Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins

An entertaining and informative look at thousands of years of history to shed light on the words and phrases we use most often - and where they cam...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book sets out to illustrate the relationship between Gaelic and English words within the wider Indo-European context. Many Scots, f...

Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story...Pub...

Reducere. In what may just be the most detailed, accurate and comprehensive book of its type ever published, Stanley J. St. Clair, author of On the Origin of...

Reducere. Set yourself apart in the business world with these phrases, expressions and idioms in American English. Have more confidence when speaking English...

Learn how to express yourself in English with hundreds of slang expressions, phrases and idioms. Find out how to speak and understand English slang...

Reducere. Paul Huson's trend-setting book on Tarot cards published in 1971 explores the magical and mythological imagery of the famous deck. The New Haven Re...

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DescriptionVolume III completes almost 10 years of extensive research into colloquial and figurative English. The series, Most Comprehensive Origin...

Reducere. This book is a fascinating continuation of the journey begun by researcher St. Clair in 2010 and contained in the original volume of Most Comprehen...

Reducere. DescriptionMost Comprehensive Origins of Clich s, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions Index for All Volumes was specifically compiled to tie togeth...

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Reducere. The Mitten meets How to Catch a Turkey in this absurd-yet-heartwarming read-aloud that's perfect for Thanksgiving--or anytime you're feeling ch-ch-...

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DescriptionThe origins of a remarkable number of everyday words and phrases are anchored in our seafaring past. Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nauti...

A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language-an intersectional, inclusive illustrated glossary feat...

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Learn how to express yourself in English with hundreds of time expressions, phrases and idioms.Find out how to talk about time in English like a pr...

DescriptionHave you ever wondered where terms like 'end of your tether', 'gets my goat' or 'letting ones hair down' come from? Or why we call some ...

In The Secret Life of Bones, Brian Switek frames the history of our species through the importance of bone from instruments and jewellery, to objec...

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Post-Cold-War Japanese Animation. Five Directors and Their Visions - Maria Grajdian

ADVANCED ENGLISH is a short, no-nonsense, reader-friendly bank of academic "expressions" written for both graduate and undergraduate students who a...

Reducere. DescriptionA Star in the West is an investigation by Elias Boudinot into the widely-held belief that the Native Americans were descended from the l...

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Reducere. Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. ...

Reducere. The Humble Essay introduces student writers to the three main things that the college essay expects from them -- stick to one main idea, follow the...

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Reducere. Winner of the R.B.Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Even in antiquity, writers were intrigued by the origins of the peop...