Language

Word Perfect: Curious Coinages and Etymological First Aid For Every Day of the Year [9781529311518]

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres  Lexicographer and all-round word expert, queen of Countd…

Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2020 [9781472947635]

The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from successful writers and illustrato…

Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2018 [9781472935052]

This bestselling guide to all areas of publishing and the media is completely revised and updated every year. The Yearbook is packed with advice, insp…

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Have You Eaten Grandma? [9780241352632]

A brilliantly funny lament on the misuse of English grammar and a guide on how to avoid the troublingly common language pitfalls, from the self-procla…

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Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life [9781786898555]

Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the Uni…

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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide [9781786332257]

____________________________PRE-ORDER NOW: AVAILABLE 3rd SEPTEMBER 2020Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few posse…

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The Accidental Memoir [9780008302030]

The Accidental Memoir truly is for all: writers and non-writers, teachers and students, the perfect book for anyone seeking inspiration or imaginative…

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Just Another Mountain: A Memoir of Hope [9781783964956]

Shortlisted for Travel Memoir Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020 / Shortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year, The Great Outdo…

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Essential English: For Journalists, Editors and Writers [9780712664479]

Essential English is an indispensable guide to the use of words as tools of communication. It is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons ar…

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Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation [9781781256091]

It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain…

The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language [9780241391518]

The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist How do two languages exist in the same brain? Why is it pos…

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Children'S Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2022 [9781472982858]

Foreword by a bestselling contemporary writer for children. The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides …

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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century [9780241957714]

'Superb, articulate, urbane and witty' - The Times, Books of the Year What is the secret of good prose? Does it matter in an age of digital media? In …

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Collins Robert French Dictionary Complete and Unabridged edition: For Advanced Learners and Professionals [9780008366698]

The world's leading French to English and English to French bilingual dictionary, a joint collaboration between Collins and Le Robert, revised and upd…

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Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language [9780141040080]

'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the En…

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Scots Dictionary of Nature, A [9781912235520]

Scotland is a nation of dramatic weather and breathtaking landscapes - of nature resplendent. And, over the centuries, the people who have lived, expl…

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Collins Italian Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: For Advanced Learners and Professionals [9780008298487]

The ideal large Italian to English and English to Italian bilingual dictionary for all serious students of Italian with up-to-date vocabulary and brea…

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Index, A History of the [9780241374238]

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely rea…

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That's the Way it Crumbles: The American Conquest of the English Language [9781781256688]

'Engel is a wonderfully wry comic writer.' - Guardian Are we tired of being asked to take the elevator, sick of being offered fries and…

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Writing a Novel: Bring Your Ideas To Life The Faber Academy Way [9780571340460]

A novel is a relationship, a place outside of time where both reader and writer are challenged and validated, stretched and rewarded. Richard Skin…

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