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Red Herrings and White Elephants by Albert Jack
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
Bold as brass, cold feet, cock and bull, off the cuff, red herrings and white elephants - we use these phrases every day and yet have only the vaguest idea of where many of them come from. The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this book.
They Laughed at Galileo by Albert Jack
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Category: Science & Natural History
From the wireless to the computer, and from hula hoops to interplanetary travel, inventions and discoveries have changed our lifestyles in ways that would have astounded our ancestors. Each of them was originally developed by visionaries who dreamt of the seemingly impossible, but who were opposed by a ...Show more
What Caesar Did for My Salad - Not to Mention the Earl's Sandwich, Pavlova's Meringue and Other Curious Stories Behind Our Favourite Food by Albert Jack
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Category: Food Cooking Wine | Reading Level: very good
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what did some retired crusaders ha ...Show more
What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Secret Meanings of Our Favourite Dishes by Albert Jack
19.99 AUD
Category: Food Cooking Wine
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what did some retired crusaders ha ...Show more
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