Brodie's Notes on John Wyndham's "The Chrysalids" (Pan Study Aids)

Education & Teaching

Philip Gooden)

Schools & Teaching

Macmillan

'Faux Pas' focuses on familiar terms and expressions which have been absorbed into the English language from abroad, as well as those that are new, curious or amusing. Each expression is 'translated' with an indication of origin and pronunciation, a comment on its use and a 'pretentiousness' index.

Faux Pas?

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

A&C Black

<p>History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colorful debut novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I. Fast-paced and sprightly, it takes Nick Revill, a young actor in the newly established Chamberlain's Men company at the Globe Theatre in Southwark, to a luxuriously appointed Thameside mansion where a black-clad youth has offered him temporary lodging. Learning upon his arrival that his melancholy host's father has just died and his mother has instantly remarried his uncle, Nick is naturally struck by the similarities between the young man's woeful story of the Eliot family and William Shakespeare's latest play for the Chamberlain's Men-Hamlet. Nick suspects foul play and sets out to discover the circumstances of the old man's death. Already convinced that something is indeed very rotten in the state of the wealthy Eliot household, Nick stumbles upon evidence that proves his host's father did not die a death entirely natural. More disturbingly, the finger of suspicion points toward Southwark, and Nick finds himself investigating his employer, the celebrated playwright and shareholder in the Chamberlain's Men: Mr. William Shakepeare.</p>

Sleep of Death: A Shakespearean Murder Mystery

Literary

Carroll & Graf Pub.

Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd.   To cite three random examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Fascinating and illuminating, Idiomantics explains all...  The ideal gift for word buffs and in fact, anyone who enjoys a good yarn, this playful book looks at 12 groups of idioms around the world, looking at subjects such as fun and games, gastronomic delights and the daily grind.

Idiomantics: The Weird World of Popular Phrases

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

A C Black Publishers Ltd

Alms for Oblivion

Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop (Easy Classics): The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

Children's Books

Classics

Sweet Cherry Publishing

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (Easy Classics): The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby (Easy Classics): The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

Charles Dickens: Hard Times (Easy Classics): The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities (Easy Classics): The Charles Dickens Children's Collection (Easy Classics)

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