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Book Lover's Bucket List
A Tour of Great British Literature
Inbunden, 2021
250 kr
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Exploring the gardens, monuments, museums, and churches with walks both urban and rural, from the Bronte parsonage in Haworth to Zadie Smith's North London and Shakespeare's Stratford, The Book Lover's Bucket List takes you through some 100 wonderfully described literary sites and landscapes, …
Book of English Place Names
How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names
Häftad, 2023
160 kr
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Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our …
Book of English Place Names
How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names
E-bok, 2011
136 kr
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Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our …
Philosophy of Board Games
Inbunden, 2025
153 kr
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Throughout history, people have wanted to conquer, plot and travel across with the world in two-dimensions. From the murky origins of human's earliest past times, where fortune-telling and play blur, to modern ventures into Monopoly, boardgames have shaped everything from how we conduct war to the …
Grammar Secrets
E-bok, 2014
57 kr
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Inside this little book one of Britain’s top Grammar Gurus reveals all you need to know about Grammar but were afraid to ask.Let’s admit it, we all struggle with Grammar. There, they’re or their? Who’s or whose? Me or I? Fewer or less? Worry no more, Caroline is here to take the grind out of …
Book Lover's European Bucket List
A Grand Tour of Literature
Inbunden, 2024
245 kr
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Following the success of The Book Lover's Bucket List, Caroline Taggart sets off on a tour of Europe to select 100 literary landmarks across the continent to describe and provide practical advice for visiting. Discover the inspirations in Austria for Mary Shelly and in Sweden for Astrid Lindgren; …
Philosophy of Christmas
Inbunden, 2024
153 kr
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Take the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the gift-giving Norse god Odin and the Pagan habit of bringing evergreen plants into the house at Midwinter. Add a benevolent fourth-century bishop, some drunken medieval singing and a nineteenth-century American poem. Sprinkle with the Christian tradition of …
Midnight Treasury of Frightening Words
Inbunden, 2026
250 kr
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Discover the dark side of language with this beautifully unsettling collection of macabre, mysterious, and hauntingly evocative words. This captivating collection explores more than 300 chilling terms, from 'abysmal' and 'cadaverous' to 'wraith', 'zombie', and beyond. Each entry uncovers the …
Does a Bear Sh*t in the Woods?
Answers to Rhetorical Questions
E-bok, 2011
96 kr
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Serious answers to rhetorical questions--what''s not to like? For those of us who have long wondered where bears go to take care of their business, if the Pope is actually Catholic, or whether anyone is really made of money, Caroline Taggart provides the answers to these and a host of previously …
The Novel Writer's Toolkit
Your Ultimate Guide to Writing and Publishing a Successful Novel
Av Caroline Taggart, Caroline Taggart
Häftad, 2011
171 kr
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Novel writing is a popular hobby and this book will provide the would-be and starter novelist with all the tools needed to get started. This title includes a thorough grounding in essential fiction writing skills and clear guidance on how to get published from top industry names. It provides a …
The Novel Writer's Toolkit
Your Ultimate Guide to Writing and Publishing a Successful Novel
Inbunden, 2022
287 kr
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Novel writing is a popular hobby and this book will provide the would-be and starter novelist with all the tools needed to get started. This title includes a thorough grounding in essential fiction writing skills and clear guidance on how to get published from top industry names. It provides a …
Book of London Place Names
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were?Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? And that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered over …
The Nimble Negotiator: Beat negotiation at its own game
Av Juliet Erickson, Caroline Taggart
Häftad
237 kr
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Nine Ways to Walk Around a Boulder: using communication skills to change your life
Av Juliet Erickson, Caroline Taggart
Häftad
180 kr
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Book of London Place Names
Häftad, 2018
215 kr
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Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were?Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? And that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered over …
Classics
All You Need to Know, from Zeus''s Throne to the Fall of Rome
E-bok, 2010
173 kr
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It''s no myth: this lively refresher course fills in all you need to know about ancient studies-from Zeus''s throne to the fall of Rome-in pithy little quips. It covers the impressive advances made by Greek and Roman societies, from language to medicine, from art to architecture. You''ll learn: The …
In the Loop & Up to Speed
Clever & Useful Business Terms Every Go-Getter Needs
E-bok, 2012
173 kr
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The bottom line is this: The workplace is a minefield of business jargon that people exchange on a daily basis, and it can all start to sound like everyone around you is speaking another language. So if you have ever wondered whether you have hit the glass ceiling or if a cubicle monkey will …
Apple A Day
Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
Häftad, 2013
86 kr
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Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?Can beggars be choosers?Is it always better late than never?Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed, …
Classical Education
The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School
Häftad, 2013
84 kr
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'See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!' – The Daily Telegraph'This book aims to fill you in on the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school' – The Times______________________A Classical Education is a must-have for anyone feeling let down by modern schooling.How many times have you …
As Right as Rain
The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions
E-bok, 2013
51 kr
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Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you? Let's not beat about the bush: the English language is littered with linguistic quirks, which, out of context, seem completely peculiar. If you can't quite cut the mustard, this book will …
500 Words You Should Know
Inbunden, 2014
116 kr
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'This "essential cornucopia" aims to inspire you to use uncommon words in their original contex'- BooksellerEver wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. This book will …
500 Words You Should Know
E-bok, 2014
74 kr
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Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered.Words are beautiful and versatile things, but when used incorrectly they can lose a lot in transition, and the more complex …
New Words for Old
Recycling Our Language for the Modern World
E-bok, 2015
26 kr
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The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it. Sometimes we coin new words for new creations, but very often we adopt and adapt existing words to suit new purposes, or simply put two together to form a third.New Words for Old looks at …
Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat
The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions
Häftad, 2016
86 kr
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A fascinating collection of the many unusual and vibrant phrases that adorn our language, looking at their origins and meanings. Don’t be down in the dumps if you can’t cut the mustard when asked the definition of certain phrases – this down-to-earth guide is just the ticket.This collection …
Accidental Apostrophe
... And Other Misadventures in Punctuation
E-bok, 2017
50 kr
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Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn’t.In Roman times, blocks of text were commonly written just as blocks without even wordspacingnevermindpunctuation to help the reader to …
All That Glisters ...
And Other Quotations You Should Know
Inbunden, 2018
111 kr
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Quotations – or snippets from them – are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of comfort to advice for the lovelorn, you can bet that someone, somewhere has come up with phraseology that perfectly sums up whatever situation you …
All That Glisters ...
And Other Quotations You Should Know
E-bok, 2018
73 kr
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Quotations – or snippets from them – are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of comfort to advice for the lovelorn, you can bet that someone, somewhere has come up with phraseology that perfectly sums up whatever situation you …
Improve Your Word Power
Test and Build Your Vocabulary
E-bok, 2019
76 kr
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Put your vocabulary skills to the test with this witty and engaging book.Improve Your Word Power is primarily a collection of multiple-choice challenges in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct. But it’s actually so much more than that. Each topic is themed …
500 Beautiful Words You Should Know
Inbunden, 2020
107 kr
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CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS?Whether you’ve answered yes, no or ‘sorry, I didn’t catch that’, 500 Beautiful Words You Should now is for you. It offers words that flow EXQUISITELY off the tongue; …
500 Beautiful Words You Should Know
E-bok, 2020
74 kr
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CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS?Whether you’ve answered yes, no or ‘sorry, I didn’t catch that’, 500 Beautiful Words You Should now is for you. It offers words that flow EXQUISITELY off the tongue; …
