now with this revolutionary new system for learning a language you can learn Japanese in just 15 minutes ...Show more
15 Minute Spanish: Book + CDs by Dorling Kindersley
$35.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Eyewitness Travel 15-Minute Language Packs
Habla espanol? In just 15 minutes a day you can speak and understand Spanish with confidence, with this revolutionary new system for learning a language. The unique visual approach makes learning quick, easy and fun. No writing or homework - just use the cover to hide the answers and test yourself as yo ...Show more
A Bookshelf of Our Own : Must-Reads for Women by Deborah G. Felder
$17.50 NZD
Category: Reference
Jane Eyre, Scarlett O
A Dictionary of Idiocy by Stephen Bayley
$15.00 NZD
Category: Reference
"We never really know what stupidity is until we have experiemented on ourselves" - Paul Gauguin "We shouldn't test people for drugs, we shouldetst thenm for stupidity" - P J O'Rourke
A Natural History of Latin by Tore Janson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Beginning in Rome around 600 BC, Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for more than two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it provides the international vocabulary of law and life science. No known language, including English - itself ...Show more
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary or why can't anybody spell?
$30.00 NZD
Category: Reference
'It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word'
Alphabetical - How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen
$40.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Reading Level: very good
From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth ...Show more