Discover the joy of the English language with 500 unusual, interesting and ?perfect' words that w...

Quotations - or snippets from them - are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the...

Serious answers to rhetorical questions-what's not to like? For those of us who have long wondere...

From the author of the bestselling I Used to Know That comes a veracious cornucopia of 500 of the...

Her Ladyship's guide to speaking and writing better English. Wherever you are, whatever the compa...

Considers the art of conversation in all kinds of contexts, from first impressions to the art of ...

Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for 30 years before bei...

A round-up of Britain's most fascinating royal attractions, written in an amusing, accessible style.

Subtitled, 'The Stuff You Wish You Had Been Taught At School'. Covers all the main subjects, from...

From the 'Sunday Times' bestselling author, comes a humorous approach to punctuation, with silly ...

Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to pun...

El libro joven del mundo clásico

Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for 30 years before bei...

'Words are beautiful and versatile things, but when used incorrectly they can lose a lot in trans...

From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at t...

All of us face personal challenges in our lives that seem like boulders - immovable objects that ...

In this amusing yet practical guide to modern manners, Her Ladyship offers invaluable advice on e...

An entertaining and informative look at the words and phrases we use most often - and the stories...

My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of...

If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic eq...

Novel writing is a popular hobby. This book provides the would-be and starter novelist with vario...

Dust off those cerebral filing cabinets and remind yourself of all those facts you really should ...

Walking is one of the most natural and fundamental of all human conscious movements. It raises yo...

Walking is one of the most natural and fundamental of all human conscious movements. It raises yo...

The nature of summer holidaying and enjoying the summer in Britain during the war is looked back ...

Paperback edition of the fascinating book which provides readers with illuminating insights into ...

Humble Pie and Cold Turkey is an engaging historical exploration of the bizarre words and phrases...

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the mean...

The Novel-Writer's Toolkit

Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library ...

Following in the tradition of the British Library Philosophy of ... series, this full-colour book...

Start with Chaucer, Dickens, Blake and Larkin in Westminster Abbey. Hop on a bus through Zadie Sm...