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Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library Collections, this book is sure to inspire real travel and vicarious vacations alike.

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our ancestors lived, worked, travelled and worshipped, and how their influence has shaped our landscape.From the most ancient sacred sites to towns that take t...

Humble Pie and Cold Turkey is an engaging historical exploration of the bizarre words and phrases that are sprinkled throughout the English Language. Designed to be easily accessible, this digestible book informs and entertains the budding linguist in equal measure.

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Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't.

Immerse yourself in a land full of literary locations in this tour through the great books of the British Isles. Caroline Taggart's guide to statues, walks both rural and urban, literary homes and vistas which inspired great scenes from our favourite novels is guaranteed to have something for every avid reader.

An entertaining and informative look at thousands of years of history to shed light on the words and phrases we use most often ‿ and where they came from.

Discover the joy of the English language with 500 unusual, interesting and ?perfect' words that will extend your vocabulary and your appreciation of our mother tongue.

The nature of summer holidaying and enjoying the summer in Britain during the war is looked back on whimsically and nostalgically, embracing a contagious spirit of British soldiering on.

Test Your Word Power is a brilliant collection of 50 multiple-choice quizzes in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct.

Britain's most famous royal attractions are run through in an amusing and immersive style, with fascinating facts and anecdotes throughout.

A gently humorous look at what matters and what does not matter in the world of punctuation, with comedic looks at badly expressed grammar gaffes across the ages. Embraces the development of language in an unstuffy manner.

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All That Glisters ... presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where they came from and why they may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one's friends.

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Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for 30 years before being asked to write I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Her later books include My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?) and Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English. As a result, she has appeared frequently on BBC Breakfast and on national and regional radio, talking about language, grammar and Pythagoras' theorem. With...

Funny, moving and sometimes tragic stories of attempts to celebrate Christmas over the course of the Second World War. Set to be popular with wartime nostalgia market.