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The Art of Conversation : The perfect ice=breaker - 300 fascinating conversation starters for all ages order quantity
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Author: Louise Howland & Keith Lamb
Published by: Art of Conversation
In Stock: 11
With 300 fascinating and conversation building questions, plus blank cards on which to write your own questions, this game is for everyone. The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to TAOC is your own life experiences, interests and ideas. When time is short, a proper conversation is often the first commodity to be cut from our to-do lists. Yet it is necessary to understand each other and build our relationships. As well as helping people learn how to talk, TAOC places equal emphasis on learning how to listen.

First published 1995
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The Ants are My Friends : Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes order quantity
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Author: Martin Toseland
Published by: HarperCollins
In Stock: 10
Linguistic mistakes, we all make them. And if your name is George W Bush or Jade Goody, you might make them more often than others. In "The Ants Are My Friends" (delightfully misheard from Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind") Martin Toseland has collected the very best (and very worst) linguistic gifts of the gaffe.The catergories features include: Malapropisms (named after Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's "The Rivals" where the wrong word pops out to bizarre results); Eggcorns (where a new word is created from misheard real one - the name comes from someone misunderstanding 'acorn' as 'eggcorn', as it has the same shape); Bushisms (the humour in which cannot be misunderestimated); and Mondegreens or misheard lyrics, which include such classic examples as: Who Ya Gonna Call, Gus Foster ("Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Junior); "Last Night I Dreamed of Some Bagels" ("La Isla Bonita" by Madonna); "Sparing His Life For His Mum's Sausages" ("Bohemian ... more
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9781869662721
In a Word : The Essential Tool for Finding the Perfect Word order quantity
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Author: Mark Broatch
Published by: New Holland Publishers (New Zealand) Ltd
In Stock: 2
In our information-overloaded society, how can you ensure your words will be read over the next person's? The secret is In a Word - a book for journalists, critics, writers, bloggers, students and anyone else looking to get their message across more effectively. So much more than a dictionary or thesaurus, this book is designed to guide people to the exact word they need in order to articulate their message in the most inspired and impressive kind of way. Words are grouped under easy-to-navigate category headings. Lists include such things as 'defining terms' (analogy, dystopia, subterfuge...), 'character descriptions' (diva, impresario, rabble-rouser...), 'mythological creatures' (bunyip, griffin, sasquatch...), 'types of hats' (cloche, Stetson, yarmulke...), 'different types of speaking voices' (booming, sententious, tremulous...), famous book characters - and much more besides.
Whatever your topic, you'll find the exact term ... more
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9780199564675
Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation (2 ED) order quantity
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Author: John Seely
Published by: Oxford University Press
In Stock: 2
Readers of all levels will find this guide essential. Giving examples of real usage, this book provides the basic information about grammar and punctuation that people need on a day-to-day basis. Arranged A-Z, it contains entries for standard grammatical terms as well as dealing with related questions of usage. In addition to explaining basic terms such as 'split infinitive', 'participle', and 'adverb', entries also discuss whether to use 'may' or 'might', 'that' or 'which', and 'it's' or 'its'. The Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation gives the reader quick and easy access to the answers to these, and many other, questions of grammar. It offers clear and coherent explanations, and illustrations across a broad range of topics, and is the first port of call for any reader seeking clear, authoritative help with grammar and punctuation. Both easy to use and comprehensive, the Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation is an essential tool for ... more
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Damp Squid : The Eng;lish language lad bare order quantity
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Author: Jeremy Butterfield
Published by: Oxford University Press
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Using evidence provided by the world's largest language databank, the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield uncovers fascinating facts about the English language. Where does our vocabulary come from? How do word meanings change? How is our language really being used? This entertaining book has the up-to-date and authoritative answers to all the key questions about our language. With over 2 billion words contained in the Oxford English Corpus, Butterfield takes a thorough look at the English language and exposes its peculiarities and penchants, its development and difficulties, revealing exactly how it operates. Interpolating his expert knowledge of dictionary-making, Butterfield explains how dictionaries decide which words to include, how they find definitions, and how a Corpus influences the process. Covering all areas of English, from spelling and speech to idioms and idiosyncrasies, including a thoughtful chapter about the future of ... more
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9780007329069
Eats, Shoots and Leaves : The zero tolerance approach to punctuation order quantity
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Author: Lynne Truss
Published by: Harper Collins
In Stock: 1
'If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood.' Frank McCourt The international bestseller, reissued and with a new introduction. A witty, entertaining, impassioned guide to perfect punctuation, for everyone who cares about precise writing. When social histories come to be written of the first decade of the 21st century, people will note a turning point in 2003 when declining standards of punctuation were reversed. Linguists will record Lynne Truss as the saviour of the semi-colon and the avenging angel of the apostrophe. 'This book will stimulate and satisfy. It's worth its weight in gold.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'A witty, elegant and passionate book that should be on every writer's shelf.' Observer 'Lynne Truss deserves to be piled high with honours.' John Humphrys 'It can only be a matter of time before the new government seizes the chance to appoint her as minister for punctuation. The manifesto is ... more
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9781846680069
It's All in a Word : History, meaning and the sheer joy of words order quantity
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Author: Vivian Cook
Published by: Profile Books Ltd
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'Delightfully eclectic', 'browsable treat', 'serious study,''brilliant gift idea', things all said of Vivian Cook's last best-seller, applies equally to his hugely rich and educative new book on the pleasure of words. Cross words, crass words, kind words, bad words, first words, rude words, new words, weazel words, teen words, rap words, power words, color words, Indian words, Brit words, Blairwords, war words, ad words, p-c words, borrowed words, Shakespeare's amazing words, false words, fine words, wine words, American words, name words, last words, even lost for words - this book has them all. Vivian Cook takes us on a series of excursions down the curious byways of word history and meaning, mingling the fare with games, lists, tests, and quotes. Discover the theojollylogical joys of infixation. Find out if you're charva, what it means to be nithered, and how to hoy. Delve into the hidden nature of words. Consider how they're born, ... more
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9781741750485
Juicy Writing : Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers order quantity
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Author: Brigid Lowry
Published by: Allen & Unwin
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Being a writer is good because you get paid to write stuff up, you can stay home and work in your pajamas and you get to travel because it's research. Being a writer is bad when you're sitting all by yourself staring at a blank page. Brigid Lowry knows the highs and lows of being a writer, but she still thinks it's a joy. In this book she takes you on a journey to discover yourself and what you really want to say AND how to make it juicy and original. So, what do you need to begin? Where can you find ideas? How can you make your writing better? What can you do if you get stuck? Let Brigid inspire you to doodle, daydream and discover your creativity - then write hard and fast into the wild land of your imagination.

