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Hardcover. Contains definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions. This encyclopedia features anecdotes and information on the development of a wide range of words, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign language expressions, and phrases from literature. Num Pages: 948 pages. BIC Classification: CFF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 221 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 4th Updated, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816069668
- ISBN
- 9780816069668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.80
€ 150.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: CFP; HRCG3; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801039720
- ISBN
- 9780801039720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
€ 26.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. First published in Japan in 2008 by Chikumashobo Ltd., Tokyo. entitled "Nihongo ga horobiru toki: Eigo no seiki no naka de." Translator(s): Yoshihara, Mari; Carpenter, Juliet Winters. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163033
- ISBN
- 9780231163033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Hardback. First published in Japan in 2008 by Chikumashobo Ltd., Tokyo. entitled "Nihongo ga horobiru toki: Eigo no seiki no naka de." Translator(s): Yoshihara, Mari; Carpenter, Juliet Winters. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163026
- ISBN
- 9780231163026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. A guide to the nuts and bolts of fantasy writing that illustrates techniques with examples drawn from published fantasy fiction and offers plentiful drills and exercises to help students hone their writing skills. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097065
- ISBN
- 9780719097065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.59
€ 26.99
€ 26.59
Paperback. An extensive exploration into autobiographical writing, combining practical analysis for creative nonfiction writers with criticism of key texts for students of literary studies Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623568016
- ISBN
- 9781623568016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.60
€ 37.99
€ 32.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441103178
- ISBN
- 9781441103178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.80
€ 7.80
Paperback. Contrary to popular belief, the author of the first English dictionary is not Samuel Johnson, but Robert Cawdrey, who published his Table Alphabeticall in 1604 - nearly 150 years before Johnson's dictionary. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243884
- ISBN
- 9781851243884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.60
€ 14.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243877
- ISBN
- 9781851243877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Hardcover. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBX; CFFD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Fine copy in dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0008974
- ISBN
- 9781851243488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A practical and succinct guide designed to help you give your manuscript its best chance to be noticed by literary agents. Contains a systematic chapter-by-chapter look at the symptoms of bad writing and how to avoid them. Written in an engaging and friendly style by a successful literary agent with a knowledgeable insider's perspective. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199575282
- ISBN
- 9780199575282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.21
€ 16.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Suitable for writers, this title includes chapters that offers a writing-related discussion, followed by a five-minute exercise. Five minutes a day spent on an exercise is one of the most effective methods there is to expand your potential and develop self-discipline. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- How To Books
- Number of pages
- 185
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845283391
- ISBN
- 9781845283391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CBWJ; JPP; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621572862
- ISBN
- 9781621572862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64
paperback. The scope of The Forged Feature is two-fold: to bring together a representative selection of critical essays bearing on Belitt's interests as poet, critic, teacher, and translator; and to furnish an on-going review of his concern with the encoding of languages and the exigencies of their imaginative retrieval. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823216048
- ISBN
- 9780823216048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Hardback. Essays on the complexity of multilingualism in medieval England. Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844594
- ISBN
- 9781843844594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.96
€ 113.96
Paperback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 2. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509513321
- ISBN
- 9781509513321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.78
€ 21.78
Hardback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509513314
- ISBN
- 9781509513314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Baofu, Peter, PhD. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631171048
- ISBN
- 9781631171048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 388.29€ 261.29
€ 388.29
€ 261.29
Paperback. This Scots Gaelic-English dictionary contains numerous examples of usage and idiom which have been modelled on examples culled from modern literature, and encompass many registers ranging from modern colloquial speech, to more elaborate literary constructions. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 70. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415297615
- ISBN
- 9780415297615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.02
€ 92.02
Hardcover. Featuring more than 1,000 ASL sign drawings arranged alphabetically by English terms, and color illustrations and practice sentences for each sign, this dictionary serves a two-fold purpose - to increase and improve deaf children's English vocabulary skills and to teach American Sign Language to hearing children. Editor(s): Editors of Gallaudet University Press. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1048 full-colour illustrations, plus dvd. BIC Classification: CBDX; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 293 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686313
- ISBN
- 9781563686313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.15
€ 40.99
€ 31.15