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  • Curious Phrases

    de Leslie Dunkling ...
    Series series Collins Dictionary of
    The ebook edition of the Collins Dictionary of Curious Phrases is an updated and revised version of Leslie Dunkling’s classic work on curious and baffling phrases.This edition contains a selection of new phrases and explanations. It is redesigned to make it easier to use and will also contain references to internet sites where readers will be able to find out yet more about the curious phrases we ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • Collins Dictionary Of Surnames

    From Abbey to Mutton, Nabbs to Zouch

    de Leslie Dunkling ...
    Dictionary of Surnames is the definitive guide to the origin and meaning of British surnames by one of Britain’s leading authority on names.The essential A–Z companion to the study of names of the British IslesIncludes the oldest varieties of British names as well as recent arrivals such as PatelAs well as individual entries, includes collective entries on topics such as names which derive from ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address

    de Leslie Dunkling ...
    This book will give learners of English the confidence to address people appropriately in a wide variety of situations. It will also help them to understand what is implied when an English speaker uses a particular way of addressing someone. These topics are entirely neglected in most courses and textbooks, and there is no other reference work on the subject. Anyone who is fascinated by words will ... Leer más

    $275.99 USD

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  • The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime And Other Stories (Mobi Classics)

    de Oscar Wilde ...
    ContentsThe Devoted Friend The Happy Prince Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Model Millionaire The Nightingale and the Rose The Portrait of Mr. W. H The Remarkable Rocket The Selfish Giant The Sphinx without a Secret ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How Novels Work

    de John Mullan ...
    Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Who Said That First? The curious origins of common words and phrases

    de Max Cryer ...
    Many bright minds have come up with expressions we now take for granted as part of the English language, and which we use freely in vernacular speech. But the originators of many of our most useful second-hand remarks go uncredited. So who said it first? This collection sets out to credit as far as its possible to do so the people who actually created many familiar terms in common us. For example, ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Murder Must Appetize

    de Mr H. R. F. Keating ...
    A monograph of Golden Age detective fiction from H.R.F. Keating, doyen of classic detective writers.Murder Must Appetize is an affectionate return to the halcyon days of the detective story when Hercule Poirot and Lord Peter Wimsey were young and a touch of arsenic was still the ultimate deterrent. Apart from old friends like Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie, we meet the less well remembered ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases

    de Robert Allen ...
    Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Dubliners

    de James Joyce ; Jeri Johnson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for Dubliners, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would 'retard the course of civilisation in Ireland'. Each of the fifteen stories offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Dubliners - a death, an encounter, an opportunity not taken, a memory rekindled - and collectively paint a portrait of a nation. This edition is ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • Black Beauty

    de Anna Sewell ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'I have heard men say, that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing.' Anna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse, published in 1877, is one of the bestselling novels in English. It was written not for children, but to expose and prevent cruelty to horses, and is a classic of Victorian literature that continues to captivate readers young and old. Black Beauty's moving ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Little Book of Puns

    Ingenious wordplay and groan-inducing quips

    de Alison Westwood ...
    Ingenious wordplay and groan-inducing quipsIn today’s busy world, where text-speak seems to be the prevalent form of written English, and the average teenager can barely form a proper sentence without using the numbers '4' or '8' as substitutes for letters, is the pun becoming an endangered species?As a society we have come to regard wordplay as old-fashioned, obvious humour, because it hinges ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • Common Phrases

    And the Amazing Stories Behind Them

    de Max Cryer ...
    In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD