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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos
$19.99 AUD
Category: Gift Books
How do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This question is at the heart of David Bellos' funny, wise and life-affirming language book, which shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and make ...Show more
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos
$39.95 AUD
Category: Reference
People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation t ...Show more
The Novel of the Century - The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables by David Bellos
$39.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A book as rich, remarkable and long-lasting as the novel at its heart The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'etat and political exile; how he pulled off the deal of the century to get ...Show more
Who Owns This Sentence? - A History of Copyrights and Wrongs by David Bellos; Alexandre Montagu
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpa ...Show more
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