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100 First Words by Edward Underwood
RRP: £12.99£9.49Bestselling gift board book with flaps to lift on every page!Winner of a Junior Magazine Design Award, 2021!Toddlers just love a lift-the-flap book - the flaps catch their attention and help them to engage with the words and pictures on the page. And... -
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
RRP: £10.99£8.02Being deprived of social gatherings revealed just how important they are; to connect with others, collaborate, share ideas and create moving, life-affirming experiences.___________________________If there's one thing lockdown showed us, it's that time... -
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
RRP: £10.99£8.02*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD*Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives.'HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things - a monumental piece of research'... -
An Introduction to English Language: Word, Sound and Sentence by Koenraad Kuiper 9781350380127
RRP: £28.99£27.99Refreshed and updated, the fifth edition of this core textbook offers a clear and engaging introduction to the building blocks of the English language, namely its words, sounds and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge, it combines accessibility with... -
Untranslatable Words: Perfect Words from Other Languages by The School of Life 9781915087911
RRP: £20.00£12.43We're hugely dependent on language to express how we really feel, and yet words often feel curiously vague or frustratingly inaccurate. There are lots of moods, needs and feelings that our own language has not yet properly pinned down. The perfect word -... -
The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail by Nick Wallis
RRP: £13.99£10.40On 23rd April 2021, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former Subpostmasters and ruled their prosecutions were an affront to the public conscience. It is a scandal that has been described as one of the most widespread and significant... -
Perspectives 2: Student Book/Online Workbook Package, Printed Access Code by Daniel Barber 9781337808033
£39.53Perspectives is a four-skills series in American and British English that teaches learners to think critically and to develop the language skills they need to find their own voice in English. The carefully-guided language lessons, real-world stories, and... -
On the Tip of My Tongue: The perfect word for every modern-life moment by Tom Read Wilson
RRP: £12.99£8.60In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Written with his trademark sparkling wit, the star of Celebs Go Dating and self-avowed... -
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
RRP: £20.00£13.34The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes "cults" so... -
The Way of the Fearless Writer: Ancient Eastern wisdom for a flourishing writing life by Beth Kempton
RRP: £14.99£10.95A revolutionary approach to writing inspired by ancient Eastern wisdom, from the bestselling author of Wabi SabiJoin author and Japanologist Beth Kempton on a sacred journey to uncover the secrets of fearless writing which have lain buried in Eastern... -
Anthology of British Tongue Twisters by K. Parkin
RRP: £9.99£9.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780573090288Author K. ParkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Samuel French LtdPublisher Samuel French Ltd -
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos 9781526165848
RRP: £12.99£9.49In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it... -
Public Libraries and Marxism by Joe Pateman 9780367761196
RRP: £17.99£16.80Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework,... -
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
RRP: £10.99£8.02An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history!The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1857, was... -
How to Read a Book by Charles Van Doren
RRP: £10.99£7.25With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare... -
An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder by Susie Dent
RRP: £16.99£10.70Whether it's the distress of a bad haircut (AGE-OTORI) or longing for the food someone else is eating (GROAKING), the pleasure found in other people's happiness (CONFELICITY) or the shock of jumping into icy water (CURGLAFF), there are real words to... -
The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 87 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting by Joe Gillard
RRP: £13.99£9.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399582677Author Joe GillardFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press -
Walking on Lava: Selected Works for Uncivilised Times by Dougald Hine 9781603587419
RRP: £20.00£12.95The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers-Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth-who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time. In a world in which the climate is being altered... -
KS3 English Study Guide by CGP Books
RRP: £6.50£4.95This smashing KS3 English Revision Guide contains clear, friendly notes and a diverse range of texts to explain every important topic. What's more, we've included knowledge organiser pages to help summarise the key information and solidify everything... -
Madrigals Magic Key To Spanish by Margarita Madrigal
RRP: £17.50£13.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385410953Author Margarita MadrigalFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm)... -
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: The International Bestseller for lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Satoshi Yagisawa 9781786583239
