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  • - How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
    by Mark Forsyth
    £9.49

    FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian.Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.'In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon.Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise, The Elements of Eloquence reveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold - and how you can do the same.

  • - A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
    by Mark Forsyth
    £15.49

    A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary.

  • - The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
    by Mark Forsyth
    £10.99

  • - A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
    by Mark Forsyth
    £9.49

    Mark Forsyth's bestselling day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words, in paperback for the first time

  • - A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
    by Mark Forsyth
    £9.49

    THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick Duerden, Independent.'Particularly good ... Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our, murky history.' William Leith, Evening Standard.The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language.What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?Mark Forsyth's riotous celebration of the idiosyncratic and sometimes absurd connections between words is a classic of its kind: a mine of fascinating information and a must-read for word-lovers everywhere.'Highly recommended' Spectator.

  • - Bookshops and the delight of not getting what you wanted
    by Mark Forsyth
    £3.49

    Mark Forsyth - author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon - reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy would never have met online, and why only a bookshop can give you that precious thing - what you never knew you were looking for.

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