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Cat Miscellany by Max Cryer
24.99 NZD
Category: Humour
At last the cat flap is opened to reveal the secret literary life of our feline companions! Did you know that the bible does not mention cats at all? Do you know why we say the cat has been put among the pigeons? Why do we think they have nine lives? How much of our great literature refers to cats - and ...Show more
Cat's Out of the Bag: Truth and Lies About Cats by Max Cryer
28.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
We cannot get enough of cats: from ancient times they have occupied a special place in many different cultures around the world. They have also generated a fascinating array of words, expressions and observations, as well as poems, books, movies, cartoons and artworks. In this witty and entertaining boo ...Show more
Curious English Words and Phrases by Max Cryer
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
'Cloud nine', 'at the drop of a hat', 'spitting image', 'mollycoddle', 'rigmarole', 'round robin', 'spill the beans', 'kick the bucket', 'balderdash' and 'touch wood'. There are so many curious words and phrases that we often use and yet haven't you ever wondered why we say them, where they come from a ...Show more
Curious English Words and Phrases - The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use by Max Cryer
10.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Have you ever wondered where terms like 'end of your tether', 'gets my goat' or 'letting ones hair down' come from? Or why we call some people 'geezers', 'sugar daddies' or 'lounge lizards'? Or where the words 'eavesdropping', 'nickname' and 'D-Day' come from? They are just a few of the many words and p ...Show more
Every Dog Has its Day: A Thousand Things you Didn't Know About Man's Best Friend by Max Cryer
30.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Why has Fido become a generic term for all dogs? Why did hundreds of people collect dog faeces - and sell it? Dogs never eat other dogs, so why is it a dog-eat-dog world? Did any dogs survive the 'Titanic'? What is a Yorkipoo? Do mad dogs really go out in the midday sun? 'Every Dog Has Its Day' pays hom ...Show more
Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips by Max Cryer
30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, 'birds of a feather flock together' and 'absence makes the heart grow fonder', but these sayings are so familiar that we are scarcely aware they are proverbs. It has been so for thousands of years, i ...Show more
Superstitions & Why we Have Them by Max Cryer
25.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction General
Some people casually say 'touch wood' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won't allow peacock feathers into the house. And almost anyone who finds a four-leafed clover will treasure it and keep it. Why? Some superstitions are so ancient and have been practised for so long that the ...Show more
The Godzone Dictionary of Favourite NZ Words and Phrases by Max Cryer
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
The Godzone Dictionary is a concise A-Z of the words and phrases that make our New Zealand language and speech patterns so distinctive and individual, from Aotearoa and Avondale spiders to Zambuck and Zespri. Slang words and expressions feature heavily, while one of the unique features of this book is t ...Show more
Who Said That First? The Curious Origins of Common Words and Phrases by Max Cryer
30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
Many bright minds have come up with expressions we now take for granted as part of the English language, and which we use freely in vernacular speech. But the originators of many of our most useful second-hand remarks go uncredited. The Bible and Shakespeare are rich sources of many common phrases, but ...Show more
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