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The ability to speak well
in public is important
for both work and
leisure. This book offers
advice on preparing for
all types of speeches,
from weddings to
after-dinner speeches,
including how to overcome
nerves and examples of
jokes, comic stories and
a
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This volume contains
chronological lists of
creation in the peerages
of England and Great
Britain 1649-1800 and of
Ireland 1603-1898
providing details of the
grantees and the peerages
conferred, indicating
any special features and
including full details of
the sources used.
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Covers over 6, 000 names
in common use in English.
This work covers pet
names, variant
spellings, and gives
historical and linguistic
information for names,
from Aaron to Zuleika. It
includes the age,
origin, and meaning of
the name, as well as how
it has
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This approach to grammar
comes in two parts: the
first section consists of
a practical guide on how
to understand and use
grammar successfully,
and the second is an
extensive A-Z glossary of
grammatical terms. It is
ideal for both language
students and an
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While many of us know our
star sign and like to
read our horoscope, this
book reveals that this is
only part of the story.
Astrology enables us to
fully understand who we
are, and how we reach
our full potential by
interpreting our
astrological chart.
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This unique and
authoritative collection
contains over 1, 100 of
the most widely-used
proverbs in English with
research drawing on the
Oxford English Corpus,
the world's largest
language databank. Lively
and compelling, this
book is filled with
favourites
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Never muddle your words
or use the wrong tense
with this fantastic
collection of Penguin
reference books, each
one aimed improving your
general English,
spelling and grammar. The
books included are a
Spelling Dictionary,
Proverbs, Mind the
Gaffe, Plain Words,
Writer's Manual, Usage
and Abusage, Clich
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Get results with this
super value study pack
that will help your child
get great results in
English, Science &
Geography with these
bite-sized books perfect
for quick revision
sessions. The books
included are a
dictionary, thesaurus,
grammar, spelling,
world facts, science and
a word atlas!
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Linda and Roger Flavell
detail changes of meaning
and usage that have
occurred throughout each
proverb's life and offer
literary examples which
date back over 2000
years. This book is
essential reading for
anyone who delights in
words, whether treated
as a work of reference or
simply as a source of
fascination for the
browser. This book is
19.5cm in height and
12.6cm wide with 273
pages.
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Explains the process of
buying foreign property,
covering contracts,
searches, surveys and
deeds. This book assesses
and calculates mortgages,
currency deals, taxes,
fees and duties. It also
examines the role of
estate agents, lawyers,
letting agents,
surveyors, builders and
architects.
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Whether your style is
elegant & classic or
sleek & modern, Perfect
Curtains has a window
treatment thatï ½s right
for you. With great
advice on wading through
the fabric and hardware
options, and inspiring
ideas from hot
international designers
such as Vicente Wolf,
Larry Laslo, Jackye
Lanham, and Bernie De Le
Cuona, this is the most
comprehensive guide to
dressing up your windows
with expert style.
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The popular and lively
guide to the language of
evasion, hypocrisy,
prudery, and deceit.
Organized in A-Z format,
with thematic index - and
now including short
articles on fruitful
areas of euphemistic
language, such as
business and commerce,
death, sex,
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The most affordable,
comprehensive,
single-volume paperback
encyclopedia on the
market. Lively,
accessible, and
up-to-date, over 12, 000
entries cover science,
technology, the arts,
politics, sports, and
geography. Suitable for
family reference,
students,
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An up-to-date handbook
providing an overview of
every country in the
world. Maps and
geographical details are
given along with the
historical and
contemporary social,
economic, religious and
political issues that
shape each country. Also
provides economic
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In this fourth edition of
the ultimate medicine
dictionary with over 13,
000 entries covering all
aspects of clinical and
scientific medical
practice, essential for
anyone involved in
healthcare. Full of terms
and concepts relevant to
nursing, radiography,
lab and operating theatre
technology, orthoptics,
public health
administration and more.
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There was a time when
there were no more than a
handful of women in the
House of Commons - and
Thatcher rose to the top
battling with Ted heath
along the way, while
rethinking Conservative
ideology. The Path to
Power is the gripping
story of Margaret
Thatcher's journey from
the market town of
Grantham to the door of
10 Downing Street. In her
own words, she gives a
candid account of her
personal life and the
growing centrality of
politics to the woman who
would become the Iron
Lady. This book has 656
pages and is 19.7cm x
13cm x 4.4cm
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Provides a comprehensive
introduction to
researching army history.
This book shows how to
trace the careers of
individual soldiers from
1760. It explains army
organization and
regimental histories and
covers information on the
major archives and
museums, including the
National Archives.
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A delightful collection
of over 7,
000"ations on nearly
600 subjects, from
Memory and Humour to
Television and Weddings.
