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  • Origin of Kibosh

    Routledge Studies in Etymology

    by Matthew Little, Stephen Goranson, Gerald Cohen ...
    This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. Unconvincing derivations have been suggested from Yiddish to Gaelic and Italian, and thus far consensus among lexicographers has leaned toward referencing the word as ‘origin unknown’.In this study, the authors present convincing and important new evidence in ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The Dictionary of Clichés

    A Word Lover's Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes

    by Christine Ammer ...
    The largest, most comprehensive, and most entertaining reference of its kind, The Dictionary of Clichés features more than four thousand unique clichés and common expressions. Author Christine Ammer explores the phrases and terms that enliven our language and uncovers expressions that have long been considered dead. With each entry, she includes a thorough definition, origin of the term, and an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Curious English Words and Phrases

    The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use

    by Max Cryer ...
    Have 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 people ‘geezers’, ‘sugar daddies’ or ‘lounge lizards’? Or where the words ‘eavesdropping’, ‘nickname’ and ‘D-Day’ come from? They are just a few of the many words and phrases that language expert Max Cryer examines in this fact-filled and fun new book. Max ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Origins of the Specious

    Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

    by Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman ...
    Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed.In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar’s ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Who Said That First? The curious origins of common words and phrases

    by Max Cryer ...
    Many bright minds have come up with expressions we now take for granted as part of the English language, and which we use freely in vernacular speech. But the originators of many of our most useful second-hand remarks go uncredited. So who said it first? This collection sets out to credit as far as its possible to do so the people who actually created many familiar terms in common us. For example, ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • The Social Life of Books

    Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

    by Abigail Williams ...
    Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    "A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • They All Love Jack

    Busting the Ripper

    by Bruce Robinson ...
    The "research is undoubtedly impressive" on this "bloody good read" proposing a theory behind the police cover-up that allowed Jack the Ripper to go free ( The Guardian).For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

    Popular Expressions - What They Mean and Where We Got Them

    by Judy Parkinson ...
    Series Book 5 - I Used to Know That
    How on earth did 'with bells on' come to express enthusiasm? What do chips on shoulders have to do with inferiority complexes? And who is the face that launched a thousand ships? Did you know that 'the rule of thumb' refers to the use of the thumb to make measurements, as the first joint of the average adult thumb measures one inch?Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas provides us with the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Two-Way Mirror

    The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    by Fiona Sampson ...
    **Finalist for the 2022 Plutarch AwardLonglisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyA Washington Post Best Book of 2021“An elegant act of rehabilitation.”—New York Times Book Review, Editors’ ChoiceA "nuanced and insightful" (New Statesman) portrait of Britain’s most famous female poet, a woman who invented herself and defied her times.**"How do I love thee? Let me count the ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lexicographer's Dilemma

    The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park

    by Jack Lynch ...
    In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers--those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. Proper Words in Proper Places offers the first narrative history of these endeavors and shows clearly that what we now regard as the only "correct" way to speak emerged out of specific historical and social conditions over the course of centuries. As historian ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Short Fiction of Flann O'Brien

    by Flann O'Brien ...
    Series series Irish Literature
    This riotous collection at last gathers together an expansive selection of Flann O'Brien's shorter fiction in a single volume, as well as O'Brien's last and unfinished novel, Slattery's Sago Saga.Also included are new translations of several stories originally published in Irish, and other rare pieces. With some of these stories appearing here in book form for the very first time, and others ... Read more

    $11.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

    The Novels

    by Arthur Conan Doyle ...
    Series series The Annotated Books
    The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes, heavily illustrated and annotated with extensive scholarly commentary, in an attractive and elegant slipcase.The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 ... Read more

    $41.09 USD