Language & Linguistics Books

Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful European phrases and vocabulary for all your travel...

Lonely Planet's Central Europe Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful European phrases and vocabulary for all your travel...

Lonely Planet's Central Asia Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Central Asian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel...

Never be stuck for words with our extensive dictionary. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases. Chat with the locals and discover their culture, a...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Anyone can speak another language! It's all about confidence. The mother tongue of illustrious personalities such as Copernicus, Chopin,...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherSoutheast Asia... many faces, many places, many ways to get tongue-tied. From Hue to Vientiene, from Phuket to Phnom Penh, turn your travel...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Admirers of Russian literature claim that the 'Slavic soul' of writers such as Chekhov or Tolstoy can't be fully appreciated in translation...

Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook & Dictionary is your passport to the most relevant Thai phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Bargain with your samlor driver, find locally made souvenirs...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Indonesian, or Bahasa Indonesia as it's known to the locals, is the official language of the Republic of Indonesia. Indonesian, and its...

Bring the Mandarin language to life with this beautifully illustrated children's book from Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide and phrasebook publisher...

Only set of 1000 flash cards available for German Vocabulary. Price is unbeatable with similar prices having less than half the cards and words covered in this set. Essential vocabulary for study -...

Quick-reference summary to French grammar.

New to the successful So. Many. Stickers. series, So. Many. Letter Stickers. features 50 sheets of fun and colourfully designed alphabet stickers. Perfect for decorating planners, snail mail,...

“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing   A...

An indispensable guide to welcoming children—from babies to teens—to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review.   Do you remember...

Experience deeper immersion into Japanese language and culture with this fully updated guidebook of casual slang, onomatopoeia phrases, and spicy vocab!When it comes to speaking more naturally,...

Dive into the vibrant world of Dirty Korean, your go-to handbook packed with essential phrases for speaking like a native, making Korean friends, and navigating South Korea like a pro.Korean language...

At a time when every disagreement turns toxic, world champion debater Bo Seo reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family...

From 70 of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries—from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers—“this is a writing guide...

Whether you're crafting the next great American novel or pounding away at a last-minute blog entry, there will come a time in the process when you struggle to find just the perfect word or phrase...

FRENCH-ENGLISH ENGLISH-FRENCH Entirely revised and updated, this is the most affordable and complete French-English English-French dictionary of its kind. Now easier to read and access, with more...

Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows! Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books out there, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play construction...

The clearest, simplest, and most visual guide to grammar for children learning English as a foreign languageUnderstand the rules of English grammar with this fun, fully illustrated reference book for...

This workbook provides exercises to help students practise and build many of the English words and phrases that they will find useful for the popular TOEFLe (Test of English as a Foreign Language)...

How do you create an active reader? How does reading improve creativity? Why is it vital for teaching the next generation resilience and promoting positive mental health?In the digital age of...

In this specially-commissioned anthology, sixty accomplished authors share secrets and insights into their writing lives: on their inspirations, methods, wild ideas and daily routines; on the...

A handy parent's guide that turns professional language development into child's playEvery new parent waits expectantly for their child's first words. But if this milestone is late to arrive, they...

Bonzer. Arvo. Tucker. Sickie. Pash. Illywhacker.There are plenty of words to choose from to tell the story of Australia from iconic Australianisms like mateship, fair dinkum, and bogan to drop bears,...

Have you ever been unsure where an apostrophe should go? Do you know the difference between a regular and an irregular verb? And why should you care?The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide...

An essential book on California's Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years.Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in...

"Ghost of the Hardy Boys is an elegant book, full of charm and pathos and whimsy. The writing is restrained, the characterizations deep and rich, the humor nuanced." -Washington PostAs millions of...

A selection of the greatest sentences by the master, Ernest Hemingway. Sentences that can take a reader's breath away and are not easily forgotten. Each sentence has been selected and examined by...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

SparkCharts: The information you need-concisely, conveniently, and accurately. Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, these study companions and reference tools cover a wide range of...

A super-cute, full-colour phrasebook covering all situations you are likely to encounter in Korea!Essential phrases for every situation whether watching your favourite K-drama series, catching up on...

An interactive workbook for beginners to learn how to write and read Korean quickly!This easy workbook has everything you need to learn the Korean scripts clear explanations, plentiful practice...

With this handy guide to the Burmese alphabet, you'll quickly learn how to read, write and pronounce Burmese letters as well as hundreds of useful words and phrases - no prior knowledge...

Five minutes a day is all it takes to begin learning Japanese!Beginning Japanese Phrases Writing Practice Pad is the perfect interactive resource for busy people who want to start learning Japanese...

Explore the history and meanings behind Chinese characters with this fascinating language book. Language can give a tremendous insight into the culture of a nation. Chinese characters, with their...

First Greek Course is based on the Greek textbook, written by W.H.D. Rouse and revised for modern audiences by Anne Mahoney. This text is modeled on the "direct method" of language learning, which is...

This is an illustrated text to incorporate speaking Latin into the study of Latin. Through rich drawings by the author, students are provided situations common to the classroom and their lives in...

A Latin reference grammar guide with updated sections on the Indo-European language family and on Latin meter, addition of a brief bibliography, and a reorganized index of sources.

Transition to Attic Greek is a reference for students who need a bridge from Homeric Greek to Attic Greek. This handy reference is for aspects of the Greek language that will be unfamiliar to those...

Plautus Amphitryo is an excellent example of Roman comedy. This Latin edition includes commentary in English, a supplement, written in the fifteenth century, in place of the scenes lost from the...