First published 2008.
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9780199564132
Oxford A-Z of Better Spelling order quantity
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Author: Oxford
Published by: Oxford University Press
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Good spelling is fundamental to making the right impression with any type of writing; reports, homework, CVs, and letters all require correct spelling in order to get the message across in clear and straightforward English. Adaptable or adaptible? Definite or definate? Delirious or delireous? What is the difference between assent and ascent, dual and duel, or forbear and forebear? How do you make the plural of halo? Is it halos or haloes? Actually it's both, but not so for potato, the plural of which is potatoes. Knowing the difference between easily confusable words, making plurals, and adding endings are just some of the aspects of spelling that confront us with endless pitfalls. This easy-to-use A-Z guide does what no spellchecker can do: it gives immediate access not only to individual word spellings but also to general rules that will help you develop good spelling. The book covers the topics in simple and helpful terms and also ... more
 
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9780470345405
Screen Writing for Dummies order quantity
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Published by: John Wiley & Sons
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9781408806357
The Completely Superior Person's Book of Words order quantity
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Author: Peter Bowler
Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons.' Peter Bowler's guides, as his thousands of fans worldwide already know, are witty, charming, and clever volumes that introduce weird and wonderful words. Now the three volumes are published in a collected edition for the first time to provide words to help you wriggle out of sticky debates, deal with obnoxious dinner guests and fill in sick leave application forms with panache. A picturesque panoply of words of which neither you nor anyone else has ever heard, Bowler provides not only an expanded range of words themselves, but also a genuine sense how to employ them to devastating effect. "The Completely Superior Person's Book of Words" is an arsenal of over a thousand sonifacient verbal weapons with which to verbigerate your friends and gorgonise your enemies.
Review: 'Will unquestionably establish you as the most interesting person at any dinner party' Daily Mail

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9781848310063
The Great Books: From the Iliad and the Odyssey to Goethe's Faust order quantity
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Author: Anthony O'Hear
Published by: Icon Books Ltd
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Anthony O'Hear presents a personal tour of the most impressive, influential and era-defining books mankind has ever produced.

