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This new edition of the Oxford German Mini Dictionary offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations. Now in attractive two-colour design, this robust and portable dictionary is easy to use and ideal for travel and quick reference. The latest words in each language have been added, reflecting all aspects of life today. A handy phrasefinder gives you fast access to the key words and expressions you need for everyday situations, from common road signs ... read more

The new Collins Dictionary of the English Language is a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary, and an endlessly browsable 'good read' for language lovers. Elegantly packaged, with attractive yet durable binding, this is the perfect gift for the dictionary buff or language lover in your life. This dictionary contains all the words and definitions you need every day, plus over 200 essays and special features on a wide range of language topics. With essays on topics such as the history of English, the influence of other languages... read more

Fully revised and updated reference atlas at a budget price in the exciting Collins world atlas range. This atlas provides more mapping area than any other atlas at this price. Specially designed presentation of maps in a clear accessible form. Fully up-to-date world atlas contains over 70 pages of highly accurate reference maps are presented in the beautiful full-page Collins map style. Key statistics, facts and flags for ever country of the world are included in the introductory section giving the user quick access to essential... read more

Developed using evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, this fully revised text offers more up-to-date and complete coverage of synonyms and antonyms than any other A-Z thesaurus. Increased coverage now includes hundreds of new phrases and idioms, and newly selected examples of real English showing how words are used, and helping to guide you to the right meaning. New features include the Word Toolkit which helps you choose the best word matches based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus. In addition, the popular Word Link f... read more

This fantastic book enables you to travel the world from the comfort of your armchair, meet new people, enjoy sporting events and unusual festivities in foreign lands and deepen your knowledge of other cultures and religions. There is a wide selection of festivals and events, from kite festivals in China to beer festivals in Germany, from film to fashion, from bull fighting to camel wrestling, from carving chocolate in Italy to carving ice in Central Asia. This title is ideal for personal use to plan your trips to coincide with par... read more

Now in colour, the "Collins French Gem Verbs" offers the learner of French extensive coverage of French verbs in a compact, portable format. Developed as part of the "Collins Education and Life Skills" streams, this book is designed for all levels of language learner, whether at home, at school, or at work. Have confidence: the "Collins French Gem Verbs" offers full conjugations of 112 French verbs, both regular and irregular. Get it right: it also contains an alphabetical index of over 2,000 French verbs each cross-referred to its... read more

A fully revised new edition of this major world atlas in the leading Times range. Whether planning a vacation, keeping in touch with world news, solving quizzes and crosswords or just exploring the world this atlas has all the information you need. A completely updated edition of this major atlas in the prestigous Times range making it a valuable addition to any reference collection. 260 pages of mapping provide an amazingly detailed view of the world, and the illustrated thematic content covers the most important geographical iss... read more

Winner of the Reference Award in the 2005 Montana New Zealand Book Awards The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary is the first large-scale English dictionary especially prepared for New Zealand users. It has been compiled at the New Zealand Dictionary Centre in Wellington, and reflects both the New Zealand Dictionary Centre’s research into New Zealand English and research into international English conducted by Oxford dictionary centres worldwide, especially the research for The Oxford English Dictionary. It contains ov... read more

Providing a wealth of synonyms and antonyms for everyday use, this revised edition of the Compact Oxford Thesaurus is ideal in helping you find the right word when writing, or for other language queries. The Compact Oxford Thesaurus provides you with the most useful synonym first, so that you can find the information you are looking for easily. It also features a two-colour layout and a very clear, open design, so that you can navigate around the thesaurus quickly. New vocabulary has been added in this revised edition, so you can b... read more

The Oxford Essential Italian Dictionary is a new compact Italian-English and English-Italian dictionary that offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations. This dictionary is easy to use and ideal for travel, work, or study. The latest words in each language have been added, reflecting all aspects of life today, from computing and technology to lifestyle and business. Additional features include guides to Italian and English pronunciation, as well as... read more

The irresistible rhymes you need, in a book that's fun to read. An entertaining and browsable reference, "Nothing Rhymes with Orange" is to rhyme what "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" is to mnemonic devices. Revised and updated from the perennial seller "Capricorn Rhyming Dictionary," this edition includes an introduction by childrenas author Hope Vestergaard, as well as a phonetic spelling guide, a key to rhyming sounds that are spelled differently, fun sidebars, and a list of poetic terms. Now anyone can quickly and easily fin... read more

Are you a beaver cleaver or the office bike? Would you rather pack fudge or munch carpet? Do you content yourself with paddling the pickle as you're still a cherry boy? "Sex Slang "not only gives you 3,000 new words to talk about your favourite pastimes but will also open your eyes to practices you didn't even know existed. This naughty little book, infused with humour, will give you a spectacular sexual vocabulary from all over the English speaking world, as well as hours of reading pleasure.

Focusing on the English of the 20th and 21st centuries, this impressive volume examines the linguistic and cultural significance of over 7,500 popular words and phrases. Its highly browsable encyclopedic entries cover topics as diverse as catchphrases, buzzwords, characters from film, TV and literature, slogans, idioms and modern cultural references. From Harry Potter to Posh and Becks, Chelsea tractors to 'cheap as chips', Brewer's Modern Phrase and Fable defines the world we live in.

When Dionysus the Renegade faked a Sophocles text in 400BC (cunningly inserting the arostic 'Heraclides is ignorant letters') to humiliate an academic rival, he paved the way for two millennia of increasingly outlandish literary hoaxers. The path from his mischievous stunt to more serious tricksters like the controversial memoirist and Oprah-duper James Frey, takes in every sort of writer: from the religious zealot to the bored student, via the vengeful academic and the out-and-out joker. But whether hoaxing for fame, money, politi... read more

You'll want to have this invaluable resource at your side every time you set up the board to play Scrabble. Ideal for all players, it brings together more than 100,000 two- to eight-letter words, including more than 4,000 new words, that are playable under the rules of Scrabble - providing you with a handy, comprehensive resource for valid words.

This book contains all you'll need to create the perfect wedding speech. The first section sets out the roles of each speaker - traditional as well as non-traditional speakers - who to thank, who to compliment, who to toast. It includes a practical, step-by-step outline of a wedding speech as well as lots of hints and tips to improve jokes, confidence and memory. It even contains sample speeches that can be adapted for any marriage! The second part is source material - whether you're looking for a funny one-liner, or a substantial ... read more

Letters and Numbers is a new, fun family quiz that everyone is playing. Compete against the clock and test your lexical dexterity and mathematical agility in more letter and number challenges.

The Big Square Book of IQ Puzzles includes puzzles of every kind: * Word Play * Odd One Out * Number Sequences * Logic * Lateral Thinking plus many, many more. With 1000 IQ puzzles previously published in The Times of London these puzzles will keep the reader entertained for hours.About the author:Ray Keene is a chess grandmaster, former British champion and is chess correspondent of The Times. Byron Jacobs is an experienced author and journalist and has written extensively on many sorts of games and puzzles.

A bumper collection of all-new puzzles from The Daily Telegraph