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As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from around the World by David Crystal
$9.99 NZD
$39.99 (75% off)
Category: Overstocks | Reading Level: very good
Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, proverbial wisdom is a key factor in understanding different peoples and cultures. Here David Crystal, the world's leading commentator on lan ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary by CRYSTAL, DAVID
$24.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary: A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words by David Crystal
$34.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life by Ben Crystal, David Crystal
$50.00 NZD
Category: Poetry
Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen.'Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.''Make not your thoughts your prisons.''Wisely and slow. ...Show more
Spell It Out - The Story of English Spelling by David Crystal
$36.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference | Reading Level: very good
This is an enlightening tour of English spelling that untangles 'stationery' from 'stationary' - and explains why the 'i before e except after c' rule is so misleading. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictiona ...Show more
Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
$28.99 NZD
Category: History
This title is an eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages. Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdood ...Show more
The Concise Oxford Dictionary: The Classic First Edition by Professor David Crystal
$39.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, today a world-famous bestseller, has always been a ground-breaking dictionary. In its first edition, The Concise Oxford Dictionary was adapted by Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler from The Oxford Dictionary (now known as the Oxford English Dictionary). ...Show more
The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation by David Crystal
$79.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronunication (OP), enabling practitioners to deal with any queries about the pronunciation of individual words. It includes all the words in the First Folio, transcribed using IPA, and the accompanying website hosts sound ...Show more
Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain by David and Hilary Crystal
$34.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: near fine
Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shaped it. It unites the warriors, whose invasions transformed the language, with the poets, scholars, reformers, and others who helped create its character. The book relates a real journey. David and Hilary Cry ...Show more
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