(Paperback)

Looks at a range of examples, providing definitions and explaining how they should be used. This practical guide is arranged by theme, making it possible to compare all the idioms in that subject area and find the right one for the occasion, whether in writing or speech.

(Paperback)

This is a revised edition of the existing "Nuttall's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" that is designed to help widen the reader's vocabulary. Lists of synonyms provide alternative words of the same meaning while lists of antonyms provide words of opposite meaning.

(Paperback)

The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.

(Paperback)

Despite lower levels of compulsory Latin in schools, the language remains prolific in many areas of our daily life. This is a comprehensive dictionary that includes Latin to English, English to Latin, notes on grammar and pronunciation as well as the historical context of this classical language.

(Paperback)

This companion for rhymesters everywhere - from lyric poets to limerick writers, from songwriters to composers of commercial jingles and slogans. Unlike many of its predecessors it is not merely organized according to spelling of the words, but also on phonetic principles.

(Paperback, Main)

During the more than ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective handbook for his courses.

(Paperback)

An indispensable guide for writers of English prose from Robert Graves.

(Paperback)

A sleeper hit in hardcover -- now in paperback with new material. A surprising, and entertaining, explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.

(Paperback)

A memoir about a young boy growing up in Dublin and his family's homesickness for a country they can call their own.

(Paperback)

The revealing stories behind slang, the language that shows us at our most human

(Paperback)

Entertaining and erudite, and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, this title describes a societal metamorphosis, tracing the fallout of the world wars, the rise of an educated middle class, and the emergence of America as the undisputed leader of the free world, and illuminating how those forces shaped our language.

(Paperback, Main)

From the author of Globish, a new edition of the acclaimed history of the English language.

(Paperback, Main)

An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages.

(Paperback)

The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

(Paperback)

Synopsis coming soon.......

(Paperback)

Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness.

(Paperback, Main)

Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, classical or popular singer, politician, public speaker, or need to present for business, church or college, The Voice Book will help you to discover how to use your voice.

(Paperback)

A completely original guide to the screenwriter's art - as only the writer of Blade Runner could conceive it.

(Paperback)

Jam-packed with proven strategies, nuts-and-bolts advice, sample queries and proposals, interviews with publishing experts, and "Hit the Gas" tips for speeding up the proposal process, The Weekend Book Proposal will show you how to succeed and prosper as a writer--and sell your books before you've even written them!

(Paperback)

From information about words and their uses, useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature and film, to bizarre test answers and much, much more, The Wonderful World of Words is bursting with truly oddball facts about words and language and will have you hooked from the very first page.

(Paperback)

The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience and twenty years as Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary

(Paperback)

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING WITH GOOD STYLE.

Whether you are writing for personal or professional reasons, this book contains not only the eternal rules of fluent style, but also the latest rules for writing in the internet age.

(Paperback)

Clever, funny and captivating The Writing School is a memoir told by way of a fictionalised account of the author's time teaching a residential writing course deep in the British countryside. A highly original book about writing, writers and what drives us to want to put lives into words.

(Hardback)