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Phraseology

Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

by Barbara Ann Kipfer ...

The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use EverydayPhraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.Practical enough to be used as a reference book ... Read more

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The Amazing Secrets of the Phrases We Use EverydayPhraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.Practical enough to be used as a reference book
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The Wedding People

The hilarious and moving million-copy bestseller

by Alison Espach ...

The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction'Best read of the year' THE TIMES'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVERPhoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable... ... Read more

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The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction'Best read of the year' THE TIMES'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVERPhoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable...
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Escape the Diet Trap

by Dr. John Briffa ...

‘No need to count calories, go hungry or diet ever again’ The TimesThis revolutionary book reveals:Ten reasons why eating a low-fat, calorie controlled diet makes sustained weight loss virtually impossible.Why the less hungry you are, the more weight you’ll lose.How different types of calories have different fattening potential.Why weight is not just about calories, but the impact our diet has on ... Read more

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‘No need to count calories, go hungry or diet ever again’ The TimesThis revolutionary book reveals:Ten reasons why eating a low-fat, calorie controlled diet makes sustained weight loss virtually impossible.Why the less hungry you are, the more weight you’ll lose.How different types of calories have different fattening potential.Why weight is not just about calories, but the impact our diet has on
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The Men Who Killed the News

The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy

by Eric Beecher ...

Readings Best Books of 2024, Non-FictionNominated for the 2025 Sperber PrizeNever before has the media played such an active part in our politics, with Elon Musk using X to affect world elections and direct US government policy. But as Crikey owner and ex-News Corp executive Eric Beecher shows, media moguls have a long history of abusing their power …What’s gone wrong with our media? The answer: ... Read more

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Readings Best Books of 2024, Non-FictionNominated for the 2025 Sperber PrizeNever before has the media played such an active part in our politics, with Elon Musk using X to affect world elections and direct US government policy. But as Crikey owner and ex-News Corp executive Eric Beecher shows, media moguls have a long history of abusing their power …What’s gone wrong with our media? The answer:
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Tidy the F*ck Up

The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t

by Messie Condo ...

Tidy the F*ck Up is a funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up**, where you’ll be handed the most useful tools for keeping your crap clean and organized without all the pressure.**Tidy the F*ck Up is a hilarious, no-nonsense guide to decluttering your life—perfect for fans of Marie Kondo who’d rather drop F-bombs than fold their socks into tiny squares. ... Read more

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Tidy the F*ck Up is a funny, down-to-earth parody of Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up**, where you’ll be handed the most useful tools for keeping your crap clean and organized without all the pressure.**Tidy the F*ck Up is a hilarious, no-nonsense guide to decluttering your life—perfect for fans of Marie Kondo who’d rather drop F-bombs than fold their socks into tiny squares.
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100,000 Whys Book for Children: The Ultimate Encyclopedia for Smart and Curious Kids with Illustrations, Quizzes, Facts and Riddles

by Evelyn Havertz ...

100,000 Whys Book for Children: The Ultimate Curiosity Encyclopedia for Smart KidsDoes your child ask "why?" constantly? This is the book they need.Finally—a book that answers the BIG questions kids actually care about in ways they can actually understand!What's Inside:Fascinating "why" questions answered in simple, exciting language (Grades 3–5 level)8 major topics covering bodies, Earth, animals ... Read more

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100,000 Whys Book for Children: The Ultimate Curiosity Encyclopedia for Smart KidsDoes your child ask "why?" constantly? This is the book they need.Finally—a book that answers the BIG questions kids actually care about in ways they can actually understand!What's Inside:Fascinating "why" questions answered in simple, exciting language (Grades 3–5 level)8 major topics covering bodies, Earth, animals
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Spotless A-Z

by Jennifer Fleming, Shannon Lush ...

The long-awaited new book from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller Spotless.It's almost a decade since the original Spotless took Australia by storm, selling more than half a million copies and launching Shannon Lush as Australia's most trusted domestic guru. Now the original team of Shannon Lush and Jennifer Fleming has written the book that everyone has been asking them for - an A-Z of ... Read more

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The long-awaited new book from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller Spotless.It's almost a decade since the original Spotless took Australia by storm, selling more than half a million copies and launching Shannon Lush as Australia's most trusted domestic guru. Now the original team of Shannon Lush and Jennifer Fleming has written the book that everyone has been asking them for - an A-Z of
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The Intimate Animal

What evolution can tell us about the art of finding love and connection in a modern world

by Dr Justin Garcia ...

