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The proverbs selected for this reference book, intended for anyone who delights in and studies words, all have a tale to tell. Etymologies go back to the earliest origins, though...

Down the years he has reinvented himself many times, as raconteur, writer, producer, patron of the arts and restaurateur. This biography traces the events that would take Caine from his...

** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** A Best Book of 2025 for the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts 'A sparkling debut by...

Welcome to the world of Engrish, which finds its greatest expression in Japanese and Chinese signs, products, manuals, T-shirts and restaurant menus. Now a cultural phenomenon that has taken the...

The Shakespeare Handbook is the definitive Bard-in-brief. Presenting 50 of the most significant and best-loved scenes from Shakespeare, each extract is preceded by a summary of the play - its...

Edward Bear coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs,...

Joyce's life followed the classic 'flight into exile' path taken by many creative writers in search of a broader vision. His fight against Irish parochial prejudices and censoriousness, his self-imposed...

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Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only...

The chief feature of this Dictionary is that it is designed to be practical. With this in view the author has added quotations and references to the peculiar and note...

From the creators of the bestseller Storytellers Dictionary comes the My Epic Life Dictionary for children ages 4-8 years. All the hilariously illustrated words every child needs to learn to...

There s never been a period when Shakespeare was out of fashion. In his lifetime he was incredibly successful, and soon after his death his works were published to the...

Women's participation, both formal and informal, in the creation of what we now call Spanish America is reflected in its literary legacy. Stacey Schlau examines what women from a wide...

Primarily the story of Christopher Isherwood's parents, this is a description of the traditional English family background from which Isherwood, a pacifist and homosexual, felt impelled to escape. The couple...

Based on the ongoing research of Oxford Dictionaries and the authority of the Oxford English Corpus, this revised edition of the Oxford Thesaurus of English has been updated to include...

Specially designed for English-speakers learning Japanese, this new edition of the Basic Japanese-English Dictionary is the ideal reference tool for beginners studying the language at school and university, and for...

Settle family disputes with an updated Scrabble dictionary! This easy-to-use paperback dictionary contains valid Scrabble words between 2-8 letters in length and has been updated with new words from Collins...

The brand new epic family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller. Where can a daughter turn when her father's love is stolen away? When heart-broken Sarah Quinn is left to...

In its compact, easy-to-use format, the Macquarie Essential Thesaurus offers valuable assistance when you are lost for words. With over 200 000 synonyms on offer, you're sure to find the...

'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat,' 'Calico Pie' and 'The Pobble Who Has No Toes', together with Edward Lear's crazy limericks, have entertained adults and children alike for over 100 years....

Dan Brown is already one of the bestselling authors that the world has ever seen.Due to the success of his gripping novels Digital Fortress, Deception Point, Angels and Demons, The...

Dickens is one of the greatest literary icons in the English-speaking world, who possessed a genius as a communicator as well as a storyteller, and who remains a writer of...

The 12-year affair between Graham Greene and Catherine Walston, the sexually adventurous 1940s and 1950s society hostess, was only made public in a silence-shattering article in "The Sunday Times" after...

Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia, on the road or at home! Ever wondered what the classic American children's book character Amelia Bedelia was like as a child With...

The home of trusted Spanish dictionaries for everyday language learning An up-to-date easy-reference Spanish to English and English to Spanish Collins dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy...

The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning An up-to-date easy-reference German to English and English to German Collins dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy...

The book William Hague was mad to ignore. Completely updated, acclaimed biography of the extraordinary life of Jeffrey Archer - politician, fundraiser and storyteller. Mary Archer calls it his "gift...

Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell....

The Skills Builders Year 3 Grammar and Punctuation Pupil Book includes 28 units of full colour activities, to help children gain a firm understanding of grammar and punctuation. The worked...

In this traditional German fairytale, the animals decide to go to Bremen to become musicians. They spot a little house on the way, but the house is full of robbers....

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...

With over 14,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, ESSENTIAL HINDI DICTIONARY is the perfect tool to support your Hindi learning. This new edition is fully updated with a guide...

These special Star Wars Young Readers will transport early readers to a galaxy far, far away... Full colour illustrations and simple texts retell favourite episodes from the Star Wars saga....

The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the...

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In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

Here is the complete history of the word still considered one of the most vulgar and offensive in the English language, from its debut in 15th-century England to the present...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An iconic collection of original stories from Dr. Seuss that includes the official versions of "The Sneetches," "The Zax," "Too Many Daves," and "What Was I Scared...

The book titled A Concise Dictionary of Correct English by the author B.A. Phythian. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'The true chronicler of my life, a tall, soft-looking man with watery eyes, came up to me at the gathering and said, as if he had been waiting a long...

This life of James Joyce will send readers back to his own classic fiction. To those who have never read it, or to those who have previously tried and failed,...