Words That Go Ping: The Ridiculously Wonderful World of Onomatopoeia by Barbara Lasserre
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Barbara Lasserre brings the neglected world of onomatopoeia to life in this witty little gem of a book which will delight language lovers.
Devotion: Why I Write by Patti Smith
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From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, a rare and generous look into the creative process A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic--its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? ...Show more
Inadvertent: Why I Write by Karl Ove Knausgaard
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The second book in the Why I Write series provides generous insight into the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard "Why I Write" may prove to be the most difficult question Karl Ove Knausgaard has struggled to answer yet it is central to the project of one of the ...Show more
That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means - The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories by Kathryn Petras; Ross Petras
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An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse. Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redu ...Show more
Times Great Quotations: Wit and Wisdom of the Great and Good [New Edition] by Author TBC
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Discover the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi alongside the wit of Groucho Marx in a collection of the greatest and most memorable quotations from across the centuries: an entertaining compendium of themed quotes from the greatest minds, orators, celebrities, writers and politicians that ever lived. Funny and p ...Show more
Write a Letter - Put Pen to Paper and Put a Smile on the Face of a Stranger, a Friend or Yourself by Jodi Bickley
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There are more ways than ever to communicate with people. But none match the intimacy, care and fulfilment found in sending and receiving letters. A letter can be the greatest gift. It's a keepsake, a captured memory, an heirloom. This book contains everything you need -- from the prompts to get you wr ...Show more
Books That Saved My Life - Reading for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
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Here are forty texts to read at some stage in your life: forty texts that can enrich you in all manner of ways. Some are recent, like Harry Potter; some ancient, like Homer and Lao Tzu. There are memoirs (Nelson Mandela), poetry (Les Murray) and many of the world's great novels, from George Eliot's Midd ...Show more
Word to the Wise - Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse and Myths of Language by Mark Broatch
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Even the best wordsmiths can find themselves tripping over words that are commonly misused, mixed up or misspelled. Most of us have suffered the embarrassment of suddenly discovering that they have been using or spelling a word wrong for years, or, in some cases, their entire life. This useful reference ...Show more
Curious English Words and Phrases - The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use by Max Cryer
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Have you ever wondered where terms like 'end of your tether', 'gets my goat' or 'letting ones hair down' come from? Or why we call some people 'geezers', 'sugar daddies' or 'lounge lizards'? Or where the words 'eavesdropping', 'nickname' and 'D-Day' come from? They are just a few of the many words and p ...Show more
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die - A Life-Changing List by James Mustich
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"The ultimate literary bucket list." --THE WASHINGTON POST Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends.Covering fiction, poetr ...Show more
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall (General Editor)
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Delve into the pages of this sumptuously illustrated book and take a tour of the greatest novels that the world has to offer. Fully updated for 2018.
Tyrant Shakespeare On Power by Stephen Greenblatt
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'Brilliant' - Sunday Times How does a truly disastrous leader - a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant - come to power? How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power? And what goes on in the hidden recesses of the tyrant's soul? For help in understanding our most urgent contemporary dilemmas, William Shake ...Show more