Lost Worlds: What have we lost and where did it go? by Michael Bywater
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Category: Literature/Quotations
A miscellany about life, loss and the human condition.They go. They vanish. People. Civilizations. Languages. Philosophies. Works of art disappear, species are extinguished, books are lost. Dunwich is drowned, Pompeii buried, Athena's statue gone from the Parthenon, Suetonius's Lives of the Great Whores ...Show more
Good Word Guide : The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Usage by Martin Manser
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Category: Literature/Quotations
'In every sense, a good word guide' Times Educational Supplement 'This intelligent guide is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all readers and writers' Good Book Guide Our language is changing faster than ever before. Modern communications are breaking down distinctions between formal and infor ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble (Editor)
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Category: Literature/Quotations | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
Sir Paul Harvey's original Oxford Companion to English Literaure, published in 1932, was the book that began Oxford's celebrated Companion series. In its various editions in the half-century since then, it has enjoyed an enormously faithful following and unflagging sales (over 400,000 to date). Now, for ...Show more
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons
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Category: Literature/Quotations
This lavishly illustrated volume explores one of the most versatile, useful and enduring technologies ever invented: the book. "Books: A Living History" charts the evolution and influence of books around the world, from the cuneiform tablets of ancient Sumer through the development of movable type and t ...Show more
Poisoned Pens : Literary Invective from Amis to Zola by Gary Dexter (ed)
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Category: Literature/Quotations
'With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare.' George Bernard Shaw From what Byron really thought of Keats to Salman Rushdie's savage put-down of John Le Carre, from Cocteau's damning view of Victor Hu ...Show more
Modern Manglish: Gobbledygook Made Plain by Neil James
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Category: Literature/Quotations
The information superhighway brings more text to our door than ever before. It's just that most of it gets mangled along the way. Twenty years ago, Harold Scruby's original Manglish became an instant bestseller. This version preserves some of his classic Manglish examples with mostly new material from t ...Show more
Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators by Leonard S. Marcus
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Category: Literature/Quotations
In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books. Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar -- these are ...Show more