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Nigel Rees is the author of the "Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases" and the "Bloomsbury Dictionary of Phrase and Allusion".

Author: Nigel ReesBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compendium of linguistic curiosities, Love, Death, Universe: More Words, uncovers the fascinating etymologies and surprising histories...

A celebration and search for the origins of homely words, phrases and sayings. Over the last 30 years, hundreds of thousands of listeners of Quote...Unquote have written to Nigel Rees...

I Told You I Was Sick is a selection of mostly comic epitaphs and some that are not comic at all - though they might well be called curious. As...

..".unique reference source...Taking nothing for granted, Nigel Rees, author, broadcaster, and authority on the popular use of language, highlights quotes that are often misremembered and/or misattributed, pinpoints remarks that are...

In the course of their passionate relationship, Tom Markson and his much younger Jewish lover Naomi Branath support a Palestinian leader, Fadeela Qubra who has been awarded an international prize...

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THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose...

A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters. How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration...

Author: Matt Forde Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' - RICHARD OSMAN 'The...

The Times 50 best paperbacks of 2024 A Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestseller 'Filled with the moments I live for in a story' BONNIE GARMUS, author...

THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose...

Author: Ana Reyes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'AN ABSOLUTE, CAN'T-PUT-IT-DOWN THRILLER' Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Jan...

Edition: Vol I - reprint. Vol II & III - 1st eds.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners across all three volumes...

'A beautifully crafted must read' Jason Mott, author of Hell of a Book A terrible accident forces Natalia to make a devastating choice about her future as a dancer, in...

A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old...

Author: Nigel NicolsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis lavish architectural history, Great Houses Of Britain, chronicles the grandeur and enduring legacy...

The breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett - a Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestseller 'Filled with the moments I live for in a story' BONNIE GARMUS,...

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The book titled Nigel Short: World Chess Challenger by the author Raymond Keene, OBE. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson. Agatha Christie's hot bean salad. Jack Kerouac's green...

Author: Renée FreeBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Australian Art Library, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLloyd Rees by Renee Free presents a comprehensive account of the celebrated Australian landscape painter....

Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson. Agatha Christie's hot bean salad. Jack Kerouac's green...

Author: Nigel Cawthorne Format: Paperback Number of Pages:

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Author: Jasper Rees Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I was born with a warped sense of humour and when I was carried home from being...

Author: Hannah Jane Parkinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.' - NIGELLA LAWSON 'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with...

School is 'wet and weedy', according to Nigel Molesworth, the 'goriller of 3B', 'curse of St Custard's' and superb chronicler of fifties English life. Nothing escapes his disaffected eye and...

'A gorgeous collection: if you savour words quite as much as food, this is for you!' NIGELLA LAWSON A deliciously moreish collection of the finest pieces of writing on food....

' I have goosebumps just talking about this story ' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Smart, funny - and furious' MARIE CLAIRE ' Genre-busting ... A c lear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems'...

SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 INSPIRE GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS A...

The Ambassadeur 2500C, a small casting reel capable of handling fine lines and light baits, was first produced in 1975. This book provides a comprehensive history and taxonomy of this...

Read the international sensation already translated into 10 languages! Unearthing the network that hid the 'Angel of Death', the infamous Nazi doctor who escaped justice for more than three decades....

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good...

Photographer, artist and filmmaker Olaf Heine shows us Hawaii in all its beauty: the waves, surfers and landscapes. Over several years he traveled the islands and captured in timelessly beautiful...

This unique, visually exciting look at the evolution of nightclubs across America and Europe since the 1960s reveals an unwavering truth about club culture-the one constant is change. Opening with...

From his early work with The Birthday Party to the future sounds of Ghosteen, Nick Cave has rewritten the language of rock 'n' roll. Darker with the Dawn uncovers the...

From the day that Bobby Zimmerman first turned on the radio in his parents' home in Hibbing, he'd had a pretty good idea that big things were happening. When Bob...

The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu! or Kraftwerk produced in post-war 60s Germany, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music....

Revisits Australian rock band silverchair's globally successful debut album Frogstomp (1995) and asserts that the band is not an imitation of American grunge nor an emblem of Gen X angst....