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Ware’s Victorian Dictionary of Slang and Phrase
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Ware’s dictionary, first published in 1909, is a treasure trove of the everyday language of the nineteenth ce...
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Information is Beautiful
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A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly rev...
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Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
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Covers what narrative writers need to know, from understanding story theory and structure, to mastering point of vi...
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Infographica: The World As You Have Never Seen It Before
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Infographica collects intriguing data from across our planet – including facial hair styles of famous dictato...
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Mark Forsyth’s Gemel Edition: A Box Set Containing the Etymologicon and the Horologicon
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‘Gemel’ is an old English word meaning ‘twin’ – Mark Forsyth’s Gemel Edition br...
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Spell it Out: The Story of English Spelling
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Why is there an ‘h’ in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees ...
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The Arvon Book of Literary Non-fiction
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Written by tutors from the Arvon Foundation, the presitigious professional writing course, and with contributions f...
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The World’s Most Difficult Quiz 2: More King William’s College General Knowledge Papers
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Who made an enemy of two ladies through an apple? Why did Tar Baby keep on sayin nothin? Which royal residence is b...
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Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little
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A work of pop linguistics . . . [that] synthesizes . . . grammar, branding, cognitive science and Web theory . . . ...
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The Arvon Book of Crime and Thriller Writing
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The Arvon Book of Crime Writing distills the unique magic of the prestigious Arvon course into a practical handbook...
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£7.99
What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Secret Meanings of Our Favourite Dishes
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Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word sal...
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£18.99
The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2013
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This bestselling guide to all areas of the media, now in its 106th edition, has been completely revised and updated...
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The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
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“There are no second acts”. “It takes a village to raise a child”. “Life is just a bo...
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