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Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word
Matthew BattlesCurrent price €21.32Original price €24.50Matthew Battles explores the questions of why writing exists and what it means to those who write. Born from the interplay of natural and cultural ...
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Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use
Max CryerCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99For anyone who has ever puzzled over why we say ''''spill the beans'''', ''''spitting image'''', and a plethora of other weird and wonderful phrase...
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The Emergence and Development of English: An Introduction
William A. KretzschmarCurrent price €22.95Original price €27.99This textbook provides a step-by-step introduction to the history of the English language (HEL), offering a fresh perspective on the process of lan...
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The Emergence and Development of English: An Introduction
JrCurrent price €66.11Original price €75.99This textbook provides a step-by-step introduction to the history of the English language (HEL), offering a fresh perspective on the process of lan...
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Keith HoustonCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histor...
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Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
Rebecca GowersCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists...
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Languages: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen AndersonCurrent price €13.91Original price €15.99How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages di...
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From Ancient Arabia to Modern Cairo: Papers from the BRISMES Annual Conference 2009
Oxford University PressCurrent price €28.28Original price €32.50A collection of essays, originating from papers given at the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies conference held at the University of Manche...
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The Oxford Guide to Etymology
Philip DurkinCurrent price €28.28Original price €32.50This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologis...
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The Writing on the Wall: Everyday Phrases from the King James Bible
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Leaves on the Line: What the British say ... And what they really mean
Martin ToselandCurrent price €12.47Original price €15.99In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. W...
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English in the World: History, Diversity, Change
Mark SandersCurrent price €133.97Original price €153.99English in the World: History, Diversity, Change examines the English language as it has developed through history and is used across the globe tod...
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An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
Caroline TaggartCurrent price €10.43Original price €11.99Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?Can beggars be choosers?Is it always better late than never?Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sa...
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Spellbound: Untangling English Spelling
Robbins BurlingCurrent price €76.26Original price €93.00Spellbound considers the history of English spelling and provides suggestions for modern day reform of its irregularities.The first half of the boo...
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Latin Inscriptions
Dirk BoomsCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99Latin inscriptions can appear daunting a jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. However, once you know how, most are easy to read as ...
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Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist''s Guide to Britain
David CrystalCurrent price €16.14Original price €18.99Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shaped it. It unites the warriors, whose invasions tran...
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The Art Of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
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The Horologicon: A Day''s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Mark ForsythCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, ...
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The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting
Anne TrubekCurrent price €19.13Original price €21.99Persuasively argues that our fixation with writing by hand is driven more by emotion than evidence, as it is perceived to be inextricably linked to...
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Mothballs and Elbow Grease
National TrustCurrent price €9.83Original price €11.99A charming, attractively illustrated collection of household sayings with their origins and meanings.Mothballs and Elbow Grease explores the impact...
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Garner''s Dictionary of Legal Usage
Bryan GarnerCurrent price €53.51Original price €61.50This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage marshals and analyses the modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporar...
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The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
Collins BooksCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people. We communicate through the spoken and written word and language h...
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Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don''t RhymeAnd Other Oddities of the English Language
Arika OkrentCurrent price €20.00Original price €22.99Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily busin...
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