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The Times Style Guide: A practical guide to English usage
Author: Ian Brunskill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The official style guide followed by The Times and The Sunday Times. Uncover the rules, conventions and policies on spelling, grammar...
The Heart of Things: On Memory and Lament
Author: Richard Holloway Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to...
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!
Author: Florence Hazrat Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier...
Collins World Atlas: Paperback Edition
Author: Collins Maps Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 Bag the perfect A-Level Atlas this Back to School. A new, fully updated edition of this bestselling atlas of the world....
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
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Author: Morten H Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Forget the language instinct--this is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity's...
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds
Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An entertaining investigation of the numerical abilities of animals and our own appetite for arithmetic The philosopher Bertrand Russell once observed...
Sounds & Furies: The Love-Hate Relationship between Women and Slang
Author: Jonathon Green Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'In terms of a non-fiction account of how historical and contemporary language has been shaped by women, I really recommend lexicographer...
French Dictionary and Grammar: Two books in one
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1216 The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. An up-to-date easy-reference French to English and English to...
Roget's International Thesaurus 7th Edition
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1312 A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world, Roget's International Thesaurus is...
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Vietnamese to English and English...
Latin Dictionary and Grammar: Your all-in-one guide to Latin
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 The home of trusted Latin dictionaries for everyday language learning. This Latin Dictionary and Grammar offers the student of...
English Pocket Dictionary and Thesaurus: The perfect portable dictionary and thesaurus (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 700 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. Two books in one with all the...
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...
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...
The Times Style Guide: A practical guide to English usage
Author: Ian Brunskill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 The official style guide followed by The Times and The Sunday Times. Uncover the rules, conventions and policies on spelling, grammar...
The Language Teacher Rebel: A guide to building a successful online teaching business
Author: Anneli Beronius Haake Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Do you want to start teaching a language online, be your own boss and be able to work...
Understanding the World's Cultures: A Practical Guide
Author: Craig Storti Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Anyone who works or interacts regularly with people from other cultures needs to understand the basics of intercultural communication. In this...
Virginia Woolf: Inspiring Quotes from an Original Feminist Icon
Author: Virginia Woolf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 The first and collection of Virginia Woolf's most inspirational quotes. 'No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to...
Connect!: How to Inspire, Influence and Energise Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime
Author: Simon Lancaster Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Why do some people radiate energy when they speak whilst others fizzle outbefore they've even begun? How do some...
The Mouse's Wedding
Author: Mairi Mackinnon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 24 The delightful story of a family of mice, searching for the perfect husband for their daughter. Father Mouse and...
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...
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...
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...
One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook
Author: Frank L. Cioffi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"--books that...
I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff
Author: Judy Parkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Ever find yourself struggling to remember simple facts and rules? This title is full of memory aids, including well-known rhymes, that...
The Queen's English: And How to Use It
Author: Bernard C. Lamb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 What is good English, and why do we need it?The Queen's English shows how the English language, used properly, has...
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...
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...
Signs of Civilisation: How punctuation changed history
Author: Bard Borch Michalsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 'Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been...
Spanish 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 Spanish dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Spanish to English and English...
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Author: Mark Forsyth Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A 'delightfully eccentric' (Daily Mail) day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. The Horologicon (or...
Arabic 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 Arabic dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable Arabic to English and English...
The Times Mini Atlas of the World
Author: Times Atlases Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Discover new places with authoritative atlases, beautifully designed and packaged. A pocket-sized Times World Atlas makes this a perfect little gift....
Translation and Technology
Author: Chiew Kin Quah Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 221 Chiew Kin Quah draws on years of academic and professional experience to provide an account of translation technology,...
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Author: Brothers Grimm Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 A ravishing retelling of the classic story by the Brothers Grimm. Twelve princesses long to leave the palace and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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+...
Gem School Thesaurus: Trusted support for learning, in a mini-format (Collins School Dictionaries)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 736 The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use. A fantastic mini school thesaurus for age 11...
English Gem Thesaurus: The world's favourite mini thesaurus (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 new edition is part of the...
Mandarin Chinese Paperback Dictionary: Your all-in-one guide to Mandarin Chinese
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1296 The home of trusted Mandarin dictionaries for everyday language learning. A clear, modern Chinese to English and English to...
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...
Macquarie Concise Thesaurus
Author: Macquarie Dictionary Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 890 The Macquarie Concise Thesaurus contains a rich range of over 200,000 synonyms, which have been specifically compiled for users of Australian...
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...
Spanish Pocket Dictionary: The perfect portable dictionary (Collins Pocket)
Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 The home of trusted Spanish dictionaries for everyday language learning. A modern Spanish Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's...