More Cloak Than Dagger is Molly J. Sasson's personal story of her 40 years in the secret services, monitoring Nazism and communism in Britain, Holland and Australia. (She retired in 1983 before the era of terrorism.) But it is her cool appraisal of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) that will command most attention and raises still unanswered questions of great importance. View More...
Sausage dogs are actually very keen readers don't you know - and when they're not reading, they're basically hanging about making sure your book collection looks nice. Yes, it's the Really Long Sausage Dog bookends, a guaranteed way of making sure your favourite reads look the part. Box size is 21.2 x 16.0 x 16.0 cm. Actual bookends size is 18.0 x 15.0 x 14.5 cm. View More...
Naomi Crisante is a food educator, television presenter and food writer with over 15 years experience in Australia's cheese industry. She is an accredited cheese judge, judges at various specialist cheese shows and represented Australia as a judge at the 2006 World Cheese Championship Contest in Wisconsin, USA. Naomi also managed the Australian Grand Dairy Awards for nine years, since their inception in 1999. View More...
Given the merciless way in which the war on the Eastern Front of World War II was conducted, it is difficult to envisage anyone changing sides during the conflict. Yet after the German invasion of Russia in Operation Barbarossa, well over 400,000 former Soviet citizens went on to fight for Nazi Germany. These included not only the 'legions' recruited from non-Russian ethnic groups eager for freedom from Stalin's dictatorship, but also some 100,000 Russians and Cossacks. What began as small local security units of 'Ostruppen', enrolled for the ongoing campaigns against Soviet partisans, were la... View More...
Edited at the Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, this innovative reference book is a dictionary and thesaurus in a single, easy-to-use volume. It comes in a handy file format that clips into student's ring-binders.
This new edition contains:
Hundreds of new and revised entries.
A new grammar and reference guide aligned to the Australian Curriculum - English.
A new alpha-find feature to help students navigate the text with ease. View More...
Aimed at Upper primary students (ages 10 to 12). Completely revised and updated to reflect contemporary word creation and usage. Over 20,000 dictionary headwords and 10,000 thesaurus headwords. Dictionary entries and corresponding thesaurus entries are located on the same page. Dictionary and thesaurus headwords are colour-coded for quick visual reference. Mixture of serif and sans serif fonts to distinguish between headwords and definitions and to support readability. Edge index on every page for easy navigation. Simple respelling system for pronunciation. Etymology (word origins) included wh... View More...
Edited at the Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, this innovative reference book is a dictionary and thesaurus in a single, easy-to-use volume.
This new edition contains:
Hundreds of new and revised entries.
A new grammar and reference guide aligned to the Australian Curriculum - English.
A new alpha-find feature to help students navigate the text with ease. View More...
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary (hardback) and Australian Pocket Oxford Thesaurus (paperback) Value Bundle is the ultimate reference pack for schools, homes and offices. It consists of the following two titles: The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary Seventh Edition is Australia's bestselling hardcover dictionary. It provides extensive and unrivaleld coverage of Australian English for a dictionary in this format. The Australian Pocket Oxford Thesaurus is a compact paperback, easy-to-use thesaurus. It is an ideal resource for those wanting to improve their communication an... View More...
This essential reference contains the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus in a handy ringbinder format. This dictionary and thesaurus reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation.
Updated content.
Grammar and Reference guide.
Word origins.
More than 20,000 headwords.
Paperback • 360 pp • 279 x 210 mm View More...
This essential reference contains the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus in a handy ringbinder format. This dictionary and thesaurus reflect the important areas of contemporary word creation. Australian Curriculum content Grammar Pronunciation and usage Word origins Opposites Age Level: 11-14 Suitability: School Coverage: More than 20,000 headwords View More...
This book used to be called the Australian Student's Colour Oxford Thesaurus but is now just called Australian Student's Oxford Thesaurus. The word colour just referred to the hightlights on every headword which still appears in the latest versions. The Australian Student's Oxford Thesaurus is the ideal resource to help Secondary students expand their vocabulary. This revised edition now has coloured headwords, and contains over 150,000 similar and related words. This durable hardback contains example phrases which show students how a word is used in a sentence, building their wordpower, and a... View More...
This is the reissued Colour Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. The Colour Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary, with over 45,000 words, phrases, and definitions, and over 65,000 synonyms based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique databank comprising hundreds of millions of words of English. Definitions are easy to understand, given in a clear, simple style, and avoiding technical language. The thesaurus entry for a word sits directly alongside the dictionary entry so that you do not have to hunt aroun... View More...
This major new edition of the Oxford First Thesaurus in paperback has been updated to include more related words, synonyms and antonyms to develop children's writing skills, support comprehension and inspire a more creative and adventurous use of language. With its accessible alphabetical layout, fun colourful illustrations and relevant example sentences, it is the perfect resource for home and school to boost vocabulary and spark creative writing
skills. Also available in durable hardback format and an ideal companion to the new updated edition of the Oxford First Dictionary. Go online at ww... View More...
An easy-to-use family thesaurus to boost vocabulary and spark creative writing skills - the perfect homework help. It includes over 40,000 synonyms, opposites and examples, and vocabulary-building activities and illustrated with over 1000 photographs and illustrations to support the entries and give extra information. The alphabet and letter tabs are provided on every page to make navigation quick and easy and there are child-friendly examples to lead you to the best
word. Packed with word webs on key topics like sport, animals and music to help with project work, overused word panels delive... View More...
A new edition of the Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus in paperback with thousands of synonyms, writing tips, overused words and word webs to build writing skills. Entries are simple and clear, and include relevant child-friendly example sentences to show children how to use different words accurately. Word lists and features on rhyming and onomatopoeic words will inspire creative writing and poetry. Easy-to-use and brightly illustrated, it is the
perfect thesaurus for boosting vocabulary and creating confident young writers. Also available in durable hardback format and an ideal companion... View More...
How to Write What You Want to Say - a guide for those students who know what they want to say but can't find the words. Students who struggle with putting their ideas into writing need the language that mature writers use. This book provides that language in the form of sentence starters and connectives. This book provides parents, teachers and students with a unique tool for improving writing and suits students from the middle years of schooling to tertiary level. Critique: How to Write What You Want to Say fills a gap that existed in resources for students in that it draws together relev... View More...
This guide provides students of all subjects with the language that they need to write about a variety of visual images. It gives inexperienced writers a starting point to say what they want to say using language that mature writers use. View More...
Pearson History 8 Combo Pack supplies the Pearson History 8 Student Book, Pearson History 8 Activity Book and access to Reader+.
Reader+ gives you access to the eBook version of your Student Book as well as bonus multimedia assets. It’s built to work online and offline, making content easily available anytime, anywhere, in every school. It works on PC and Mac, Android and iOS.
The access code will give 15 months access to the Reader+ eBook from the date of activation.
Learners can quickly navigate through their eBooks, read them, take notes and save bookmarks. Reader+ integrates mul... View More...
Pearson History 8 Combo Pack supplies the Pearson History 8 Student Book and access to Reader+
Reader+ gives you access to the eBook version of your Student Book as well as bonus multimedia assets. It’s built to work online and offline, making content easily available anytime, anywhere, in every school. It works on PC and Mac, Android and iOS.
The access code will give 15 months access to the Reader+ eBook from the date of activation.
Learners can quickly navigate through their eBooks, read them, take notes and save bookmarks. Reader+ integrates multimedia (audio/video) and interactiv... View More...