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1000 Words to Expand Your Vocabulary by Joseph Piercy
$19.99 AUD
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
$22.99 AUD
Category: Cooking
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
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
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