Henry Hitchings
How To Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read
$35.00 – Hardcover book / John Murray
Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore? Well, help is at hand. Let Henry Hitchings educate you in the in... Buy or find out more →
Secret Life Of Words
$55.00 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline
AN ECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR
The Secret Life of Wordsis a wide-ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the English languag. It's a history of English as a whole, and of the t... Buy or find out more →
Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World
$24.99 – Paperback book / Hodder Headline
Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? ... Buy or find out more →