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Alpha Beta: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
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Team Talk: Sporting Words and their Origins
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Lets Bring Back: the Lost Language Edition
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Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
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An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
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
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
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
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!
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
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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...
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...
A Little Book of Language
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Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
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Planet Word
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The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life
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
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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas: Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them
Author: Judy Parkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 From the bestselling author of 'I before E', this light-hearted book examines some of the more unusual phrases that litter the...
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...
The Times First World War: The Great War from 1914 to 1918
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
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
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...
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...