Paradise Lost, The Canterbury Tales, Dom Quixote: great literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. Anthony O'Hear leads the way with this captivating journey through two-and-a-half millennia of books as dark, powerful, erotic, thrilling, politically astute and awe-inspiring as any modern bestseller.
We begin with Homer, whose poems of epic struggle have made him the father of Western literature. After Greek Tragedy, Plato, and Virgil's Aeneid comes Ovid, whose encyclopaedic Metamorphoses is an inexhaustible source for European art and literature. Via St Augustine we reach Dante, the author of The Divine Comedy, a sublime, terrifying tour through Hell, Purgatory and an ecstatic vision of Paradise. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Pascal, ... more

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9780752883076
The Maeve Binchy's Writers' Club order quantity
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Author: Maeve Binchy
Published by: Gollancz
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'The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up?' Maeve Binchy The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club gives a unique insight into how a No.1 bestselling author writes. Inspired by a course run by the National College of Ireland, it comprises 20 letters from Maeve, offering advice, tips and her own wonderfully witty take on the life of a writer, in addition to contributions from top writers, publishers and editors. Whether you want to write a saga or a thriller, comedy or journalism, or write for the radio or stage, this also gives advice on the best way to get started, and what editors, publishers and agents are looking for. The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club is a fascinating and informative guide to inspire all budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over.
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9780195387070
Word Origins...and How We Know Them : Etymology for Everyone order quantity
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Author: Anatoly Liberman
Published by: Oxford University Press
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Word Origins is the only guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson. This funny, charming, and conversational book not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Part history, part how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

First published 2005.
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9781869341084
Your Joking : An Easy Guide To Correct Punctuation order quantity
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Author: Mary Mountier
Published by: Grantham House
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..Including how to know the difference between your and you're. This is by no means a formal grammar book, just some simple rules, explained in simple terms.
Apostrophes, commas, confusing words, plurals, and quotation and exclamation marks - don't make basic English mistakes again.
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9780500514115
1000 Languages order quantity
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Author: Peter K. Austin
Published by: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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There are over 6,000 languages used around the world, and linguists estimate that by 2050 half of these will have become extinct. The use of language is what fundamentally distinguishes humans from other animals: only we have developed languages of such richness and flexibility that they can be used to elucidate abstract concepts, to expose our most intimate feelings and emotions, or even to create entire worlds of imagination to entertain, amuse or inspire others. This book offers a linguistic guided world tour, looking in detail at the eleven global languages, before exploring the major languages of each region in turn. Each language entry details numbers of speakers and geographical spread, together with a history of the growth and development of the language.
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Adult Learners Guide To Spelling order quantity
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Author: Chambers
Published by: Hodder Arnold
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Chambers Adult Learners' Guide to Spelling is a completely new book, aimed at adults who lack confidence in their ability to spell. It is not about all those turgid 'spelling rules'. Instead, it presents a practical routine that teaches learners strategies to conquer any word they find difficult and learn it for life. The two-colour text is clearly and spaciously laid out, and plentiful examples, activities and illustrations reinforce the skills being learned.
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9780571195145
Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature order quantity
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Author: John Mullan
Published by: Faber and Faber
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Many of the great books of English literature were first published without their authors' names upon them. But why did authors choose anonymity? And how did it excite the curiosity of their first readers? Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, "Anonymity" looks at the ways in which the disguises of writers such as Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte were first used to tease readers (and bamboozle critics). It is a gripping and fascinating fast-paced tour of many of the greatest works in English, and will enrich and reward all who love to read.
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9780330455831
A Writer's People: Ways of Seeing and Feeling order quantity
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Author: V. S. Naipaul
Published by: Picador
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The Nobel Prize winner writes candidly about cultural currents, ideas, experiences and the part they play in a life of writing.

Over the course of his astonishing fifty-year career, V.S. Naipaul’s writing has been characterized by a commitment to truth that gives his work a unique luminosity and brilliance. In A Writer’s People he brings unmatched clarity and rich experience to an exploration of the ways we think, see and feel.

The range of this extraordinary book reflects an intellect deeply engaged with the challenges of assimilation faced by the ‘serious traveller’, one for whom there can be no single world view. Naipaul writes about the classical world – what we have retained from it, what we have forgotten – and the more recent past. Figures as diverse as Mahatma Gandhi, Derek Walcott and Gustave Flaubert come under his compassionate scrutiny, as do his own early years in Trinidad, the silences in his family ... more
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9780733993701
Becoming an Effective Writer order quantity
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Author: Derek Wallace
Published by: Prentice Hall New Zealand
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