Arranged thematically,
it is easy to find
the"ations you are
looking for. With useful
author descriptions and
index, this colle
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Dealing with polymer
terminology, this book
contains more than 7, 500
polymeric material terms,
including the names of
chemicals, processes,
formulae, and analytical
methods that are used
frequently in the polymer
and engineering fields.
It also includes a
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Rhyming slang is a
subject of perennial
interest to the general
language-conscious
public. Entries are
arranged in subject
areas, such as clothing,
food and drink, and
animals. John Ayto
explores the range and
development of rhyming
slang during its 150-y
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This updated collection
offers a vivid picture of
the world in the 20th and
21st centuries against a
backdrop of landmark
events. From Catherine
Tate and The Simpsons,
to Mother Teresa and
Winston Churchill, here
are the key voices of our
time. An authori
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This book contains all
the information needed to
use potentially dangerous
chemicals prudently.
Arranged in alphabetical
order by chemical name,
this reference provides:
synonyms, CAS numbers,
and molecular and
structural formulas. It
covers natural and
man-made sources of a
substance, as well as
its uses and various
formulations.
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This revised edition
contains over 5, 500
terms used by air traffic
controllers, pilots,
cabin crew, maintenance
crews, ground staff and
other airline personnel.
Designed for those
specialising in aviation
and related industries,
including trainee pilots,
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This book examines over
400 such phrases,
tracing each one's source
and history through the
chronological use of
examples. For example,
to pull someone's leg: to
make someone the target
of a good-humoured joke
or deception. This book
is 19.5cm in height and
12.6cm wide with 216
pages.
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From time immemorial
people have looked up
with wonder and awe to
the starry sky above.
Stone-age man formed
patterns from the random
positions of stars and
projected into them their
visions of their gods.
From these superstitions
beginnings developed the
science of astronomy. In
Mapping the Universe
world-renowned astronomer
Professor Paul Murdin,
Senior Fellow at the
Cambridge Institute of
Astronomy and former
Director of Science at
the British National
Space Centre, takes us
on a journey which traces
how our understanding of
the Universe has evolved.
We see how astronomers
have always used the
newest and most advanced
technology of their time
to analyze the trace
messages of light and
other radiations sent by
distant heavenly bodies
to our own planet,
Earth. Nearly half a
century ago mankind left
the first dusty
footprints on the surface
of the Moon and today it
is now possible to send
spacecraft to the nearest
of the heavenly bodies as
proxies for human
explorers. This lavishly
illustrated and
painstakingly researched
book, with beautifully
reproduced facsimile
documents, enables the
reader to experience
first-hand what
astronomers have
discovered over ten
thousand years of
history, and how and why
this is significant, all
the way to our present
space-age understanding
of the Big Bang.
Documents include:
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Based on the highly
acclaimed seventh edition
of the Oxford Dictionary
of"ations, this new
edition includes over 9,
000 of the most popular
and
widely-used"ations
old and new, uniquely
identified by searching
the largest ongoing
language research p
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A gazetteer tracing the
origin and meaning of
more than 17, 000
place-names throughout
Britain, this A-Z is a
treasury of information
and fascinating facts. It
is both an ideal guide
for anybody exploring the
British Isles and an
authoritative resource
for
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Covering the origin,
meaning and development
of over 16, 000 English
surnames, this
dictionary offers
information on name-forms
and how names have
changed. Alternative
forms of names are
cross-referenced for ease
of use. It includes a
historical and lingui
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Suitable for information
officers, practitioners
and managers in various
areas of adult education,
this yearbook offers
information on adult
education and
professional contacts. It
includes over 3, 000
entries, that provide
details of key contact
names, postal addresses,
telephone and fax
numbers, email addresses
and websites.
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Meet Lizardman, Vampire
Woman, the eye-popper
brothers and many other
extraordinary
individuals. Take a look
at the sport that uses a
headless goat as a ball!
Check out the dress made
from human hair! Visit
the village in China
where three million
snakes are bred each
year!Also, download the
free app and scan images
to unlock amazing extra
content!For the legions
of dedicated Ripley's
fans, and anyone else on
the planet who loves the
unbelievable, the latest
annual in the bestselling
series is a feast of
delights. Following hot
on the heels of last
year's best-selling
edition, Ripley's
Believe It or Not! 2013
offers an entirely new
compendium of bizarre
facts and features,
including the largest
crocodile ever captured,
the village in China
where three million
snakes are bred each
year, and the national
sport that uses a
headless goat as a
ball! As well as the
jaw-dropping images and
strange stories are
intriguing interviews
with some of the
astounding individuals
who feature in the book,
informative 'Ripley's
Research' boxes,
mind-boggling lists,
fascinating black and
white photos from the
Ripley archive,
submissions from Ripley
fans around the world -
and a brand new Ripley's
Weird Records feature.
