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Five-minute Writer
By Margret Geraghty
Paperback
Published 13-Jan-2009
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Suitable for writers, this title includes chapters that offers a writing-related discussion, followed by a five-minute exercise. Five minutes a day spent on an exercise is one of the most effective methods there is to expand your potential and develop self-discipline.
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Monkeys with Typewriters
By Scarlett Thomas
Paperback
Published 06-Sep-2012
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How to write fiction and unlock the secret power of stories
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves
By Lynne Truss
Paperback
Published 01-Oct-2009
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Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.
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Economist Style Guide
By The Economist
Hardback
Published 05-Apr-2012
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A guide to English usage. Suitable for those who want to communicate with the clarity, style and precision, it gives general advice on writing, points out common errors and cliches, offers guidance on consistent use of punctuation, abbreviations and capital letters, and contains an exhaustive range of reference material.
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Through the Language Glass
By Guy Deutscher
Paperback
Published 03-Feb-2011
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Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes.
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Published 28-May-2011
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This centenary edition of the world-famous Concise Oxford English Dictionary presents the most accurate picture of English today.
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Play Sudoku, Learn French!
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Published 03-Sep-2012
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Provide bite-sized Sudoku vocabulary puzzles. This book contains over 60 original puzzles carefully crafted to teach foreign language vocabulary. It includes three levels of puzzles are organized by themes and teach more than 300 useful words for travellers and students.
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New Oxford Style Manual
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Published 16-Aug-2012
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Combining New Hart's Rules and the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors in a single volume, the New Oxford Style Manual provides all the information necessary to write and prepare copy for general publication as well as 25,000 A-Z entries. It is the ultimate handbook for all writers and editors and anyone who works with words.
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Curiosities of Literature
By John Sutherland
Paperback
Published 05-Nov-2009
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How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And is there any link between asthma and literary genius? This title contemplates the import of questions such as these, and attempts a few answers in a series of essays.
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Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
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Published 29-Nov-2012
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Suitable for dog lovers, from the greatest magazine in the world, an irresistible anthology of long-form essays, short humour pieces, poems, fiction, and cartoons.
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