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500 Beautiful Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
CRESTFALLEN at CHICANERY and CIRCUMLOCUTION? Have no TRUCK with TOMFOOLERY and TRUMPERY? Or OMNISCIENT about OBLOQUIES and OPSIMATHS?Whether you've answered yes, no or 'sorry, I didn't catch that', 500 Beautiful Words You Should Know is for you. It offers words that flow EXQUISITELY off the tongue; word ...Show more
500 Words You Should Know by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. This book will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full p ...Show more
A to Z Great Modern Writers by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Stationery & Gift | Series: A-Z Great Modern Series | Reading Level: very good
Artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy turns his hand to the world of modern literature in this new instalment of the A-Z series. Rendered in his distinctive style, this new book features portraits of 52 key modern writers significant for their contribution to literature, with a whole host of names from ...Show more
An Apple a Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: I Used to Know That ...
From Old Testament proverbs to modern phrases like "the best things in life are free," "An Apple a Day" takes a fun look at expressions that "have stood the test of time." Read through from start to finish or search through the list of hundreds of the most common proverbs, arranged from A to Z for easy ...Show more
As Right as Rain: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
Would you be down in the dumps if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, it was all Greek to you? Let's not beat about the bush: the English language is littered with linguistic quirks, which, out of context, seem completely peculiar. If you can't quite cut the mustard, this book will explain ho ...Show more
Back to Basics: The Education You Wish You'd Had by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
Don't know Midas from Oedipus? Wouldn't recognize a concerto from a sonata? Many of us wish that we could fill in the gaps in our education in order to avoid those embarrassing situations when we feel as if we don't know things that others do. In Back to Basics, bestselling author Caroline Taggart provi ...Show more
Classical Education by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught at School
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? A "Classical Educat ...Show more
Collins Little Books of Grammar Secrets by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: Collins Little Books
Inside this little book one of Britain's top Grammar Gurus reveals all you need to know about Grammar but were afraid to ask. Let's admit it, we all struggle with Grammar. There, they're or their? Who's or whose? Me or I? Fewer or less? Worry no more, Caroline is here to take the grind out of grammar in ...Show more
Her Ladyship's Guide to the Art of Conversation by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
The ability to engage and entertain your companions always stands you in good stead but many people feel nervous with strangers or fear that they lack the skills to put others at ease. Fortunately, Her Ladyship is on hand to help you become a conversationalist par excellence! Embracing all sorts of situ ...Show more
I Used to Know That: - Stuff You Forgot From School by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: I Used to Know That ... | Reading Level: very good
A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and ...Show more
Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
A fascinating collection of the many unusual and vibrant phrases that adorn our language, looking at their origins and meanings. Don't be down in the dumps if you can't cut the mustard when asked the definition of certain phrases - this down-to-earth guide is just the ticket. This collection contains so ...Show more
The I Used to Know That Activity Book: Stuff You Forgot from School by Caroline Taggart
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words | Series: I Used to Know That ... Ser.
Dust off those cerebral filing cabinets and remind yourself of all those facts you really should know! From pi and Pythagoras to presidents and popes, prime ministers to prime numbers, literature to litmus tests, there is so much information from our school days that we have forgotten, or only half-rem ...Show more
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