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Thai Visual Dictionary: A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Thai (Collins Visual Dictionary)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Thai. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel...
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...
Slay Those Dragons: A Journal for Writing Your Own Story
Author: Amanda Lovelace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, Amanda Lovelace presents slay those dragons, a self-care journal and gift for...
Primary Spanish Dictionary: Illustrated dictionary for ages 7+ (Collins Primary Dictionaries)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 Bag the perfect KS2 Spanish dictionary this Back to School. Designed for children aged 7-11 learning Spanish at primary...
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...
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips
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Author: Roy Blount, Jr Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 If everybody's first English teacher were Roy Blount Jr., we might still be trillions in debt, but we would be...
27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park
Author: Daniel J Rubin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 "So often people ask me if there's a book on story I can recommend. This is the one....
Collins World Atlas, Paperback Edition
Author, Collins Maps Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 64 Bag the perfect A-Level Atlas this Back to School. A new, fully updated edition of this bestselling atlas of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Get Talking and Keep Talking Brazilian Portuguese Total Audio Course (Audio pack)
Author: Sue Tyson-Ward Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: The essential short course for speaking and understanding with confidence When travelling, do you want to: - Communicate accurately? - Do more...
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...
The Times Reference Atlas of the World
Author: Times Atlases Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Discover new places with authoritative atlases, beautifully designed and packaged. Ninth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative...
English Gem Dictionary and Thesaurus: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 700 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. This is an indispensable guide to the...
Writers on Writing: A Book of Quotations
Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Writers on Writing brings together a plethora of phrases, quotable lines, quips and putdowns about the writing process. Arranged in themes that...
English Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus: The perfect portable dictionary and thesaurus (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. Two books in one with all the words...
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...
Death Sentence The Decay of Public Language
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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 Essential Dictionary: All the words you need, every day (Collins Essential)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable French to English and English...
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...
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...
How to Write Like a Writer: A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice
Author: Thomas C Foster Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches...
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....
The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language
Author: Keith Kahn-Harris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside Kinder Surprise eggs: WARNING, read...
The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life
Author: Dr Tim Lomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'A delightful compendium' - Evening Standard Have you ever had a feeling that you couldn't quite describe, because no English...
Language Wars: A History of Proper English
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Author: Henry Hitchings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Exemplary...Hitchings has created a fascinating, wholly readable, and gratifyingly informative book.---Financial Times (London) The English language is a battlefield. Since the...
The Stories of Slang: Language at its most human
Author: Jonathon Green Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'If you're up for an adventure through the back alleys of English, The Stories of Slang will not disappoint.'...
The Rock Blaster
Author: Henning Mankell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial...
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...
The Art of Power
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Turning our conventional understanding of power on its head, world-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and national bestselling author...
COBUILD Elementary English Grammar and Practice: A1-A2 (Collins COBUILD Grammar)
Author: Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Clearly and attractively presented, this reissue of the second edition of the Collins COBUILD Elementary English Grammar offers pre-intermediate learners of English...
The Italians
Author: John Hooper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A deeply knowledgeable and enjoyable account of what makes the Italians tick Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy...
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Author: Steven Pinker Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 How do babies learn to speak? Why are there so many languages? Do we think in our mother tongue?...
Speed Reading In A Week: How To Speed Read In Seven Simple Steps
Author: Tina Konstant Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Speed Reading In A Week is a simple and straightforward speed reading course, giving you everything you need to know in...
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...
Happiful: 100 Uplifting Illustrations for Your Journey to Joy
Author: Jana Rushforth Format: Board book Number of Pages: 120 Take a journey with Jana Rushforth, illustrator behind the Instagram phenomenon @wordfindersclub. Hike through the lakes and mountains of the...
Collins Mini Dictionary & Thesaurus
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 704 Collins Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus offers three books in one - a combined dictionary and thesaurus, plus a useful...
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...
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture Revive Your Mind
Author: DAVID S. KIDDER Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional- American History comes the third installment...
English Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 700 The perfect size for every school bag! This handy little dictionary offers clear definitions for all the words you...
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...
Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language
Author: Esther Schor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 A rich and passionate biography of a language and the dream of world harmony it sought to realize In 1887, Ludwig...
Collins Arabic Gem Dictionary The worlds favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 Offering learners at home, school or in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Arabic and English in a...
Primary Thesaurus: Illustrated thesaurus for ages 7+ (Collins Primary Dictionaries)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use. This fantastic thesaurus is especially designed for children...
The Library: A Fragile History
Author: Arthur der Weduwen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 'A sweeping, absorbing history, deeply researched, of that extraordinary and enduring phenomenon: the library' - Richard Ovenden, author of Burning...