Language: reference and general

An ';adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike' (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited Victorians on their twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the worldfrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

The fully updated new edition of the essential single-volume reference, covering the full fields of linguistics and phonetics Now in its seventh edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics remains the definitive resource work for students of linguistics and phonetics.

The BLOG & the JOURNAL explores the fascination of keeping a journal which is the very fascination of life, - its novelty, its unpredictability, its new twists.

Create Your Writers Life offers a coaching approach to develop a writing practice that actually works.

The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace'A cracking read' Lorraine Kelly ';Riveting' Sunday Telegraph ';Behind every great interview is a great booker Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan Sam McAlister is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as ';a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion'.

'Few people understand Grammar like Craig Shrives.

Do you know how to use semicolons, where to put your apostrophes and when to use commas?

Master the art of public speaking with a mind- and content-based approach to success How to Present to Absolutely Anyone is the ultimate guide to successful public speaking.

Master the art of public speaking with a mind- and content-based approach to success How to Present to Absolutely Anyone is the ultimate guide to successful public speaking.

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardOur written words carry weight.

Nationally recognized River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative has published a host of new and significant voices in creative nonfictionincluding essays, memoir, and literary journalismsince 1999.

';Kathlyn Conway opens primordial questions about the shattering events of illness through close readings of selected illness narratives, proposing that only writing of a daring kind can utter the knowledge of the self-telling body.

The emergence of giant media corporations has created a new era in mass communications.

The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing is designed to transform readers from starving artists fumbling to get by into working artists who confidently tap into all the resources at their disposal.

Dreading the moment when your manuscript comes back from the editor dripping in red lines?