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Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

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Team Talk: Sporting Words and their Origins

Team Talk: Sporting Words and their Origins

$15.00
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Lets Bring Back: the Lost Language Edition

Lets Bring Back: the Lost Language Edition

$12.00
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Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist

Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist

$12.00
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An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work

An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work

$16.99$13.59
Author: Caroline Taggart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 This work presents a fascinating look into everyday proverbs, their origins, uses and why they actually make sense, or don't. It...
The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography

The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography

$29.99$23.99
Author: Zoran Nikolic Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people. We communicate through the spoken and written word and language...
The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

$26.99$21.59
Author: Henry Hitchings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have...
Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English

Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English

$24.99$19.99
Author: Oliver Kamm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right? To knowingly split an infinitive or not to? And...
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

$29.99$23.99
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...
Red Herrings and White Elephants

Red Herrings and White Elephants

$12.00
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A Word for Every Day of the Year

A Word for Every Day of the Year

$24.99$12.00
Author: Steven Poole Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year. Who knew that to dringle is to...
The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

$24.99$10.00
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...
Mother Tongue: The English Language

Mother Tongue: The English Language

$14.99$8.00
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A Little Book of Language

A Little Book of Language

$15.00
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Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist

Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist

$10.00
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Death Sentence

Death Sentence

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Planet Word

Planet Word

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The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

$32.99$15.00
Author: Dr Tim Lomas Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'A delightful compendium' - Evening Standard Have you ever had a feeling that you couldn't quite describe, because...
Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words

Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words

$32.99$10.00
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Don't Believe A Word: The Surprising Truth About Language

Don't Believe A Word: The Surprising Truth About Language

$45.00$15.00
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...
The Times First World War: The Great War from 1914 to 1918

The Times First World War: The Great War from 1914 to 1918

$49.99$20.00
Author: Peter Chasseaud Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The perfect gift for history fans. Follow the conflict of the World War 1 from 1914-1918 with expert commentary, photographs and...
The Italians

The Italians

$26.99$22.94
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...
Unspeakable: The Things We Cannot Say

Unspeakable: The Things We Cannot Say

$22.99$10.00
Author: Harriet Shawcross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 As a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year. As an adult, she became fascinated...
World Fact File

World Fact File

$6.00
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City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

$44.95$15.00
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...