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  The Language Wars The Language Wars

  Henry Hitchings 

  The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of...

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  The Shock Doctrine The Shock Doctrine

  Naomi Klein 

  Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Thrilling and revelatory, "The Shock Doctrine" cracks open the secret history of our era. Exposing these global...

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  The Fry Chronicles The Fry Chronicles

  Stephen Fry 

  An amusing and genuinely touching memoir of this charming, self-deprecating and well-spoken English treasure. Nothing too surprising, we all know the Footlights story by now, but utterly engaging all the same.

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  The Mastery of Love The Mastery of Love

  Don Miguel Ruiz 

  In a refreshingly honest investigation of the true nature of love, don Miguel Ruiz brings to light the commonly held fallacies and misplaced expectations about love that permeate most relationships. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda, he uses inspirational stories to impart the wisdom of three fundamental Toltec masteries (Awareness, Transformation, and...

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  It's a Wonderful Word It's a Wonderful Word

  Albert Jack 

  Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocadoes? In "It's a Wonderful Word", bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the...

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  I Never Knew There Was a Word... I Never Knew There Was a Word for it

  Adam J. de Boinod 

  From 'shotclog' a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating words and expressions that will improve absolutely everybody's quality of life. All they need is this book! This...

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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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  The Biology of Belief The Biology of Belief

  Bruce Lipton 

  Through the research of Dr Lipton and other leading-edge scientists, stunning new discoveries have been made about the interaction between your mind and body and the processes by which cells receive information. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology, that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic...

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  That Sweet Enemy That Sweet Enemy

  Robert Tombs 

  "That Sweet Enemy "brings both British wit (Robert Tombs is a British historian) and French panache (Isabelle Tombs is a French historian) to bear on three centuries of the history of Britain and France. From Waterloo to Chirac's slandering of British cooking, the authors chart this cross-channel entanglement and the unparalleled breadth of cultural,...

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  The Age of Wonder The Age of Wonder

  Richard Holmes 

  Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Book Richard Holmes, prize-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley, explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain at the end of the 18th century in his ground-breaking new biography 'The Age of Wonder'. 'The Age of Wonder' is...

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  The Secret History of the... The Secret History of the American Empire

  John Perkins 

  From the author of the "New York Times bestseller " Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" comes an expos of international corruption. Perkins suggests how Americans can work to create a more peaceful and stable world for future generations.

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  The Present The Present

  Spencer Johnson 

  Dr. Spencer Johnson's stories of timeless, simple truths have changed the work and lives of millions of readers around the world. Now comes an insightful new tale of inspiration and practical guidance for these turbulent times. The Present is the best gift you can receive because it makes you happy and successful!Having peace of mind and...

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  The Mercurial Emperor The Mercurial Emperor

  Peter Marshall 

  First published under the title "The Theatre of the World", this is a captivating portrait of the crucible of magic, science and religion at the court of the doomed dreamer Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague. In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under...

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  Outliers Outliers

  Malcolm Gladwell 

  Penguin Books Ltd (Uk), 2009. Softcover. Book Condition: Neu. Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question. In this stunning new book, Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and...

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  The Rise and Fall of Communism The Rise and Fall of Communism

  Archie Brown 

  Winner of the 2010 W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for Best Political Science Book of the Year 2010. The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. No political change has been more fundamental than its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere. In this hugely acclaimed book Archie Brown...

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  Jamie's Great Britain Jamie's Great Britain

  Jamie Oliver 

  Celebrating Britain's very best food Jamie grew up in one of the first true British "gastropubs", which his Mum and Dad still run today. For him, the heart and soul of real British cooking is food that puts a smile on your face. And that's what he wants to share in the new book: the essence of British food, done properly. Over the years, British food...

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