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Chambers Dictionary & Thesaurus Pack
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Hardback
Published 30-Nov-2012
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Chambers is one of the world's most respected dictionary publishers, appealing particularly to word lovers and those who revel in all the quirks of the English language. Its extensive list of innovative language and reference titles includes the renowned Brewer's list of endlessly browsable dictionaries of phrase and fable, and covers English-language dictionaries and thesauruses for every level of user from school to crossword fan, from English learner to student of slang. Meticulously researched and expertly written, the highly acclaimed Chambers range has been at the forefront of presenting knowledge and learning in an engaging and accessible way since it was first established in the 19th century.
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Oxford Book of Parodies
By John Gross
Paperback
Published 19-Jan-2012
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An unparalleled introduction to the parodist's art, The Oxford Book of Parodies includes parodies from Chaucer to the present day, ranging from imitations and spoofs to lampoons and pastiches, comical, scornful, witty, and subtle. It also takes in advertisements, legal rituals, political warfare and a scientific hoax.
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For the Love of Letters
By John O'Connell
Hardback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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Handwritten is a celebration of letter-writing in all its guises
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Grammar for Grown-ups
By K Fry
Hardback
Published 06-Sep-2012
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Agitated about apostrophes? Struggling with spelling? Dithering over dangling participles? Stumped by the subjunctive? This title guides you through the perils, pitfalls and problematic aspects of the English language, with fun test-yourself sections all the way.
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Story of English in 100 Words
By David Crystal
Paperback
Published 05-Jul-2012
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Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.
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Tao of Travel
By Paul Theroux
Paperback
Published 05-Apr-2012
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A compendium of travel writing from a master traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, it celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped the author, as a reader and a traveller.
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Guardian Book of the Countryside
By Ruth Petrie & Martin Wainwright
Hardback
Published 01-Sep-2008
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Covers events from the spread of the railways and flight to the cities, in the early nineteenth century, through to the floods and global warming on the 21st century in the British countryside. This collection shows how the British countryside adapts to what we throw at it, yet still remains our most valuable and beautiful resource.
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My Ideal Bookshelf
By Jane Mount
Hardback
Published 29-Nov-2012
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Best British Short Stories
By Nicholas Royle
Paperback
Published 15-Apr-2012
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Presents a series of annual anthologies.
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Idiomantics: The Weird and Wonderful World of Popular Phrase
By Philip Gooden
Hardback
Published 13-Sep-2012
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Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. To cite three examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Idiomantics explains all...
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