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The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading and Writing
Author: Debra Adelaide Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Books are impractical companions and housemates: they are heavy when you are travelling, and in the home take up...
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
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Author: The Economist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 In this exuberant celebration of the world's museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Ali...
French Pocket Dictionary: The perfect portable dictionary (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 704 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. Whether you're on business, holiday or just learning French...
Librorum Ridiculorum: A Compendium of Bizarre Books
Author: Brian Lake Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to...
First Spanish Dictionary: 500 first words for ages 5+ (Collins First Dictionaries)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 80 Bag the perfect KS1 Spanish dictionary this Back to School. An ideal first Spanish dictionary for kids aged 5+...
Robert French Concise Dictionary: Your translation companion
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1660 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. This French to English and English to French dictionary,...
Easy Learning Italian Dictionary: Trusted support for learning (Collins Easy Learning)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 680 The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. An up-to-date, easy-reference Italian to English and English to...
Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy
Author: Roger Horberry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know it's harder than...
Hold My Hand Wise words for mothers and daughters everywhere
Author: Antje Southern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his." Oscar Wilde A wonderful...
How Language Works
Author: David Crystal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 David Crystal's How Language Works is a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most...
Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: Trusted support for learning (Collins Easy Learning)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 The home of trusted Mandarin dictionaries for everyday language learning. An easy-reference Chinese to English and English to Chinese...
A Tranquil Star Stories
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Author: Primo Levi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader from...
I Saw the Dog: How Language Works
Author: Alexandra Aikhenvald Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and...
SCRABBLE (TM) Secrets: This book will seriously improve your game (Collins Little Books)
Author: Mark Nyman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Settle family Scrabble disputes! "Scrabble, forage and fight for a copy. This is a wonderful, wonderful companion for all...
No Pretty Pictures
Author: Anita Lobel Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 239 Anita Lobel was barely five years old when World War II began and the Nazis burst into her home...
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
Author: Jevin D. West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in...
Collins World Atlas: Essential Edition
Author: Collins Maps Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 A new fully updated reference atlas in the exciting Collins world atlas range. Great value and contains all the...
Vietnamese Essential Dictionary All the words you need
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 The home of trusted Vietnamese dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Vietnamese to English and English...
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
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Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief...
Level Up Your Essays: How to get better grades at university
Author: Dr Inger Mewburn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Level Up Your Essays is the essential guide to essay writing for university students. Written by the people who mark...
The Times Great Quotations: Famous quotes to inform, motivate and inspire
Author: James Owen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Be inspired and moved by the words of Malala Yousafzai, Amelia Earhart, Michelle Obama and Banksy in a collection of...
Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation
Author: Caroline Taggart Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 The trouble with punctuation - well, ones of the troubles, anyway - is that too many of the experts...
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club
Author: Martin Edwards Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar...
Don't Believe A Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
Author: David Shariatmadari Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'Wonderful ... You finish the book more alive than ever to the enduring mystery and miracle of that thing that makes...
Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little
Author: Christopher Johnson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Welcome to the age of the incredible shrinking message. Your guide to this new landscape, Christopher Johnson reveals the...
The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language
Author: Albert Costa Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 The definitive study of bilingualism from a leading neuropsychologist Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet...
A Word a Day: 365 Words to Augment Your Vocabulary
Author: Joseph Piercy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 It is estimated that on average an English-speaking adult has acquired a functioning vocabulary of 25,000 words by the time they...
Librorum Ridiculorum: A Compendium of Bizarre Books
Author: Brian Lake Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to...
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 "A great iconoclast. . . Taleb, a Wall Street trader turned essayist, is a thinker touched by genius"...
The Dawn of Language: The story of how we came to talk
Author: Sverker Johansson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 "A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLE "I love a book that teaches me things I didn't know while provoking in...
Bear Grylls Survival Skills: Exercise
Author: Bear Grylls Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 48 Get ready to keep fit and have fun in the wild with Bear Grylls. Learn why exercise is so...
First Irish Dictionary, 500 first words for ages 5+ (Collins First Dictionaries)
Author, Collins Dictionaries Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 80 The home of trusted dictionaries and thesauruses. An ideal first Irish dictionary for kids aged 5+ and above, designed...
Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London
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Author: Susan Tyler Hitchcock Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 326 After killing her mother with a carving knife, Mary Lamb spent the rest of her life in and...
Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian, 1984-1996
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Author: Noam Chomsky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 664 Conducted from 1984 to 1996, these interviews first appeared in the books Chronicles of Dissent, Keeping the Rabble in Line, and...
October, or Autumnal Tints
Author: Henry D. Thoreau Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Originally delivered as a lecture shortly before the writer's own death, Henry David Thoreau's classic "Autumnal Tints" is an ode...
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
Author: Hana Videen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Delightful ... a pleasure' - Guardian Old English is the language you think you know until you hear or see it....
Roget's International Thesaurus 7th Edition
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1312 The world's bestselling thesaurus, Roget's International Thesaurus, 7th Edition, gives writers of all levels an unparalleled aid in using language...
50 French Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your French one cup at a time
Author: Coffee Break Languages Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Transform your down time into 'do time'. The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular...
German Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 620 The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning. With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed...
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Author: Holly Tucker (Vanderbilt University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 In the late 1600s, Louis XIV assigns Nicolas de la Reynie to bring order to the city of Paris...
How Words Get Good: The Story of Making a Book
Author: Rebecca Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Once upon a time, a writer had an idea. They wrote it down. But what happened next? Join Rebecca Lee, professional...
Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions
Author: David McCandless Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses...
Keep Talking Korean Audio Course - Ten Days to Confidence: Advanced beginner's guide to speaking and understanding with confidence
Author: Robert Vernon Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 180 When going abroad do you want to: - Communicate more accurately and precisely? - Get to places other travellers don't? -...
French Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed...
Barbie Book of Joy
Author: Barbie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Be More Barbie! For generations, Barbie has inspired women around the world. From the first Barbie doll released in 1959 to the...
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language
Author: Bill Bryson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Bill Bryson's classicMother Tongueis a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language....
Keep Talking Mandarin Chinese Audio Course - Ten Days to Confidence: (Audio pack) Advanced beginner's guide to speaking and understanding with confidence
Author: Song Lianyi Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: If you already have the basics and want to learn more Mandarin Chinese, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence...
German Pocket Dictionary: The perfect portable dictionary (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning. A modern German to English and English to German...