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A Smattering of Latin: Get classical with trivia, quizzes and fun
Simon JamesCurrent price €9.35Original price €11.99This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it...
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The Welsh Language: A History
Janet DaviesCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99The existence of the Welsh-language can come as a surprise to those who assume that English is the foundation language of Britain. However, J. R. R...
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Runes: Literacy in the Germanic Iron Age
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The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive Orliberating, Dead or Alive?
Rajiv MalhotraCurrent price €27.83Original price €31.99Current price €27.83Original price €31.99Save 13% -
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The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn''t Poke Your Giselle with a Barry
Justin Cord HayesCurrent price €14.61Original price €16.99The bizarre meanings behind everyday names!Did you know that Jacobs tend to cheat in school, Marys have nasty attitudes, and Catherines like to cau...
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It''s All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories
Alexander TullochCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, ...
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Forsyth MCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50The characteristically brilliant sequel to The Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon, The Horologicon ? which means ?a book of things...
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Place Names of Newquay: Henwyn-Tyller Tewynblustri
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Coming Home: One mans return to the Irish Language
Michael McCaughanCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99Some part of me believed I would become a more complete person if I spoke Irish, more in tune with my roots, my identity, my very being. I was o...
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Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can''t Live Without Them
Adrienne RaphelCurrent price €14.27Original price €16.99'Beautifully researched account, full of humour and personal insight'David Crystal, author of Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar ...
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The Banned List: A Manifesto Against Jargon and Cliche
John RentoulCurrent price €13.91Original price €15.99Let me be clear. This book does not contain a raft of measures to address issues around the abuse of the English language. It is not a forward offe...
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Translating Dialects and Languages of Minorities: Challenges and Solutions
Peter Lang AG Internationaler Verlag der WissenschaftenCurrent price €40.88Original price €46.99This book offers a range of analyses of the multiplicity of opinions and ideologies attached to rendering, in familiar or unfamiliar voices, langua...
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Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn''t Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom
Stanley FishCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that unders...
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Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers
Geoffrey HorrocksCurrent price €160.94Original price €184.99Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the sec...
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The Tongue of Adam
Abdelfattah KilitoCurrent price €13.11Original price €15.99In the beginning there was one language-one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. These days, no one bothers to ask ...
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How to Speak Klingon
Ben GrossblattCurrent price €13.93Original price €16.99Master the harsh, guttural language of Klingon with this indispensable audio phrasebook. This amusing and enlightening primer on ill-tempered and p...
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Resurrexio Domini: Community Edition
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Resurrexio Domini: Student Edition
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Handbook of the Changing World Language Map
Springer Nature Switzerland AGCurrent price €1,118.47Original price €1,363.99This reference work delivers an interdisciplinary, applied spatial and geographical approach to the study of languages and linguistics. This work i...
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Una lingua morta per letterature vive: il dibattito sul latino come lingua letteraria in eta moderna e contemporanea. Atti del convegno internazionale, Roma, 10-12 dicembre 2015
Leuven University PressCurrent price €72.20Original price €82.99La straordinaria polifonia di lingue che caratterizza le letterature nazionali di eta moderna e ormai un dato acquisito nelle piu aggiornate ricost...
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Nailing the Lies of the Plain English Campaign: Exposing the false claims of a business that preaches clarity and honesty to everyone else
Martin CuttsCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50Current price €16.10Original price €18.50Save 13%