Why do we love who we love? Why do we stay in unfulfilling relationships, or stray from rewarding ones? Why do some couples crash and burn while others stay madly in love?In The Intimate Animal, Dr Justin Garcia - one of the world’s leading experts on the science of love and sex – reveals that the answer to these questions lies in our evolution. We are biologically wired to connect with each other ... Read more

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Why do we love who we love? Why do we stay in unfulfilling relationships, or stray from rewarding ones? Why do some couples crash and burn while others stay madly in love?In The Intimate Animal, Dr Justin Garcia - one of the world’s leading experts on the science of love and sex – reveals that the answer to these questions lies in our evolution. We are biologically wired to connect with each other
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100,000 Whys Book for Teens: The Ultimate Encyclopedia for Smart and Curious Teenagers

by Paulo Calafiori ...

The Book Every Teen Secretly Needs — and Every Parent Wishes They'd HadWhat if your teen had a smart, honest, judgment-free guide to every big question they're already asking… but won't always say out loud?Today's teens face more than any generation before — anxiety, social media pressure, identity questions, friendship drama, body changes, and feelings they don't have words for. They don't need ... Read more

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The Book Every Teen Secretly Needs — and Every Parent Wishes They'd HadWhat if your teen had a smart, honest, judgment-free guide to every big question they're already asking… but won't always say out loud?Today's teens face more than any generation before — anxiety, social media pressure, identity questions, friendship drama, body changes, and feelings they don't have words for. They don't need
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How to Talk to Anyone

92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes ...

Never be at a loss for words again!Perfect your people skills with this fun, witty and informative guide, containing 92 little tricks to create big success in personal and business relationships.In How to Talk To Anyone, bestselling relationships author and internationally renowned life coach Leil Lowndes reveals the secrets and psychology behind successful communication. These extremely usable ... Read more

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Never be at a loss for words again!Perfect your people skills with this fun, witty and informative guide, containing 92 little tricks to create big success in personal and business relationships.In How to Talk To Anyone, bestselling relationships author and internationally renowned life coach Leil Lowndes reveals the secrets and psychology behind successful communication. These extremely usable
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100,000 Whys Book for Kids

An Epic Collection of Mind-Blowing Answers, Fascinating Facts, and Endless Discoveries That Spark Curiosity and Smart Thinking for Kids Ages 6–12

by Charmaine Carlisle ...

What happens when a child stops asking “Why?”Curiosity disappears. Confidence fades. Learning becomes boring.But the children who change the world never stop asking questions.The 100,000 Whys for Kids Ages 6–12 is not just another educational book filled with dry facts and textbook explanations. It is a fast-paced curiosity machine designed to turn ordinary kids into unstoppable thinkers.Inside ... Read more

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What happens when a child stops asking “Why?”Curiosity disappears. Confidence fades. Learning becomes boring.But the children who change the world never stop asking questions.The 100,000 Whys for Kids Ages 6–12 is not just another educational book filled with dry facts and textbook explanations. It is a fast-paced curiosity machine designed to turn ordinary kids into unstoppable thinkers.Inside
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships

by John Gray ...

Now available as an ebook for the first time, the legendary relationships guide that mothers recommend to their daughters, friends give as gifts and brothers steal from their sisters, MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS is inarguably the definitive book on having a happy relationship.‘A treasure’, ‘a bible’ and ‘an heirloom’ are some of the words used to describe the book that has saved ... Read more

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Now available as an ebook for the first time, the legendary relationships guide that mothers recommend to their daughters, friends give as gifts and brothers steal from their sisters, MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS is inarguably the definitive book on having a happy relationship.‘A treasure’, ‘a bible’ and ‘an heirloom’ are some of the words used to describe the book that has saved
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Saga Land

by Kari Gislason, Richard Fidler ...

'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah KentA new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history.This is Iceland as you've never read it before ...Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kári Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who settled on that ... Read more

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'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah KentA new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history.This is Iceland as you've never read it before ...Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kári Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who settled on that
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The Passion Of The Western Mind

Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View

by Richard Tarnas ...

