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Guardian Crosswords Quick Three

By Hugh Stephenson

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Published 01-Jul-2005


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The "Guardian" quick crossword is one of the most popular items in the paper, with tens of thousands of readers attempting to solve it every day. Part of a series, this title includes 150 puzzles from the "Guardian" archive that is suitable for readers ranging from novices to experts.


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Guardian Style

By David R Marsh & Amelia Hodsdon

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Published 04-Nov-2010


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Help you distinguish between so-called rules of grammar that are an aid to good writing and those that you can cheerfully ignore.


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Holy Sh*t

By Melissa Mohr

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Published 30-May-2013


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A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia


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Guardian Crosswords Quick Four

By Hugh Stephenson

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Published 01-Jul-2005


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The "Guardian" quick crossword is one of the most popular items in the paper, with tens of thousands of readers attempting to solve it every day. Part of a series, this fourth book includes 150 puzzles from the "Guardian" archive that is suitable for readers ranging from novices to experts.


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Write

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Published 27-Sep-2012


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Writing a novel can be a slow, painful and lonely process. Many writers never manage to achieve their goal. This book helps you to rediscover the joy of your craft and rekindle your creative fire. It offers you support, guidance and encouragement as well as insight into the craft of writing.


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Outsiders

By Ben Faccini

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Published 28-Feb-2013


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Six Italians writing from the margins: these stories are linked by common themes of belonging, dislocation and identity, and together they take the pulse of a country in turmoil.


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Country Diaries

By Alan Taylor

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Published 07-Oct-2010


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A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists.


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Mark Forsyth's Gemel Edition

By Mark Forsyth

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Published 01-Nov-2012


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'Gemel' is an old English word meaning 'twin' - Mark Forsyth's Gemel Edition brings together a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and its BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week sequel in a beautiful, stylish box set which is ideal as a gift.


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How to Write

By Philip Oltermann

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Published 05-Aug-2005


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"The Guardian"'s 2008 "How to Write" supplements were a huge success with wordsmiths of all stripes. Covering fiction, poetry, comedy, screen writing, biography and journalism, they offered invaluable advice and bags of encouragement from a range of leading professionals. This book draws together the material from those supplements.


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Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

By  Greene

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Published 07-Sep-2012


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Suitable for students, scholars, and poets on various aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more, this book reflects changes in literary and cultural studies, providing coverage and giving greater attention to the international aspects of poetry.


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