Why Is This a Question? - Everything about the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask by Paul Anthony Jones
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville 'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The LibraryWhy don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers tha ...Show more
Why Read: Selected Writings, 2001 - 2021 by Will Self
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Category: Writing
From the Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella, a world-girdling collection of writings inspired by a life lived in and for literature. From one of the most unusual and distinctive writers working today, dubbed "the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation" by the Guardian, Will Self's Why ...Show more
Why We Read by Various
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Category: Reference
Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.From Hilton Als on reading as writing's dearest companion to Nicci Gerrard on reading for ...Show more
Why We Read by SURREY, ELLEN
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Category: Reference | Series: Quotations for Book Lovers
A beautiful keepsake extolling the magic of books. A collection of illustrated quotations--astute, profound, witty, and sweet--on the magic of books. Whether you were devoted to reading as a child or have discovered a new love for books as an adult, Why We Read reminds us what a power and privilege it ...Show more
Why Will No-One Publish My Novel?: A Handbook for the Rejected Writer by Fay Weldon
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Category: Writing
You've written a book, triumphantly typed 'The End', but now, it seems, no-one wants to publish it. What do you do next? Author of over thirty novels, stories and screenplays, and tutor on the prestigious creative writing course at Bath Spa, Fay Weldon has a lifetime of wisdom to impart on the art of w ...Show more
Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking by Mehdi Hasan
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Category: Reference
No one ever goes into an argument intending to lose. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that every single person on the face of the planet has, at some point in their lives, tried to win an argument. Because arguments are everywhere. Whether it is in the comments section on Facebook, or in the Houses ...Show more
Windows 11 For Dummies by Andy Rathbone
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Category: Computers | Series: For Dummies
The book that keeps you from chucking your computer out your WindowWindows 11 arrives with the promise of being the fastest, most secure, and most flexible of the operating system yet. That doesn't mean it's always easy to make your computer work faster, more securely, and more flexible. This book offer ...Show more
Windows 11 in Easy Steps 6E by Nick Vandome
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Category: Computers | Series: In Easy Steps Ser.
Windows 11 is the most significant update to the Windows operating system since the introduction of Windows 10 in 2015, and Windows 11 in easy steps will help you get up and running with this comprehensive update to the world's most widely-used computer operating system. Windows 10 was updated with incr ...Show more
Woman's Dict of Symbols & Sacred Objects by Barbara G. Walker
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Category: Reference | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
This fascinating guide to the history and mythology of woman-related symbols features: Unique organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object 21 different sections including Round and Oval Motifs, Sacred Objects, Secular-Sacred Objects, Rituals, Deities' Signs, Supernaturals, Body Parts, Na ...Show more
Woman's Encyclopedia Of Myths & Secrets by Barbara G. Walker
$75.00 AUD
Category: Reference
A compulsively readable one-volume encyclopedia of information on essential cultural history from a feminist perspective; focuses on mythology, anthropology, religion, and sexuality. Do You Know... where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from? why "mama" is a word understood in nearly all languages ...Show more
Women, Fire and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff
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Category: Reference
Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science… . Lakoff asks: What do ...Show more
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent
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Category: Reference
'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard Osman'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRANDWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically ...Show more