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    500 Beautiful Words You Should Know

    Caroline Taggart

    Discover the joy of the English language with 500 unusual, interesting and ‘perfect’ words that will extend your vocabulary and your appreciation of our mother tongue.

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    Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins

    Caroline Taggart

    Humble Pie and Cold Turkey is an engaging historical exploration of the bizarre words and phrases that are sprinkled throughout the English Language. Designed to be easily accessible, this digestible…

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    My Grammar and I (or Should That be ‘Me’?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English

    Caroline Taggart,J. A. Wines

    My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness. Refreshing everything you should have learnt at school and more, My…

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    Improve Your Word Power: Test and Build Your Vocabulary

    Caroline Taggart

    ImproveYour Word Power is a brilliant collection of 50 multiple-choice quizzes in which the reader is asked to decide which definition of a given word is correct.

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    Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation

    Caroline Taggart

    Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn’t.

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    The Book of London Place Names

    Caroline Taggart

    Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were? Meet forgotten residents whose names survive in the places where…

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    Christmas at War - True Stories of How Britain Came Together on the Home Front: True Stories of How Britain Came Together on the Home Front

    Caroline Taggart

    No turkey. No fruit to make a decent pudding. No money for presents. Your children away from home to keep them safe from bombing; your husband, father and brothers off…

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    Wartime Summer: True Stories of Love, Life and Loss on the British Home Front

    Caroline Taggart

    A nostalgic window into the Great British Summertime during WWII.

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    Does a Bear Sh*t in the Woods?: Answers to Rhetorical Questions

    Caroline Taggart

    From the most profound questions of philosophy to queries of geography and science, this deadpan book is full of hilarious information readers never knew they needed including: What’s love got…

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    Back to Basics: The Education You Wish You’d Had

    Caroline Taggart

    This useful book will provide readers with the opportunity to learn the things that were never taught at school, while also giving a refresher course on the main staples. From…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to Greeting the Queen: and Other Questions of Modern Etiquette

    Caroline Taggart

    In this amusing yet practical guide to modern manners, Her Ladyship offers invaluable advice on every aspect of etiquette, both royal and everyday so you will never again worry about…

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    The I Used to Know That Activity Book: Stuff you forgot from school

    Caroline Taggart

    Designed to dust off those cerebral filing cabinets, this is an enjoyable and interactive way of reminding ourselves of all those facts that we’d like to remember and re-learn, or…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to the British Season: The essential practical and etiquette guide

    Caroline Taggart

    From the Chelsea Flower Show, the Glyndebourne Festival and Glorious Goodwood to Royal Ascot, the Henley Royal Regatta and Wimbledon, the British Season is a social minefield - and who…

    $23.99

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    All That Glisters …: And Other Quotations You Should Know

    Caroline Taggart

    All That Glisters … presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where they came from and why they may be useful when…

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    The Book of English Place Names: How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names

    Caroline Taggart

    Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to the Art of Conversation

    Caroline Taggart

    From a garden party amongst royals to a business reception, this book covers common mistakes of conversational etiquette and offers countless suggestions on how to keep the conversation flowing so…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to the Queen’s English

    Caroline Taggart

    Her Ladyship’s guide to speaking and writing better English. Wherever you are, whatever the company, good English will always stand you in good stead.

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to Running One’s Home

    Caroline Taggart

    Walking is one of the most natural and fundamental of all human conscious movements. It raises your heartbeat, calms your mind and tones your muscles. How ever fast or slowly…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to Running One’s Home

    Caroline Taggart

    Walking is one of the most natural and fundamental of all human conscious movements. It raises your heartbeat, calms your mind and tones your muscles. How ever fast or slowly…

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    How to Greet the Queen: and Other Questions of Modern Etiquette

    Caroline Taggart

    Practical and invaluable advice on every aspect of modern etiquette, both royal and everyday. The author, Her Ladyship, guides you through basic good manners in a range of situations, both…

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    A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You’d Been Taught At School

    Caroline Taggart

    A Classical Education provides many of the classical facts that modern schooling leaves out. Perfect for parents who wish to teach their children and for those who would like to…

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    I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School

    Caroline Taggart

    If you’ve forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction…

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    500 Words You Should Know

    Caroline Taggart

    Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. Arranged thematically, each…

    $22.99

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    The Novel Writer’s Toolkit: Your Ultimate Guide to Writing and Publishing a Successful Novel

    Novel writing is a popular hobby. This book provides the would-be and starter novelist with various tools needed to get started. It provides a glossary of terms and listing of…

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    The Accidental Apostrophe: … And Other Misadventures in Punctuation

    Caroline Taggart

    Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart takes her usual gentle and gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn’t.

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    Humble Pie and Cold Turkey: English Expressions and Their Origins

    Caroline Taggart

    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 came from.

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    Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions

    Caroline Taggart

    From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat takes us on a wonderful journey through our language’s history.

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    An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work

    Caroline Taggart

    Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed…

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    500 Words You Should Know

    Caroline Taggart

    Ever wanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a little intellectual badinage or been discombobulated by tricky diction? 500 Words You Should Know has you covered. Arranged thematically, each…

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    Her Ladyship’s Guide to the British Season: The Essential Practical and Etiquette Guide

    Caroline Taggart,National Trust Books

    From the Chelsea Flower Show, the Glyndebourne Festival and Glorious Goodwood to Royal Ascot, the Henley Royal Regatta and Wimbledon, the British Season is a social minefield - and who…

    $23.99

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    The Book Lover’s Bucket List: A Tour of Great British Literature

    Caroline Taggart

    Immerse yourself in a land full of literary locations in this tour through the great books of the British Isles. Caroline Taggart’s guide to statues, walks both rural and urban…

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