RRP: £10.99£7.51The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle... -
Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less by Roy Schwartz
RRP: £14.99£9.57THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO SAYING MORE WITH LESS--NOW A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER--Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize... -
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing That You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody
RRP: £13.99£9.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399579745Author Jessica BrodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press -
Fairy Unicorns Islands in the Sky by Zanna Davidson
RRP: £6.99£4.95Zoe and Astra are on a quest to help the Unicorn King. This time, their adventures lead them high into the skies above Unicorn Island, in search of the Floating Islands. But someone is following them and the islands are not all that they seem. Will Zoe... -
Stop That Virus! (Storybots) by Random House
RRP: £4.99£4.05The curious crew from Netflix's Ask the StoryBots star in an all-new Step into Reading leveled readerWhat is a virus? How do you catch a cold? Beep, Boop, and the rest of the robots from Netflix's Ask the StoryBots are looking for answers. The... -
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 9781444723250
RRP: £10.99£7.30Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic... -
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age by Steven Mithen 9781800811584
RRP: £25.00£18.02'A tour de force' Alice Roberts 'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an... -
Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings by Susie Dent
RRP: £14.99£9.57Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.Who... -
Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death by Laura Cumming
RRP: £25.00£16.53**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A wonderful read (or a great present) for anyone who loves stories and art' Nina Stibbe, author of Love, NinaA beautifully illustrated... -
Handwriting Practice Book 1: KS1, Ages 5-7 by Carol Matchett 9780721712031
RRP: £4.95£4.86The Handwriting Practice books support literacy in schools by giving children practice in forming and joining letters, helping them to develop handwriting that is neat, fluent, legible and fast. Fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme,... -
How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't by Ian Dunt
RRP: £18.99£12.52THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBritish politics is broken.Anyone sitting down to watch the news will get the sense that something has gone terribly wrong. We have prime ministers who detonate the economy, secretaries of state who are intellectually... -
A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark O'Connell 9781783787708
RRP: £16.99£11.27From an award-winning author comes a tale of a notorious double-murder, for readers of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, or Emmanuel Carrere's The Adversary. In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without... -
Writing with Style: The Economist Guide by Lane Greene 9781800810068
RRP: £10.99£8.02OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD Why are the best words short and old? Why are full stops a writer's best friend? How can we simplify, then exaggerate? And what exactly are dangling modifiers? We'd all like to write with style. But what does... -
What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times by Marina Hyde 9781783352616
RRP: £9.99£6.77THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** From the co-host of the hilarious new podcast with Richard Osman, The Rest is Entertainment *** Now includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era... -
New KS2 English Study Book - Ages 7-11 by CGP Books
RRP: £6.50£6.13This clear and colourful Revision Book explains every skill children will need for success in the Key Stage Two English! It covers Reading, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, with easy-to-read study notes and heaps of helpful tips and examples. What's... -
New KS2 English Workbook - Ages 7-11 by CGP Books
RRP: £6.50£6.13This superb Question Book is packed with top-notch English practice for KS2 pupils. It contains a range of questions for each topic, covering all the Reading, Writing, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling skills pupils need. We've also included complete... -
Numbers, Colours, Shapes: First 100 Soft To Touch by Roger Priddy
RRP: £4.99£3.71-Soft-to-touch, padded board books which little hands will love to hold-Each book is packed with over 100 first words to learn and pictures to look at-Bright, vibrant photographs capture children's interest-Ideal first books for babies and toddlers which... -
Easy Learning Italian Complete Grammar, Verbs and Vocabulary (3 books in 1) by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: £14.99£10.35The home of trusted Italian dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy 3-in-1 Italian study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference and revision... -
Oxford Reading Tree: Level 1+: First Sentences: Kipper's Diary by Roderick Hunt 9780198480686
RRP: £4.80£3.74The Level 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce... -
AQA A Level Spanish: Grammar & Translation Workbook by Vincent Everett
£10.59Written especially for students transitioning from GCSE to AS and those working towards the AQA A Level exams, the AQA AS and A Level Spanish Grammar & Translation Workbook can be used for homework, revision and independent study. It includes thorough...