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  • What They Didn't Say

    A Book of Misquotations

    by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Follow the money Fresh fields and pastures new A good day to bury bad news If the glove doesn't fit you must acquit Brings together a fascinating range of wrongly remembered sayings, popular summaries of original thoughts, and apocryphal or unverifiable comments attributed to a particular person. By revealing what was (and was not) really said, this book celebrates the colour and inventiveness of ... Read more

    $9.19 CAD

  • 'And I quote...'

    A history of using other people's words

    by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Quotations are an essential part of the fabric of the language. In And I quote, Elizabeth Knowles draws on her experience editing the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and employs a wide repertoire of examples, ranging from the classical canon to contemporary popular culture, to illuminate just how and why we quote. Her investigation focuses on how we find, choose, and use quotations in 21st century ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • How to Read a Word

    by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Have you ever wondered how you can find out more about a word: Where did it come from? How has its meaning altered? How can it be pronounced? What is its relationship to other words? Language is not fixed, but is an evolutionary process: words develop and change, in meaning, association, and pronunciation, as well as in many other ways. Exploring the routes taken by the words we choose to ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

    Edited by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Series series The Oxford Reference Collection
    This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions ... Read more

    $47.59 CAD

  • Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

    Edited by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations was published in 1941 and for over 70 years this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations past and present. The eighth edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate answer to the question, 'Who said that?' Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

    Edited by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to ... Read more

    $11.89 CAD

  • Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations

    Edited by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    This new collection offers a vivid picture of the world in the 21st century, against a backdrop of the landmark events leading up to it. From Catherine Tate and the Simpsons to Mother Teresa and Winston Churchill, Modern Quotations charts the ebbs and flows of popular culture as well as marking the key voices and watersheds for our time. An authoritative look-up reference, and an enjoyable source ... Read more

    $19.39 CAD

  • Placing Charlotte Smith

    by Jacqueline M. Labbe, Elizabeth A. Dolan, Melissa Bailes, Stephen Behrendt, Anne Chandler, Val Derbyshire, Rachael Isom, Mary Anne Myers, Lisa Vargo0, Dr Claire Knowles1 ...
    A lively and far-ranging interest in place, space, and situation characterizes the work of Romantic-era British author Charlotte Smith (1749-1806). Featuring ten original essays, an introduction and an epilogue, this volume offers new insights into Smith’s life and work by exploring two central issues: Smith’s place as a foundational writer in her period, and her contribution to the creation of ... Read more

    $158.09 CAD

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  • The Ghost House (The Annie Graham crime series, Book 1)

    by Helen Phifer ...
    Series Book 1 - The Annie Graham crime series
    ‘A perfect story to read now the colder weather is drawing in’ - Book Reviews by ClaireDo you believe in ghost stories?‘I’m coming to find you, ready or not.’There's not much that scares Annie Graham. Not even the horrors she has witnessed during her years on the police force.When she agrees to look after her brother's farmhouse, she finds herself drawn to the crumbling old mansion in the woods ... Read more

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  • Common Phrases

    And the Amazing Stories Behind Them

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    In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter ... Read more

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