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This amazing reference
book set from Webster's
Reference Library
includes a English
Dictionary with over 40,
000 clear and concise
definitions, a English
Thesaurus complete with
over 150, 000 synonyms
and a World Reference
book with world facts,
geographical information
and a up-to-date physical
and political map of the
world. This book set is
approximately 20.1cm x
13cm x 7cm
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Express yourself clearly
and effectively with this
fantastic 8 book bundle
containing a Dictionary,
Plain English reference
book, English grammar
reference book,
Thesaurus, Punctuation
reference book,
Abbreviations reference
book, English Idioms
reference book and a
crossword dictionary.
Each book varies in
number of pages but has
an approx height and
width of 19.6cm x 12.8cm
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Features weird and
wonderful facts. This
collection of oddities
include: the brain is the
fattiest organ in the
body (All the Zumba in
the world won't help you
drop that weight); salt
is the only rock eaten by
humans (Although some
rocks can be snorted);
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A collection that
provides hundreds of
simple mnemonics to help
you remember awkward
spellings, grammatical
rules and useful facts
and figures. It also
wanders through the weird
and wonderful byways of
English idioms, where
nothing means what it
says. It offers a
treasure trove of
curious, witty and
downright obscure English
idioms.
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This book contains simple
exercises that Richard
Bandler has developed
over the last 35 years.
It will show you how to
master every area of your
life, from conquering
fears, phobias and the
bad habits you have to
being happy and
successful at work and in
relationships. Includes a
free mind-programming CD.
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What are countries famous
for making? For Japan,
the answer might be
electronic goods. For
Germany, automobiles.
For France, perhaps a
Louis Vuitton bag. But
what about Britain? Here,
Evan Davis sets himself
the task of finding out.
Offering a fascinating
look at our manufacturing
industries and revealing
the various companies
that might not be
household names, but are
very much world leaders
in their fields, he
shows how we have learnt
to specialise in high end
and niche areas that are
the envy of the world.
Taking in our
disappointments and
successes, Made in
Britain is a brilliantly
readable tour of our
economic history,
exploring the curious
blend of resilience,
innovation and economic
free-thinking that makes
us who we are. The size
of this book is 19.7cm in
height and 12.7cm wide
with 276 pages.
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Designed to offer both a
reference for spelling
and also a guide to
recommended word breaks
for line endings in
printed text, whether on
paper or in electronic
form. This book gives
guidance on spelling and
form, including
capitalization,
hyphenation of c
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Webster's integrated
Dictionary and Thesaurus
contains over 150, 00
concise dictionary
entries; thesaurus
entries of over 250, 000
synonyms and antonyms;
and encyclopaedic entries
that examine some of the
unusual origins or facts
about the words we use.
This dictionary has 1216
pages and is 24.2cm x
17cm x 5.6cm
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This is the first
full-colour Hornby
official illustrated
history book. It covers
the rise and development
of the three main model
railway systems that have
borne the famous Hornby
name over the last
eighty-two years. It
takes you through the
models from the first toy
train in the 1920s to the
super-detailed models of
the 21st century. The
size of the book is
28.7cm in height and 23cm
wide.
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Why is a black cat lucky?
What is the true origin
of April Fool's Day? Why
is it unlucky to walk
under a ladder? Why does
cracking a mirror bring
seven years bad luck? Do
carrots really improve
your eyesight? This book
delves into the stories
behind the traditions to
explain them to us.
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Everyday symbols such as
the Freemason's set
square or the lotus
flower were originally
used to provide
protection from spirits,
enhance mystical
practices, or to
maintain a secret. This
title reveals the key
ideas and sacred concepts
behind over 500 sign
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Ever wondered whether
more people own a car in
England than in France,
or which country gives
the most to charity? In
this book, readers can
discover a wealth of
facts about each country
across many topical
subjects, including:
Cancer survival;
Childhood
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Have you ever wondered
why we wear perfume,
read magazines, vote for
candidates, speak in
jargon? This book
explains the origins and
development of 300
commonly used words. This
is a fascinating guide to
the richness and
diversity of the English
language. This book is
19.5cm in height and
12.6cm wide with 277
pages.
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ï ½ Illustrated with
hundreds of colour and
black-and-white
photographs, maps and
artworks. ï ½ Revealing,
engaging text written by
an established steam
railway expert. ï ½
Detailed specification
tables of all the most
important locomotives. ï
½ Profiles of famous
railway engineers and
ground-breaking
companies.
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