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Elements of Eloquence
How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2016
147 kr
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. 'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric ... Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian. Mark Forsyth presents the secret …
Illustrated Etymologicon
A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Av Mark Forsyth
Inbunden, 2021
225 kr
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A NEW, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY.'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, …
Short History of Drunkenness
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2018
148 kr
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THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. Tracing humankind's love affair with booze from our primate …
Rhyme and Reason
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2026
147 kr
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'Enchanting' Stephen Fry'Unconventional, surprising and provocative from the first page' Times Literary SupplementDid you know:- Lord Byron sold more books in a day than Jane Austen did in her lifetime- During the First World War there were more women poets published than soldier poets- A …
Unknown Unknown
Bookshops and the delight of not getting what you wanted
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2014
41 kr
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Mark Forsyth - author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon - reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop.Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French …
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2013
356 kr
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Etymologicon
A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2016
127 kr
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THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent.'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky …
Rhyme and Reason
A Short History of British Poetry from the #1 bestselling author of The Etymologicon
Av Mark Forsyth
Inbunden, 2025
189 kr
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'Enchanting' Stephen Fry'Unconventional, surprising and provocative from the first page' Times Literary SupplementDid you know:- Lord Byron sold more books in a day than Jane Austen did in her lifetime- During the First World War there were more women poets published than soldier poets- A …
The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
275 kr
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Christmas Cornucopia
The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
Av Mark Forsyth
E-bok, 2016
170 kr
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BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF DRUNKENNESSDiscover the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs this festive season. For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.We don't know that the date we …
Short History of Drunkenness
Av Mark Forsyth
E-bok, 2017
96 kr
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THE PERFECT READ FOR ANYONE WHO ENJOYS A TIPPLE . . . OR TWO . . . OR TEN! Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. Tracing humankind's love affair with booze from our primate …
Christmas Cornucopia
The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
Av Mark Forsyth
Inbunden, 2016
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
160 kr
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BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHORThe perfect gift for anyone who has ever wondered about the unpredictable origins and etymologies of our Christmas customs!For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.We don't know that the date we …
Short History of Drunkenness
Av Mark Forsyth
Ljudbok, 2017
118 kr
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth, read by Sh*tfaced Shakespeare''s Richard Hughes. Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there''s drink there''s drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit …
Elements of Eloquence
Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
Av Mark Forsyth
E-bok, 2014
245 kr
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From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase—such as “O Captain! My Captain!” or “To be or not to be”—memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart …
Horologicon
A Day''s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Av Mark Forsyth
E-bok, 2013
164 kr
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Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized . Find yourself pretending to work? That’s fudgelling . And this could lead to rizzling , if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don’t get too vinomadefied ; a drunk dinner …
Horologicon
A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2016
127 kr
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, Sunday Times.Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.From uhtceare in the hours …
Riddle for a King (Times Children’s Book of the Week, from the bestselling author of the Etymologicon)
Av Mark Forsyth
Häftad, 2024
109 kr
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Philo longs for freedom and adventure, and he most certainly gets it when he lands in the strangest of lands: a place where nothing makes sense, a place packed with riddles and paradoxes. Will Philo ever make it home? Will he make sense of the conundrums that litter his path? An addictive, …
Eine kurze Geschichte der Trunkenheit
Der Homo alcoholicus von der Steinzeit bis heute
Av Mark Forsyth
E-bok, 2019
147 kr
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Kenntnisreich und berauschend witzig beschreibt Mark Forsyth in seiner feuchtfröhlichen Kulturgeschichte des Betrunkenseins, warum wir evolutionär danach streben, dem Alkohol zuzusprechen. Seriös und voller Enthusiasmus berichtet er von alten Ägyptern mit Schlagseite, Weintrinkern im antiken …
A Short History of Drunkenness: How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
Av Mark Forsyth
Inbunden, 2018
257 kr
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