Language: reference and general

Most people are called upon to make a speech or toast at some point in their lives.

'If you're up for an adventure through the back alleys of English, The Stories of Slang will not disappoint.

This book provides comprehensive advice on what to write about for children, how to write it, and how to present the work professionally for publication.

This book will help you plot like a pro, master the art of suspense like Poe, craft captivating dialogue like Twain and - most crucially - get your short stories published.

Once upon a time, the worst words you could utter were short, simple and tended to be four letters in length.

We spend much of our days talking.

Public speaking and presenting rank in the top ten of people's greatest fears.

This book provides professional tips and techniques for those wishing to break into writing for TV whether it's a soap, series drama, or situation comedy.

Whether you're writing a steamy erotic novel, or a romantic novel and want to take the reader beyond the bedroom door, writing a convincing sex scene can be one of the most difficult challenges for any fiction writer.

More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on: * The fascinating origins of words * Quotes and misquotes* Slang, dialects and secret languages * Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'* Mnemonics and other memory joggers* Palindromes and anagrams * Semaphore.

The aim of this book is to get you writing.

If you teach creative writing or facilitate a writing group, you will want to inspire, inform and encourage would-be writers.

What often holds aspiring writers back is the lack of confidence to get started.

LEARN HOW TO WRITE CREATIVELY WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND PRACTICAL COURSE.

Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you'll ever read.

LEARN HOW TO WRITE COMPELLING STORIES FOR CHILDREN.

LEARN HOW TO WRITE CHARACTERS THAT COME ALIVE ON THE PAGE.

Designed to take you from the moment you first put pen to paper to the point at which you are ready to start contacting publishers (or uploading an ebook file), this is the most important book on writing children's books you'll ever read.

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and speak Korean easily?

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and speak Korean easily?

When going abroad do you want to:- Communicate more accurately and precisely?

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER A fascinating, mind-blowing and deeply intelligent book that should be recommended reading for every person on our planet SCARLETT CURTISLaura Bates puts out books that perfectly describe growing problems and possible solutions.

Der Band befragt Formen, Praktiken und Qualitäten von Schriftlichkeit im historischen Wandel.

Over 200,000 copies of Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, 3rd edition, have been sold.

Latin is "e;it"e;, the most wonderful "e;thing"e;.

'Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which as both common sense and experience show happiness is impossible.

For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart.

With an afterword by David Crystal and contributions from Philip Pullman, Jilly Cooper, Jeremy Vine and Meera Syal, all life is here.

Everyone has a book in them, or so they say.

A big sister is horrified when she can't fit into her swimming costume.

Discover Bob Monkhouse's secrets accumulated from a lifetime's experience in scriptwriting and speechmaking.

Some people say scohn, while others say schown.

From Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and John Lloyd (Blackadder, Spitting Image, QI), this is the 42nd anniversary edition of The Meaning of Liff.

As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.

From Pitch to Publication by Carole Blake is the insider's guide to getting published successfully.

This book brings together three major studies from Isaiah Berlin's central intellectual project to explain the opposition to the excessively scientistic French Enlightenment by getting under the skin of its critics and giving a sympathetic account of their views.

"e;Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics.

Good public speakers are made, not born - or so thinks Dale Carnegie, the pioneer of personal business skills.

Once languages become written, they change.

"e;Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer.

Whether writing a best man's speech or putting together a presentation at work, Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy is an invaluable guide to becoming a successful speaker, with easy-to-use, practical advice on how to:- Keep audiences engaged- Prepare, plan and structure- Use visual aids- Inspire your listeners- Present at work- Make wedding and social speeches- Understand body languageMax Atkinson's Lend Me Your Ears provided a sound and thorough manual to public speaking.

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING AWESOME AND AMAZING FICTION FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION.

The Literary Theory Toolkit offers readers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context.