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From Gaillimh to Galway: The Anglicisation of Irish Place Names
Ruth BurnellCurrent price €20.94Original price €26.50Have you ever wondered where your town or townland name came from? Do you want to know more about an Irish locality? Well if so this is the book fo...
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
Sarah HartCurrent price €21.11Original price €21.99A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Harts lightness of touch and passion for both su...
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Lord Sandwich and the Pants Man: Discover the People and Places Hidden in Everyday Words
Eamon EvansCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Ever wondered who 'the Joneses' were? Or what the original 'peeping Tom' got up to? We all know that there was a ballerina named Pavlova and an ear...
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Spellbound: Untangling English Spelling
Robbins BurlingCurrent price €27.83Original price €31.99Spellbound 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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Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas
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Rethinking Tradition in English Language and Literary Studies
Cambridge Scholars PublishingCurrent price €61.76Original price €70.99This volume deals with contemporary issues in the field of English studies in order to exchange ideas and experiences across the fields of English ...
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The Abuse of Language and the Language of Abuse
J. Andrew KirkCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99The particular words, whose use and meaning is examined in this study, are commonly used by people with strong convictions about moral issues and i...
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All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World
Zora O'NeillCurrent price €18.25Original price €21.99If youve ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora ONeill re...
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A History of Reading
Steven Roger FischerCurrent price €15.65Original price €17.99Tracing the complete story of reading from the age when symbol first became sign through to the electronic texts of the present day, Steven Roger F...
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Murli la: Songs and Stories of the Tiwi Islands
Ngarukuruwala Women's GroupCurrent price €28.28Original price €32.50A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully designed gift book that celebrates the culture of the Tiwi Islan...
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Where There''s a Will There''s a Way: Japanese Proverbs and Their English Equivalents
Primrose ArnanderCurrent price €9.56Original price €10.99The English may say, 'Where there's a will there's a way,' and the Japanese, 'A concentrated mind pierces even a rock', but the meaning is clearly ...
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Passio Christi: Community Edition
Kesva An Taves KernewekCurrent price €13.91Original price €15.99Current price €13.91Original price €15.99Save 13% -
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
Julia CresswellCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50Newly updated to incorporate recent additions to the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins provides a fascinating exploration of ...
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100 Favourite Scots Words
Pauline Cairns SpeitelCurrent price €11.61Original price €13.99Compiled from the Heralds Scots Word of the Week, this anthology provides a glimpse into the depth of diversity and culture which is to be found in...
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter - Then, Now, and Forever
John McWhorterCurrent price €24.80Original price €28.50Current price €24.80Original price €28.50Save 13% -
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Babel: Adventures in Translation
Dennis DuncanCurrent price €21.32Original price €24.50This innovative collection of essays shows how linguistic diversity has inspired people across time and cultures to embark on adventurous journeys ...
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon WinchesterCurrent price €15.65Original price €17.99'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English Di...
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The Yoga Sutras of Maharishi Patanjali
Yogachariya Jnandev GiriCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99Current price €14.78Original price €16.99Save 13% -
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Sabre Prattling: The Language of the Battlefield
Andrew RigsbyCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99The English language is liberally populated with idioms, similes and metaphors associated with firearms and conflict going back to the 14th Century...
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That''s the Ticket for Soup!: Victorian Views on Vocabulary as Told in the Pages of ''Punch''
David CrystalCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99The vocabulary of past times, no longer used in English, is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the...
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