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A Word In Your Shell-Like

Nigel Rees

A Word In Your Shell-Like

Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world’s best-known wordsmiths.The ideal replacement or complement to that tatty old copy of Brewer's Phrase and Fable most of us have about the house, A Word in Your Shell-Like is an entertaining look at both familiar and unfamiliar phrases by one of the key world authorities in...

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Nigel Rees

International Students’ Survival Gu...

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International Students’ Survival Guide

Get the most out of your time at universityThis e-book prepares you for undergraduate and postgraduate life at English-speaking universities. You will discover what to expect and how to prepare for living and studying in another country.Learn how to:• adjust to a new culture• make new friends• meet academic expectations• stay safe and wellThe authors are based in the US, UK and Australia so the ebook includes specific information relevant to students attending English-speaking universities in...

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Collins Letter Writing

Collins Dictionaries

Collins Letter Writing

The only guide you’ll ever need to help you write better letters, whether for business or pleasure.The world gets smaller and contacts get faster but whether it’s by computer or with pen-and-ink, the need to be able to communicate effectively in writing remains as important as ever. So whether you want to get in touch with a pen-pal, an e-pal, your bank manager, the editor of a newspaper, to make a complaint or declare your undying love, this guide will show you how to make the most of your...

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Collins Dictionaries

Steve Wright’s Further Factoids

Steve Wright

Steve Wright’s Further Factoids

After the phenomenal success of Steve Wright’s Book of Factoids, Steve returns with Further Factoids, bringing together the weirdest and most extraordinary factoids from BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright, one of nation's favourite DJs, is a man with a brain the size of a small planet. Unfortunately for him, this brain appears to be filled with trivia that would make Magnus Magnuson green with envy. Fortunately for us, he has decided to let his brain gush out into another...

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Steve Wright

The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challengi...

Olav Bjortomt

The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions

Can you match the double world quiz champion? More than 200 challenging quizzes and 4000 questions from the MindGames section of The Times will test you to the limit. All quizzes and answers are linked for ease of use. Hide the answers or view them alongside each quiz; test yourself or be the quiz master! Includes a picture question in each round.Olav won the inaugural Quiz Olympiad held in Athens, November 2016, by The International Quizzing Association (IQA).Subject areas include Geography,...

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Olav Bjortomt

About Writing and How to Publish

Cathy Glass

About Writing and How to Publish

Drawing on years of experience, and thousands of readers comments and reviews of her writing, internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass provides a clear and concise, practical guide on writing and the best ways to get published.Bestselling author Cathy Glass has written and published 18 books, sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide, and had no 1 bestsellers in both the UK and the US.In that time she has received thousands of emails from readers asking for her help and advice on writing and...

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Cathy Glass

Collins Gem

Collins Dictionaries

Collins Gem

You will never be lost for words in your travels around Spain and the Spanish islands again! Your ideal travel companion will ensure that you can say what you need in Spanish with ease and confidence.Reliable and easy-to-use, this phrasebook is an indispensable travel companion as you deal with the situations that crop up every day on holiday; from finding a chic hotel, or hiring a car to explore the countryside, to choosing a local delicacy from the menu, and, of course, setting up your...

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Collins Dictionaries

Командиры механизированных, мотобро...

Денис Юрьевич Соловьев

Командиры механизированных, мотоброневых, мотострелковых, танковых бригад Красной Армии 1935-1945 гг. Том 1

В многотомном военном справочнике приводятся подробные биографии всех командиров механизированных, мотоброневых, мотострелковых и танковых бригад Красной Армии 1935-1945 гг. Биографии составлены на базе УПК и личных дел командного состава Красной Армии. Многие биографии публикуются впервые!

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Денис Юрьевич Соловьев

Дачный календарь 2022

Татьяна Вязникова

Дачный календарь 2022

Перед вами уникальный календарь-копилка полезных народных знаний. Обратившись к календарю, вы узнаете все секреты успешного садоводства и огородничества: какие дни благоприятны для посева и посадок; когда лучше всего бороться с вредителями; как и когда правильно удобрять почву; когда собирать урожай для его наибольшей сохранности. Знание сезонных и лунных ритмов, народных примет, важных рекомендаций и предостережений поможет вам с наименьшими усилиями получить и сохранить обильный урожай. ...

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Татьяна Вязникова

Mermania: The Little Book of Mermai...

Rachel Federman

Mermania: The Little Book of Mermaids

Over 200 pages of legends, spells, facts and mermaid crafts! Do you need a little more magic in your life? What about shimmer? Look no further. Mermania is here! Packed full of over 200 enchanting pages of legends, spells, and facts, plus mermaid-inspired recipes and crafts, Mermania: The Little Book of Mermaids is the ultimate compendium of all things mer-people and their mystical aquatic lore. Did you know?This is the year of the mermaid – The mer-man film The Shape of Water won Best Picture...

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Rachel Federman

Semicolon: How a misunderstood punc...

Cecelia Watson

Semicolon: How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life

‘Fascinating… I loved this book; I really did’ David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules. Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realized that strict rules aren’t always the best way of teaching people how to make words say what they want them to; that they are even, sometimes, best ignored. One punctuation...

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Cecelia Watson

Way of the Warrior Kid

Jocko Willink

Way of the Warrior Kid

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