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1000 Words to Expand Your Vocabulary by Joseph Piercy
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Category: Reference
The Oxford English Dictionary contains 175,000 words in common usage and yet linguists estimate that a vocabulary of 3,000 is sufficient to cover ninety-five per cent of common usage in speech and print. Where have all those other words gone? The English language is a giant sponge, absorbing words f ...Show more
A Rum Tale - Spirit of the New World by Joseph Piercy
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Category: History
What links Fidel Castro, pirates from the Caribbean and George Washington?Rum.A Rum Tale: Spirit of the New World is a look at the history of one of the Caribbean's most famous and favourite drinks. From its start as a by-product of a mysterious plant called 'sugar cane' to twentieth-century bootlegging ...Show more
A Word a Day - 365 Words to Augment Your Vocabulary by Joseph Piercy
$16.99 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
It is estimated that on average an English-speaking adult has acquired a functioning vocabulary of 25,000 words by the time they reach middle age. That sounds like a lot - and more than enough for the daily purposes of communicating with each other in speech and writing. However, it is hard to feel qu ...Show more
A Word a Day: 365 Words to Enhance Your Vocabulary by Joseph Piercy
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
It is estimated that on average an English-speaking adult has acquired a functioning vocabulary of 25,000 words by the time they reach middle age. That sounds like a lot--and more than enough for the daily purposes of communicating with each other in speech and writing. However, it is hard to feel quite ...Show more
Life Lessons from Literature by Joseph Piercy
$26.99 AUD
Category: Reference Literature
‘I read a book one day and my whole life was changed’ ... So confesses the narrator of Orhan Pamuk’s novel The New Life. But what can we learn from reading books? Life Lessons from Literature poses this broad question by examining the works of some of the greatest writers in history. In it, we can draw ...Show more
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