The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use. A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Italian. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to Italy and Italian language and culture.
The perfect dictionary reference with 200,000 words and phrases for daily use. Language usage notes help you choose the right word and the easy-to-use layout allows you to find what you're looking for quickly and easily.
The home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use. A handy Irish to English and English to Irish dictionary. Offering learners at home, school and in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Irish and English in a compact, portable format.
The ultimate compilation of famous quotes to inform and inspire. Be inspired and moved by the words of Malala Yousafzai, Amelia Earhart, Michelle Obama and Banksy in a collection of great and memorable quotations from across the centuries.
The home of trusted dictionaries and thesauruses. An ideal first Irish dictionary for kids aged 5+ and above, designed to introduce Irish vocabulary to children in a fun, easy and memorable way.
A reference work for those looking for help in order to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, or write any manner of prose or poem. It includes various buzzwords and phrases, information about signs of the zodiac and the origins of familiar quotations.
Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language.
Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, this book covers curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn and as flexible to use.