For more than a century, The Times Atlas of the World has been an indispensible work of reference. This latest edition is the most comprehensive yet, For more than a century, The Times Atlas of the World has been an indispensible work of reference. This latest edition is the most comprehensive yet, with superb high-definition maps of every region. Sturdy, beautiful and endlessly absorbing, it includes astronomical photographs, features on the Earth's geology, environment and economy and a survey of the history of mapping, while the gazetteer index makes it easy to locate any town and feature on the planet, from A (in Norway) to Zywocice (Poland). ...more
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Adonis to Zorro Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion Andrew Delahunty; Sheila Dignen (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2010 Hardback
This dictionary is ideal for those moments when you need to avoid mixing up Eris and Eros, to decide whether an allusion to Shangri-La or Xanadu is moThis dictionary is ideal for those moments when you need to avoid mixing up Eris and Eros, to decide whether an allusion to Shangri-La or Xanadu is more appropriate, or to check where 'the horror, the horror' originated. The 1,900 entries include people, places, quotations and events that have given rise to everyday expressions and give examples of their recent use in journalism and fiction. This revised and updated third edition includes many new entries from modern popular culture and from non-English sources....more
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A Steroid Hit the Earth A Celebration of Misprints, Typos and Other Howlers Martin Toseland Portico 2009 Paperback
A single wrong letter ('The troops then fired rubber pullets' - Liverpool Echo), total confusion ('Queen Elizabeth has 10 times the lifespan of workerA single wrong letter ('The troops then fired rubber pullets' - Liverpool Echo), total confusion ('Queen Elizabeth has 10 times the lifespan of workers and lays up to 2,000 eggs a day' - Reuters) or happy accident ('A depression will mope across Southern England' - Grauniad weather), misprints are unintentional delights to Toseland. Instead of firing off complaints to the editor, he invites us to learn to love the noble misprint and the glorious ambiguity ('Juvenile court to try shooting defendant')....more
Times 2 Jumbo Crossword Book 4 John Grimshaw (Edited by) Times 2010 Paperback
This fourth book of Times 2 Jumbo crosswords gathers together all 60 of the puzzles published in The Times from August 2005 to August 2006. Slightly mThis fourth book of Times 2 Jumbo crosswords gathers together all 60 of the puzzles published in The Times from August 2005 to August 2006. Slightly more challenging than a daily times2 crossword, these super-sized puzzles have lengthier clues and require a more extensive vocabulary and more general knowledge - but provide even more satisfaction for the crossword- lover. ...more
Mrs Dolby's Memory Magic A Comprehensive Compendium of Tools, Tips and Exercises Karen Dolby Arrow 2010 Paperback
Here are scores of handy mnemonics and tricks to memorize such things as royal dynasties, the confederate states, co-ordinating conjunctions, the cranHere are scores of handy mnemonics and tricks to memorize such things as royal dynasties, the confederate states, co-ordinating conjunctions, the cranial nerves and the nine Muses (who are, appropriately enough, the daughters of Memory). Dolby also explains how to learn a foreign language effectively, how actors remember their lines and how the brain works to store memories....more
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