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The Art Book

Phaidon Editors

Art & Architecture; The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Reference works

Paperback

The Art Book, New Edition is an accessible, informative and fun A-Z guide featuring artists from medieval times to the present... [more]

The Wit and Wisdom of London

J. B. Edwards, Joe Browes

Reference; Dictionaries of quotations; Gift books

Paperback

London has been one of the world's great cities for over 2,000 years and has produced countless scholars, artists, rogues... [more]

What Colour is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-changers...

Richard N. Bolles

Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Careers guidance; Economics & Business; Advice on careers & achieving success

Paperback

Subtitle on jacket: A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers. [more]

The Telegraph: All New Cryptic Crosswords 1

Daily Telegraph

Reference; Hobbies, quizzes & games; Puzzles & quizzes; Crosswords

Paperback

A new collection of 100 challenging puzzles from the UK's best-selling quality newspaper. [more]

You Talkin' to Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

Sam Leith

Language: reference & general; Reference; Humour

Paperback

Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere,... [more]

Slang: The People's Poetry

Michael Adams

linguistics; Dialect, slang & jargon; Semantics; Reference; Popular culture

Paperback

A passionate defense of slang, jargon, argot, and other forms of nonstandard English, this marvelous volume is full of amusing... [more]

The Master Book of Herbalism

Paul Beyerl

Reference works; Religion & beliefs; Complementary therapies, healing & health

Paperback

Includes a treatment of the realm of magical herbalism along with basic information on the physical properties of various... [more]

Masters of Photography: A Complete Guide to the Greatest Artists of the...

Reuel Golden

Photography & photographs; Individual photographers; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who)

Paperback

A guide to over 70 of the world's best-known photographers, from the pioneers of the early part of the century to the experimental... [more]

Ingredients

Jill Cox, Loukie Werle

Reference works; Cookery, food & drink; Cookery by ingredient; Cooking with meat & game

Paperback

This fully-illustrated and highly informative reference book identifies approximately 2000 ingredients by name and describes... [more]

Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations

Ned Sherrin

Reference; Dictionaries of quotations; Humour; Humour collections & anthologies

Paperback

The late Ned Sherrin's personal choice of humorous quotations, from witty one-liners to the punchlines of sparkling anecdotes.... [more]

Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion

Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen

Language: history & general works; Literary reference works; Literary companions; Reference; Reference works

Paperback

An absorbing dictionary that clearly explains the meanings of references and allusions that are likely to be encountered in... [more]

The Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins...

Phil Cousineau

Dictionaries; Language: history & general works; linguistics; Encyclopaedias & reference works; Reference works; History

Paperback

Illuminates the history and mystery of weird and wonderful word stories. This title includes the words ranges from the commonplace,... [more]

The Trivia Lover's Guide to the World: Geography for the Lost and Found...

Gary Fuller

Reference; Social groups; Human geography; Trivia & quiz question books; Travel & holiday guides

Paperback

Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open... [more]

Cliches: Avoid Them Like the Plague

Nigel Fountain

Reference; Humour collections & anthologies; Gift books

Hardback

A collection of cliches. It looks at cliches in their many forms - once useful but overworked catch phrases ('move the goal... [more]

The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting, and Why it Still Matters

Philip Hensher

Reference; Lettering & calligraphy

Hardback

A smart, funny book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting; and why it still matters [more]

Life in Five Seconds: Over 200 Stories for Those With No Time to Waste

Gianmarco Milesi, H-57, Matteo Civaschi

Graphic design; Fiction & Literature; Encyclopaedias & reference works; Reference works; Humour

Hardback

Told in ingenious pictograms that are witty, provocative and to the point, Life in Five Seconds takes 250 world events, inventions,... [more]

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia of Existing...

The Onion

Fiction & Literature; General encyclopaedias; Politics & government; Humour

Hardback

Just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one readers... [more]

Spectrum 19-the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Arnie Fenner, Cathy Fenner

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Illustration; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs

Hardback

Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance... [more]

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, Paul F. Rouzer, Stephen Cushman

Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary reference works; Encyclopaedias & reference works; Reference works

Paperback

Suitable for students, scholars, and poets on various aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical... [more]

My Mother Warned Me About Blokes Like Me

Boris Mihailovic

Memoirs; Museums & museology; Motorcycles: general interest; Travel & holiday

Paperback

Motorcycle stories of brotherhood, demons, dirt and danger. [more]

Daily Mail Cryptic Crossword

Daily Mail

Reference; Hobbies, quizzes & games; Puzzles & quizzes; Crosswords

Paperback

A new collection of challenging and entertaining puzzles from the ever-popular Daily Mail [more]

The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches

Brian MacArthur

Anthologies (non-poetry); Reference; Dictionaries of quotations; General & world history

Paperback

Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the... [more]

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never...

Judith Schalansky

World atlases & world maps; Travel & holiday; Travel writing; Travel maps

Paperback

An atlas that takes us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. It features rare animals and lost explorers,... [more]

The Dance of Time: The Origins of the Calendar

Michael Judge

Encyclopaedias & reference works; History; General & world history; Folklore, myths & legends; Time (chronology), time systems & standards

Paperback

Three streams of history created the Western calendar - from the East beginning with the Sumerians, from the Celtic and Germanic... [more]

The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2013

Language: reference & general; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Publishing industry; Advice on careers & achieving success

Paperback

This bestselling guide to all areas of the media, now in its 106th edition, has been completely revised and updated. With... [more]