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A Certain Age by Lynne Truss
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $9.66From the bestselling author of 'Eats Shoots & Leaves', a wonderfully funny collection of twelve monologues. In the tradition of Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heads' come Lynne Truss's twelve... -
Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.60A battle-cry for civilised behaviour from the author of the multi-million selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves. "Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes. When did the... -
See the Bunny Run by Lynne Truss
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.58*THE BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN* 'Another delectable crime story... While between the covers of her books, the world seems a better place' The Times 'A giddy spell of... -
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.17Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. ... -
A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss 9781526666963
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.78Guardian Crime Book of the Month WINNER OF THE CRIMEFEST LAST LAUGH AWARD _______________ 'A giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily Mail 'Ingenious ' Sunday Times Crime Club Brighton, 1957... -
Going Loco by Lynne Truss 9780007355266
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.60A wonderful comic novel from the bestselling author of 'Eats Shoots & Leaves'. Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah... -
Murder by Milk Bottle by Lynne Truss
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97***Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021*** THE ACCLAIMED MURDER MYSTERY FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN 'Funny, clever, charming,... -
The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $11.47A Times Crime Novel of the Year, the perfect murder mystery read for fans of Richard Osman and Elly Griffiths In the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series, our trio of... -
Tennyson's Gift by Lynne Truss 9780007355273
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.60From the bestselling author of 'Eats Shoots & Leaves', an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate. In July 1864, a corner of the... -
Cat out of Hell by Lynne Truss
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62By acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as... -
The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss 9781526666970
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.78A Times Crime Novel of the Year, the perfect murder mystery read for fans of Richard Osman and Elly Griffiths In the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series, our trio of... -
Making the Cat Laugh by Lynne Truss 9780007355235
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.60One woman's journal of single life on the margins. A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss' journalism - recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative 'Bridget... -
Murder by Milk Bottle by Lynne Truss 9781526666987
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.76***Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021*** THE ACCLAIMED MURDER MYSTERY FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN 'Funny, clever, charming,... -
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $15.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Children's Literature) 2007. Short-listed for Grand Canyon Reader... -
Eats More, Shoots & Leaves: Why, All Punctuation Marks Matter! by Lynne Truss
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $8.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984815743Author Lynne TrussFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young... -
Psycho by the Sea: The new murder mystery in the prize-winning Constable Twitten series by Lynne Truss
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.81*THE BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN* 'Another delectable crime story... While between the covers of her books, the world seems a better place' The Times 'A giddy spell of... -
Beyond Words by John Humphrys
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.35'Wonderfully spirited' DAILY MAILThe follow-up to the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Lost for Words, from Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys.From the huge response to Lost for Words,... -
Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss 9780007305759
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $11.55From the bestselling author of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves', this is the hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. 'Years... -
Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities by Keith Houston
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62Where does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? Keith Houston gives the answers in this delightfully entertaining book.From the pilcrow to... -
Seriously Funny, and Other Oxymorons Simon Brett 9781472144935
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.55'Brilliant! Will make a perfect Xmas stocking filler' Bronya Ralley'Delightful. This dip-in-anywhere book put a smile on my face from the first page . . . for everyone who likes a good chuckle' Ruth... -
The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar by R. L. Trask
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.40This succinct and authoritative volume is the perfect guide to the many grammatical laws and idiosyncrasies that govern the English Language. Larry Trask writes with remarkable clarity, communicating... -
Westwood by Stella Gibbons
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' The TimesSet in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl... -
The Matchmaker by Stella Gibbons
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Unsuited to a quiet life, Alda attempts to orchestrate - with varying degrees... -
Plain Words by Rebecca Gowers
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86'Be short, be simple, be human.'When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its... -
Help a Thief!: And Other Misadventures in Punctuation by Caroline Taggart
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.95A re-issue of the popular 2017 hardback edition, The Accidental Apostrophe.____________________________________The trouble with punctuation - well, one of the troubles, anyway - is that too many of... -
Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English by Rebecca Gowers
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $12.96'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous... -
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86Steven Pinker, the bestselling author of The Language Instinct, deploys his gift for explaining big ideas in The Sense of Style - an entertaining writing guide for the 21st centuryWhat is the secret... -
Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Oliver Kamm 9781780227955
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.95Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?To knowingly split an infinitive or not to?And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with... -
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Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English by Oliver Kamm 9781780227955 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $3.11Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?To knowingly split an infinitive or not to?And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with... -
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86*A TIME, New Yorker, Financial Times and History Today Book of the Year*'Hilarious' Sam Leith'I loved this book' Susie Dent''Witty and affectionate' Lynne TrussPerfect for book lovers, a delightful... -
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing Gretchen McCulloch 9781529112825
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.62THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is the perfect book for... -
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The UK Edition by Benjamin Dreyer
RRP: $15.47Booksplease Price: $11.74'An utterly delightful book to read, Dreyer's English will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly.' ELIZABETH STROUT'A complete joy. For those who care about words - and... -
Digital Etiquette: Everything you wanted to know about modern manners but were afraid to ask by Victoria Turk
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97How do you reply to your colleague's weird email? What might Debrett's say about your Tinder profile? And just how do you know if you're mansplaining? In this irreverent journey through the murky... -
Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary Explorer by Ann Morgan
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $12.62'A brilliant, unlikely book' SpectatorHow can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world? In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics...and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. She... -
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by George Davidson
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $19.03Roget's Thesaurus ranks as one of the greatest English language reference works, used for generations by anyone looking for help in order to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, or... -
The Unfolding Of Language by Guy Deutscher
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86'A persuasive and beautifully written take on how languages are constantly evolving... an enthralling read about human psychology and anthropology as well as linguistics.' ALEX... -
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid,... -
V for Victory by Lissa Evans
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $11.55'A book to be treasured and returned to again and again' The Independent'Funny, moving and utterly life-enhancing' Daily Mail___SHORTLISTED FOR HWA Crown Awards 2021It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets... -
The King's English by Kingsley Amis
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.86An indispensable companion for readers, writers, and even casual users of the language, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Kingsley Amis's The King's English features a new introduction by Martin... -
Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages by Guy Deutscher
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just...