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  Alice in Brexitland - by Leavis Carroll

  £7.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781785036965 | ISBN 10: 1785036963

  Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where ... more

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  Fucking Apostrophes - by Simon Griffin

  £6.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781785781414 | ISBN 10: 1785781413

  Apostrophes are a pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly. Originally written as advice by a copywriter for designers – wont to insert and remove apostrophes at will, for visual effect – this is a light ... more

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  Something Nasty in the Slushpile - by Sammy Looker

  £8.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781472111029 | ISBN 10: 1472111028

  A hilarious and salutary rummage through the perils of the publisher's slushpile.  Most publishers keep a 'slushpile' - the stack of unsolicited manuscripts which contains a large percentage of preposterous or frightening book proposals, which might ... more

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  Glitzch! How Predictive Text Plays Havoc with British History - by Hugh Kellett

  £8.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781909657212 | ISBN 10: 1909657212

  This is Britain rewritten in predictive text. One man and his mobile phone gremlin take on the people, institutions and events that have shaped this country, autocorrecting as they go and uncovering some shocking home truths.  So let's honour ou ... more

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  My Grammar and I (or Should That be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English - by Caroline Taggart and J. A. Wines

  £6.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781843176572 | ISBN 10: 1843176572

  A runaway hit and Sunday Times bestseller in 2008, My Grammar and I has continued to grow in popularity, becoming the go-to guide for grammar. Repackaged with a fresh jacket design, this much-loved gift title is now available in paperback, for new re ... more

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  My Grammar and I (or Should That be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English - by Caroline Taggart and J. A. Wines

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  Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century - by John Crace

  £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099505457 | ISBN 10: 0099505452

  John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearf ... more

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  Unmentionables: From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire - What We Say Instead of What We Mean - by Ralph Keyes

  £8.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848542075 | ISBN 10: 1848542070

  We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' - all are ways of n ... more

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  Could Do Better: More of the very best howlers by schoolchildren - by Norman McGreevy

  £6.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781849013598 | ISBN 10: 1849013594

  More side-splitting errors from schoolchildren in this sequel to the bestselling Must Try Harder.   Norman McGreevy’s illustrated selection of schoolchildren’s struggles with the pitfalls of the English language ranges from hilarious howl ... more

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  Totally Weird and Wonderful Words - by Edited by Erin McKean

  £11.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780195312126 | ISBN 10: 0195312120

  Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggers as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. Tie your tongue in knots trying to say such sesquipedalian words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. Both witt ... more

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