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The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia by David Crystal
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Edited by David Crystal, the UK's most widely respected reference editor, The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia is the only up to date paperback encyclopedia available. With over 21,000 entries and nearly one million words, this is an invaluable source of information on a wide range of subjects, from history ...Show more
The Shakespeare Miscellany by David Crystal
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
This compilation, in the tradition of the Victorian miscellany, gathers together essential facts and fascinating insights into the plays and poems, the man behind them (insofar as this is known), and the context in which he worked. Put together by an actor and a linguist - the pair who brought you Shake ...Show more
The Stories of English by David Crystal
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'? This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - histor ...Show more