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The prime minister speaks of core and non-core election promises, your boss asks you to commit to an involuntary career event (you're fired), and hospitals refer to negative patient outcomes (you're dead). How to fight back This book is a heavy weapon against politicians, managers and all those whose words kill brain cells and sink hearts.

(Paperback, 7th Edition)

The classic, single-volume introductory Latin textbook, introduced in 1956 and still the bestselling and most highly regarded textbook of its kind--now in its seventh edition.

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A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language

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A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language

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The perfect present for word-lovers: a word for every day of the year: 'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRAND

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"Originally published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House LLC, New York, in 1949 and 1978"--Title page verso.

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From bodily functions to the dirtiest insults onto war and weaponry to illicit substances, this book goes where no dictionary has dared go before. It is the only adults-only etymology dictionary.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Aims to present an accessible set of analytic tools that can be used to explore how speakers and writers construe meaning through discourse. These techniques are introduced through analyses of spoken, written and visual texts that focus on truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa.

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Honours life & career of Professor Allan, also commemorating the occasion of his 70th birthday. Brings together top-level researchers in linguistics -- colleagues, collaborators & former students, who have all been inspired by Keith's work in some way. Burridge at Monash.

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Write Away! Poetry is an inspiring guided journal with 101+ creative writing prompts and word play exercises designed to help you overcome your inner critic and create the poems youve always wanted to.

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The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron

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Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to tackle the challenges of memoir writing and put your life on the page.

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Explore your creativity with 100 prompts that willkickstart your daily writing practice and encourage you to see new ways to put pen to paper.

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(Paperback, 118th edition)

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Writing and Selling Romantic Comedy Screenplays offers a fresh approach to creating narratives for this ever-changing genre. Moving away from rigid and limited definitions that have evolved out of mainstream genre films, the book embraces a working definition that crosses cultural and national boundaries to...

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Writing and Selling Thriller Screenplays has the lowdown on how to get your thriller feature script on to the page, and how to get it in front of producers and investors....

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Based on workshops developed by the Plain English Foundation, this is a practical, well-tested manual for anyone who needs to get it right the first time when they're writing reports, tenders, letters and other documents at work.

(Paperback, 4th edition)

"Including new case-study examples from shows and films such as Breaking Bad, Girls and In Bruges, this is a fully updated new edition of the bestselling guide to writing dialogue for stage, television, radio and film"--

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Presents advice on how to write creatively, discussing the importance of discipline and offering a series of writing exercises.

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'The strength of this book is its accessibility: it explains writing fiction in a simple, easy-to-understand manner that doesn't intimidate.' The Writer. Once you've read - and written - your way through this book, you'll be able to turn your ideas into effective short stories and novels. You will be a writer.