Caroline Taggart Forfatter
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My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness.... Læs mere
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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat takes us on a wonderful journey through our language’s history.
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Wartime Summer: True Stories of Love, Life and Loss on the British Home Front (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A nostalgic window into the Great British Summertime during WWII.
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An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much... Læs mere
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I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is guaranteed to provide all the answers.
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A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A Classical Education provides many of the classical facts that modern schooling leaves out. Perfect for parents who wish to teach... Læs mere
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Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't.
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Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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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The Book of English Place Names: How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
