Mother Tongue The Surprising History of Women's Words by Jenni Nuttall
$34.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can learn from the vivid vocabulary English once had for women's bodies, experiences, and sexualitySo many of the words we use to articulate the experiences women share feel awkward or alien. Medical terms are ...Show more
Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself by Chuck Wendig
$29.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
Finally--a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inexplicable parts of being a human who writes The truth is that all of the writing rules you've learned are bullshit. Sure, they work for some people, but the likelihood that they'll work for you--unique ...Show more
50 Spanish Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your Spanish one cup at a time by Coffee Break Languages
$22.99 AUD
Category: Etymology | Series: Coffee Break Ser.
Transform your down time into 'do time'. The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 Spanish Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your Spanish by effortlessly integrating it with your calming daily ritual-from a 5-minute espr ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey Through the English Language (HB) by Paul Anthony Jones
$27.99 AUD
Category: Etymology | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant for anyone interested in the effervescent oddness of English' --Stig Abell on Word Drops What makes a place so memorable that it survives for ever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world jaunt, Paul Anthony Jones reveals the intriguing tales behind how 80 different places came to be im ...Show more
Don't Believe A Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari
$32.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
There's a term in Portuguese you simply can't translate. The origin of a word tells you how it should be used. Standards of grammar have taken a nosedive recently. The real meaning of 'disinterested' is 'unbiased'. Computers will soon be able to speak like human beings A dialect is inferior to a lang ...Show more
Improv for Writers - 10 Secrets to Help Novelists and Screenwriters Bypass Writer's Block and Generate Infinite Ideas by Jorjeana Marie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
Improv instructor and writer Jorjeana Marie presents the first book to harness the creative power of improvisation exercises to help both aspiring and seasoned authors defeat writer's block and generate new ideas. Suffering from writer's block and inner critics? Having trouble generating ideas for plo ...Show more
How to be an Author: The Business of Being a Writer in Australia by Georgia Richter, Deborah Hunn
$34.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn look at the business of becoming an author. In a friendly, informative and practical way they share all you need to know about inspiration and research, preparing to submit to a publisher, creating an author brand, legal, ethical and moral considerations, pitching and ef ...Show more
Writing down the Bones Deck - 60 Cards to Free the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
$27.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
60 all-new writing prompts to inspire your daily writing practice from bestselling author of Writing Down the Bones and acclaimed writing instructor Natalie Goldberg. This is my wish for you: that you take these cards, grab the topic on one side and write, write, write . . . Remember no good or bad. ...Show more
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$39.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary. 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' - Independent.The Etymologicon is an ...Show more
Trivium - The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric by John Michell; Rachel Grenon; Earl Fontainelle; Adina Arvatu; Andrew Aberdein; Octavia Wynne; Gregory Beabout
$52.00 AUD
Category: Etymology | Series: Wooden Bks.
Following the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, and Designa in the acclaimed Wooden Books series, Trivium is a compendium of writings on the classical subjects at the heart of a liberal education, bringing the wisdom of the past into the twenty-first century. The trivium refers to the three liberal a ...Show more
The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers by Matt Bird
$40.00 AUD
Category: Etymology
You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince ...Show more
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains brilliant advice on writing from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize - for her first novel The Age of Innocence. In The Writing of Fiction, Wharton provides general comments on the roots of modern fiction, the various ...Show more