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Bryson's Dictionary: for Writers and Editors

Bryson's Dictionary: for Writers and Editors

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Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners

Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners

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The Penguin Encyclopedia: Second Edition

The Penguin Encyclopedia: Second Edition

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Death Sentence

Death Sentence

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For the Best Dad Ever: The Perfect Gift to Give to Your Dad

For the Best Dad Ever: The Perfect Gift to Give to Your Dad

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Author: 0 Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Everyone knows that Dads are amazing - what they don't know is that you've got the best one! Whether he's the ultimate...
The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language

The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language

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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

How Words Get Good: The Story of Making a Book

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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...
Complete Gaelic Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

Complete Gaelic Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

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Author: Boyd Robertson Format: Mixed media product Number of Pages: 448 Are you looking for a complete course in Gaelic which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether...
A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech

A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech

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Author: John-Paul Flintoff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to Giving an...
Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words

Watson's Dictionary Of Weasel Words

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Roget's International Thesaurus 7th Edition

Roget's International Thesaurus 7th Edition

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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

One Day in the Life of the English Language: A Microcosmic Usage Handbook

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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...
Death Sentence The Decay of Public Language

Death Sentence The Decay of Public Language

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Guardian of the Dawn

Guardian of the Dawn

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Code Blue

Code Blue

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Collins Austalia Compact Thesaurus

Collins Austalia Compact Thesaurus

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A History of Reading

A History of Reading

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Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation

Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation

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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...
Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions

Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions

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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...
Collins Spanish Phrasebook and Dictionary Gem Edition: Essential phrases and words in a mini, travel-sized format (Collins Gem)

Collins Spanish Phrasebook and Dictionary Gem Edition

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Author: Collins Dictionaries Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Essential phrases and words in a mini, travel-sized format (Collins Gem)You will never be lost for words in your...
COBUILD Elementary English Grammar and Practice: A1-A2 (Collins COBUILD Grammar)

COBUILD Elementary English Grammar and Practice: A1-A2 (Collins COBUILD Grammar)

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Life's a Beach: Tropical Quotes to Brighten Your Day

Life's a Beach: Tropical Quotes to Brighten Your Day

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Author: Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Live your life like a pineapple: make it golden, sweet and juicy! Release your inner glamingo and celebrate the sun all year round...
The Rock Blaster

The Rock Blaster

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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

Signs of Civilisation: How punctuation changed history

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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...
Novelista: Anyone can write a novel. Yes, even you.

Novelista: Anyone can write a novel. Yes, even you.

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Author: Claire Askew Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 NOVELISTA is a friendly, straight-talking writing guide for people who want to write a novel but don't know how...
Does Earth Feel?: 14 Questions for Humans

Does Earth Feel?: 14 Questions for Humans

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Author: Marc Majewski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 A stunning and timely picture book asks fourteen critical questions to encourage active thinking and discussion about our one and only...
Snow White

Snow White

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Author: Brothers Grimm Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen wants to be the most...
Castle in the Clouds: A Princess Dolls Story

Castle in the Clouds: A Princess Dolls Story

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Author: Zanna Davidson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 130 Follow Meera, Olivia and Sophia on their latest mission in the Cloud Kingdom. The Princess Dolls, Sophia, Meera and...
Splat the Cat and the Obstacle Course

Splat the Cat and the Obstacle Course

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Author: Rob Scotton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Splat underestimates his little sister Flo's ability to ace Plank's obstacle course in this hilarious I Can Read story...
Pete the Cat: Rocking Field Day

Pete the Cat: Rocking Field Day

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Author: James Dean Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Kimberly and James Dean comes a brand new I Can Read book...
Pinkalicious and the Robo-Pup

Pinkalicious and the Robo-Pup

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Author: Victoria Kann Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann comes a new Pinkalicious Level One I Can Read story...
Translation and Technology

Translation and Technology

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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

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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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...
Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand

Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand

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Author: Rob Scotton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 You know Splat the Cat from his bestselling picture books and Level One stories. Now get ready to graduate...
Risk: A User's Guide

Risk: A User's Guide

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Author: General Stanley McChrystal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 An entirely new way to understand risk and master uncertainty in business, from the bestselling author of Team...
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

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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?...
Bear Grylls Survival Skills: Exercise

Bear Grylls Survival Skills: Exercise

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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...
Collins World Atlas, Paperback Edition

Collins World Atlas, Paperback Edition

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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...
French Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)

French Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem)

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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...
I Want to Be a Teacher

I Want to Be a Teacher

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Author: Laura Driscoll Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 For the child who says, "I want to be a teacher when I grow up!" And for any child...
October, or Autumnal Tints

October, or Autumnal Tints

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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

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...
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

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Author: Simon Winchester Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of...
Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy

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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)

First Spanish Dictionary: 500 first words for ages 5+ (Collins First Dictionaries)

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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+...
English Gem Thesaurus: The world's favourite mini thesaurus (Collins Gem)

English Gem Thesaurus: The world's favourite mini thesaurus (Collins Gem)

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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...
Avem Occidere Mimicam: To Kill A Mockingbird Translated into Latin

Avem Occidere Mimicam: To Kill A Mockingbird Translated into Latin

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Author: Harper Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A classic of race and class conflict in the Deep South of 1930's America, To Kill A Mockingbird is as powerfully...
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters

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Author: Kate Murphy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will...