Reference & Language

Have you ever wondered which typeface is used for airport signs? Or about the history behind the Times New Roman font? We are constantly engaging with type, yet many of...

Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to...

Fully revised and updated, this edition of a standard dictionary of quotations contains 20,000 quotations from 3,000 men and women from all walks of life. Quotes from all eras are...

Who introduced the phrases "banality of evil", "cold war", "economical with the truth" and "back to the future"? Who first declared "The customer is always right"? And who wrote the...

The definitive guide to garden plants and flowers. Packed with advice on over 8,000 plants, containing all you need to know on cultivation, pests, diseases and choosing the right plant...

A highly eclectic, intensely personal dictionary of design from a leading expert in the field This an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about our obsession...

National Bestseller The first new trivia book in more than a decade from Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings-based on his hugely popular online game "Kennections"! Five trivia questions. Five answers that...

A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them. If something is important, we write...

The book titled The Charles Dickens Encyclopaedia by the author Michael Hardwick. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

All subjects related to the world of espionage are covered in this encyclopedia, from personalities to jargon, and from operations to organizations. 8 pages of photos.

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