|
Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language
Simon Horobin · Oxford University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
David Karashima · Soft Skull Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
|
|
Thirty years ago, when Haruki Murakami's works were first being translated, they were part of a series of pocket-size English-learning guides released only in Japan. Today his books can be read in fifty languages and have won prizes and sold millions of copies globally. How did a loner... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases
Chloe O. Davis
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Do you know where "yaaaas queen!" comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA stand for?The Queens' English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Penguin Portuguese Phrasebook
Jill Norman · Penguin Books
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback
|
|
An indispensable, fully up-to-date phrasebook for travellers to both Portugal and Brazil, in a pocket-size format and beautiful cover design This newly revised and updated Portuguese Phrase Book contains a wealth of useful words and phrases for travellers in both Portugal and Brazil, with... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way
Geraldine Woods · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A guide to the artistry that lifts a sentence from good to great.We all know the basic structure of a sentence: a subject/verb pair expressing a complete thought and ending with proper punctuation. But that classroom definition doesn't begin to describe the ways in which these elements... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
