Author: 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 b...

Visitors to New Zealand are frequently surprised and puzzled by local terms and expressions. This concise AZ dictionary, now updated in a new e...

Believe it or not, this is probably the first book to attempt to identify the original sources of some of the English language's most common expres...

Some people casually say ''touch wood'' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won''t allow peacock feathers into the house. An...

In this revealing book, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we may have always been told are true, but which on closer e...