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From the author of 100 Books That Changed The World, a definitive survey of the most beloved, original, inspiring, hysterical, heart-warming, compelling, rude and downright scary books that have enchanted children the world over.Â
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A collection of 366 witty and fascinating facts, events and stories about language, for every day of the year (with one extra for leap years). -
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. -
Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has been captivated by Shakespeare. In this book, Russell Beale tries to get under the skin of the playwright and find out what interested him. Was Shakespeare an instinctive 'conservative' or, rather, gently subversive? How collaborative was he? Did he add a line to Hamlet in order to accommodate his ageing and increasingly chubby principal actor, Richard Burbage? Did he suffer from insomnia and experience sexual jealousy? Russell Beale describes what it is to approach and live with some of Shakespeare's most famous characters. -
Collected together for the very first time, witty and wide-ranging essays from the celebrated author of Little Women
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The best fishing writing is never only about fishing, and the writers collected in this anthology use angling as a way to write about love, loss, faith, and obsession. Read it and be hooked. Includes contributions from Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, Oto Pavel, Arthur Ransome, George Orwell and dozens more. -
Develop regular creative writing practice with this interactive journal, full of simple, witty and playful ideas every writer will enjoy.
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Short stories, poems and articles based largely on London and the provincial North-West.
