Writing & Language
The Wordhord
Hana Videen
Format: Hard Cover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English.
Improvise!
Max Dickins
Format: Paperback
Yes, this is a book about improvisation. And it's a book about business. Specifically, it's a book about how to build confidence, be more creative and face anything. If you want to get serious at work, it's time to play.
I Saw the Dog
Alexandra Aikhenvald
Format: Hard Cover
A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of language.
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
Format: Paperback
A modern classic - a funny and practical guide to being a writer by the New York Times bestseller.
Long Live Latin
Nicola Gardini
Format: Hard Cover
The international bestseller that celebrates the beauty, passion and life-lessons to be found in this not-so-dead language.
How To Write a Great Story
Caroline Lawrence
Format: Paperback
Million-copy-selling author Caroline Lawrence shares her best tips in this fun and accessible guide to creative writing and storytelling.
Talk on the Wild Side
Lane Greene
Format: Paperback
Why won't language do as it's told? Join the Economist's Johnson columnist on a headspinning journey of discovery
Sounds Appealing
David Crystal
Format: Paperback
The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation.
Talk on the Wild Side
Lane Greene
Format: Hard Cover
How language outsmarts its would-be masters, by the Economist's language columnist.
Write to the Point
Sam Leith
Format: Paperback
Get writing right - in the only way that matters.
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