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Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE
The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them. Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you're philogrobolized. Pretending to work? That's fudgelling, which may lead to rizzling if you feel ...Show more
Mark Forsyth's Ternion Set: A Beautiful Box Set Containing the Etymologicon, the Horologicon and the Elements of Eloquence in Hardback by Mark Forsyth
$69.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
'Kudos should go to Mr Forsyth ...Clearly a man who knows his onions.' Daily Telegraph 'Forsyth takes words and draws us into their, and our murky history.' Evening Standard In one gifty box set for the very first time, the hardback editions of Mark Forsyth's three witty and erudite books on the wonder ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence - How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$29.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Penguin Lives | Reading Level: very good
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$22.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE ETYMOLOGICON 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, h ...Show more
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: General
In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style, from the bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase ...Show more
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE
THE SUNDAY TIMESNUMBER 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 ...Show more
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: General
What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces?The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently ...Show more
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$19.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. From uhtcearein the hours before dawn through to dream drumblesat bedtime, The Horologicongives you the ex ...Show more
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$39.99 AUD
Category: Etymology
A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary. 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' - Independent.The Etymologicon is an ...Show more
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