Category: Languages and Reference
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Oxford Books of Verse Ser.
The outstanding verse written for children over the past five hundred years has been assembled here. More than three hundred pieces by 123 named authors, a fifth of them American, are arranged chronologically, from Chaucer and Lydgate to T.S. Eliot and Ogden Nash. Notes on the authors deal in particular ...Show more
Category: Languages and Reference
Presented in a stunning new jacket, and containing over 17,000 quotations from 2,500 men and women from all walks of life, this revised edition of the foremost dictionary of quotations offers the ideal bon mot for every occasion. Quotes from all eras are included, from the Bible and Shakespeare to films ...Show more
Category: Languages and Reference
Category: Languages and Reference
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional streetcries, riddl ...Show more
Category: Languages and Reference
Category: Languages and Reference
The 'Macquarie Budget Dictionary' meets the needs of readers without stretching their finances. It is an up-to-date small dictionary with all the coverage of world English and Australian English that can be distilled into its compact, easy-to-carry format.
Category: Languages and Reference
Category: Languages and Reference