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  London for Lovers London for Lovers

  Sam Hodges 

  Forget Paris - London is the city for lovers. "London for Lovers" navigates the changing face of the Capital, with all of its secrets and surprises, mapping out dates full of originality, spontaneity, and adventure, allowing you to concentrate on the main event - each other. Whether your idea of romantic bliss is walking with dinosaurs in Crystal Palace...

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  The Unfolding of Language The Unfolding of Language

  Guy Deutscher 

  'Language is mankind's greatest invention - except of course, that it was never invented.' So begins Guy Deutscher's fascinating investigation into the evolution of language. No one believes that the Roman Senate sat down one day to design the complex system that is Latin grammar, and few believe, these days, in the literal truth of the story of the Tower...

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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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  The Stuff of Thought The Stuff of Thought

  Steven Pinker 

  In "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature", Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out of favour? Why do we threaten and bribe...

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  Lost in Translation:... Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English...

  Charlie Croker 

  In today's world no self-respecting English-language enthusiast could have failed to notice the frequent and flagrant abuse of our native tongue by pesky foreigners? (Forgetting, for a moment, the fact that many nations speak our language better than we do.) "Lost in Translation" features hundreds of genuine, original and utterly ridiculous examples of...

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  The Time Traveller's Guide to... The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

  Ian Mortimer 

  The past is a foreign country - this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it...

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  The Time Traveller's Guide to... The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

  Ian Mortimer 

  The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there...Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, and hear, and smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? And how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller's Guide...Ian Mortimer's radical new approach...

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  The Story of English in 100... The Story of English in 100 Words

  David Crystal 

  Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. In this...

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  I Never Knew That About... I Never Knew That About Britain: The Quiz Book

  Christopher Winn 

  Bestselling author and quiz master Christopher Winn is here to test your general knowledge of Britain with over 1000 quiz questions to perplex and puzzle about our glorious islands. Covering a myriad of subjects including history, cathedrals, sports, records, modern Britain, royalty, people, places, deeds, discoveries and disasters, there is something to...

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  I Never Knew That About the... I Never Knew That About the Irish

  Christopher Winn 

  In this charming book bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Irish people, taking us on a enthralling journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and surprising ways the places and their history contribute to the Irish character. As he travels across the Emerald Isle, he unearths the traditions, triumphs and...

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  Tequila Mockingbird Tequila Mockingbird

  Tim Federle 

  2013 Goodreads Choice Award in the category of Food & Cookbooks. You fought through "War and Peace," burned through "Fahrenheit 451," and sailed through "Moby-Dick." All right, you nearly drowned in "Moby-Dick," but you made it to shore and you deserve a drink! A fun gift for barflies and a terrific treat for book clubs, "Tequila Mockingbird" is the...

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  Sorry!: The English and Their... Sorry!: The English and Their Manners

  Henry Hitchings 

  Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when we see them. But where has this patchwork of beliefs and behaviours come from? How did manners develop? How do they change? And why do they matter so much to us? In examining our manners, Henry...

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  A History of London in 100... A History of London in 100 Places

  David Long 

  From Roman Londinium to the seething modern metropolis of today, journey through 2,000 years of the world's most vibrant capital. Shaped by invasion, occupation and immigration, and upheavals as diverse as the Great Fire, the Blitz and the Big Bang, London's history is unmatched for variety and drama. Sharing his passion and expert knowledge, David Long...

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  Shakespeare for Grown-ups:... Shakespeare for Grown-ups: Everything You Need...

  Elizabeth Foley 

  Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? If you've always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven't a clue what a petard - as in 'hoist with his own petard' - actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to bring you up to speed. From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for...

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  Very British Problems Very British Problems

  Rob Temple 

  There's an epidemic sweeping the nation Symptoms include: *Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss' *Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake *An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing...

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  An Utterly Exasperated... An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain

  John O'Farrell 

  Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?'. "An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain" informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped...

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