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  Cosy : The British Art of... Cosy : The British Art of Comfort

  Laura Weir 

  'The slackers guide to staying in, the antidote to peak frazzle and spending too much time out on the razzle. It's time to tune in to being cosy, because tucking up inside with the ones you love is all that matters.' Laura Weir

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  Watching the English: The... Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of...

  Kate Fox 

  In this completely revised and updated edition of international bestseller WATCHING THE ENGLISH, anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. Now with new survey data to add weight to her original fieldwork findings, and more extensive field-research and experiments to back up earlier...

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  Mother Tongue: The English... Mother Tongue: The English Language

  Bill Bryson 

  A witty, irreverent but very useful account of the peculiarities of the English language. This book is designed to appeal to all lovers of language and history. The author also wrote "The Lost Continent", "Book of Blunders" and "Dictionary of Troublesome Words". "Mother Tongue" should appeal to all lovers of language and history and also those with a...

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  Get Around in English - The... Get Around in English - The How to be British...

  Martyn Ford 

  On the bus, at the hotel, by the seaside, under the weather...wherever you are, you'll need the right words to express yourself. No worries! With Get Around in English you'll know what to say to anyone, anywhere, at any time (well, more or less). The book is packed with model conversations, cultural clues, vital vocabulary, and comic illustrations in...

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  How Language Works How Language Works

  David Crystal 

  How babies babble, words change meaning and languages live or die ... In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling...

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  The Stories of English The Stories of English

  David Crystal 

  'A marvellous book ... for anyone who loves the English language(s) it will be a treasure house' Philip Pullman How did a language originally spoken by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one used by more than 1,500 million people? How have all the different versions of English evolved and changed? In this compelling global tour, David Crystal turns the...

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  Notes from a Small Island Notes from a Small Island

  Bill Bryson 

  After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland - and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that...

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  The Cat's Pyjamas: The... The Cat's Pyjamas: The Penguin Book of Clichés

  Julia Cresswell 

  A fascinating, thematic exploration of clichés from 'as the actress said to the bishop' to 'zero hour', explaining what they are and where they’ve come from. Julia Cresswell has taken her best-selling dictionary of clichés (‘Sumptuous… A mine of information’ - Guardian) 'back to the drawing board' and has created a book, packed with famous (and infamous)...

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  How to be a Brit How to be a Brit

  George Mikes 

  George Mikes has been studying the British for a long time; here in one book are his three major works, in which he unstintingly offers the fruits offorty years of field research to all aspirant Brits. Having himself been born abroad, Mr Mikes is in the ideal position to counsel others in the same unhappy state - and even Brits born and bred may pick up a...

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  The Secret Life of Words The Secret Life of Words

  Henry Hitchings 

  Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2008 Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? Try admiral, landscape and marmalade just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a...

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  Icons of England Icons of England

  Michael Palin 

  This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats,...

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  Globish Globish

  Robert McCrum 

  Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not necessarily be the Queen's English that you're hearing, but it is, nevertheless, a form of universally recognised English - it is Globish. In his wonderfully witty and informative new book, Robert McCrum explores the curious history, vivacity and endurance of English...

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  English Accents and Dialects... English Accents and Dialects 5th Ed. + Audio...

  Arthur Hughes 

  English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides you with a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major...

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  I Never Knew That About London I Never Knew That About London

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up the world's most dynamic metropolis I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that...

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  Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

  David Bellos 

  How do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This book shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and makes us who we are.

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  Spilling the Beans on the... Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

  Judy Parkinson 

  How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? Why is good health compared to a small stringed instrument? ('As fit as a fiddle.') And what do pickles have to do with quandaries? Let's not beat about the bush: despite the fact that we have all used these phrases at one time or another, and even enjoyed expressing them, they are in truth -...

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