The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound philosophical concepts simply, but without simplifying them.Ten years in the making, The Passion of the Western Mind was hailed as an instant classic on ... Read more

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The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound philosophical concepts simply, but without simplifying them.Ten years in the making, The Passion of the Western Mind was hailed as an instant classic on
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The Rest is History

The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

by Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland, Goalhanger ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Now with a fun pub quiz*'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The TimesThe nation's favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even... ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Now with a fun pub quiz*'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The TimesThe nation's favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even...
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Ghosts of the British Museum

A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

by Noah Angell ...

'An absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. With Noah Angell as our guide, the British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention.' - Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin Of All Witches'Fascinating and illuminating' - Peter Ackroyd'Brilliantly delicate, pointed, ... Read more

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'An absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. With Noah Angell as our guide, the British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention.' - Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin Of All Witches'Fascinating and illuminating' - Peter Ackroyd'Brilliantly delicate, pointed,
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Building a Family

by Ken Daniels ...

This book has been written for parents who have used donor insemination to build their families and also for those considering whether donor insemination is the right option for them.The parents who share their stories in this book tell of the range of thoughts and feelings that they experienced from the time they discovered they needed help to build their families. They discuss the issues the ... Read more

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This book has been written for parents who have used donor insemination to build their families and also for those considering whether donor insemination is the right option for them.The parents who share their stories in this book tell of the range of thoughts and feelings that they experienced from the time they discovered they needed help to build their families. They discuss the issues the
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Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

by Oscar Wilde ...

Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

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'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and
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Speak to Me of Home

the poignant and uplifting family story from the bestselling author of American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home?'Delectable... a pleasure to read' THE TIMES'A riveting tale of three generations, this is storytelling at its finest' JOHN BOYNE'Utterly absorbing, a big, sweeping story of family and identity' EDEL COFFEY<st... ... Read more

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home?'Delectable... a pleasure to read' THE TIMES'A riveting tale of three generations, this is storytelling at its finest' JOHN BOYNE'Utterly absorbing, a big, sweeping story of family and identity' EDEL COFFEY<st...
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Explaining Society

Critical Realism in the Social Sciences

by Berth Danermark, Mats Ekström, Jan Ch. Karlsson ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
Fully revised, with an updated bibliography and new, relevant illustrative examples based on work inspired by critical realism, this new edition of Explaining Society constitutes an up-to-date resource connecting methodology, theory, and empirical research. Including discussions of more recent scholarship in the field which connects critical realism with interdisciplinary research, this second ... Read more

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Fully revised, with an updated bibliography and new, relevant illustrative examples based on work inspired by critical realism, this new edition of Explaining Society constitutes an up-to-date resource connecting methodology, theory, and empirical research. Including discussions of more recent scholarship in the field which connects critical realism with interdisciplinary research, this second
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Accessible Communications

Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust

by Lisa Riemers, Matisse Hamel-Nelis ...

Ready to build credibility and optimize your communications for real business impact?***Accessible Communications***is a practical guide designed for professionals seeking to develop effective, inclusive messaging that aligns with evolving regulations and business goals. Written by award-winning communications consultants Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis, this book offers clear models and ... Read more

$54.99 AUD

Ready to build credibility and optimize your communications for real business impact?***Accessible Communications***is a practical guide designed for professionals seeking to develop effective, inclusive messaging that aligns with evolving regulations and business goals. Written by award-winning communications consultants Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis, this book offers clear models and
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What the Fact?!

by Gabe Henry ...

Every day is strange if you know your history.This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)That time the United States ran out of ... Read more

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Every day is strange if you know your history.This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)That time the United States ran out of
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Halliday Wine Companion 2026

The Bestselling and Definitive Guide to Australian Wine

by James Halliday ...

For over forty years James Halliday AM has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the authority on Australian wine.A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion 2026 has been completely revised to bring readers the latest wine ratings, regions, best varieties, winery reviews and a curated selection of the best wines in Australia.The ... Read more

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For over forty years James Halliday AM has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the authority on Australian wine.A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion 2026 has been completely revised to bring readers the latest wine ratings, regions, best varieties, winery reviews and a curated selection of the best wines in Australia.The
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Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

by Joe Sims ...

Explore of the most famous and controversial novels of all time with Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. ... Read more

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Explore of the most famous and controversial novels of all time with Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.
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