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73454 CHRISTMAS CARD AND TAG: Set of Four


by Reader’s Digest The four designs are a beautiful poinsettia, a close up of a Christmas pud with holly and brandy sauce oozing over it, Christmas baubles and a beautifully packaged gift. The cards themselves are 5" x 7" and are good quality, blank inside for your own message, four white envelopes, four


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73431 AN EASY CHRISTMAS: Four CDs


by Reader’s Digest Over 90 festive easy-listening favourites beginning with It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams and I’d Like You For Christmas by Julie


London, Bing Crosby, The Beach Boys, Nat King Cole, Petula Clarke, Dean Martin, Johnny Cash, Henry Belafonte, Henry Mancini join in the festivities as we go into a winter and Christmas wonderland. The fourth CD includes The Jackson 5 with I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Merry Christmas Baby by Elvis Presley, Cruel Yule by Bette Midler, Lonely Christmas by The Three Degrees and Happy New Year by Abba among them. You will never be short of Christmas spirit in your house again with these wonderfully festive tunes. Great value. ONLY £7


73039 WENCESLAS by Geraldine


McCaughrean, illustrated


by Christian Birmingham A rich and dramatic retelling of the biblical story which conveys the humanity, fear, humour and ultimately the glory of the tale of Wenceslas and his loyal page.


Christian Birmingham’s majestic images are a perfect complement to this much-loved story of Christmas. His work is very collectable and many adults may wish to add this to their collection of beautifully designed books. Duke Wenceslas of Bohemia was greatly loved by his people, though they knew nothing of any walk through the snow. He brought Christianity to his little corner of Germany and after his death he was declared a saint. Pilgrims streamed to his tomb in Prague. The story of the snowy walk was written centuries later by an Englishman, J. M. Neale, a parable of kindness, bravery and charity suited to Christmastime and carols round the fire. Suit ages eight to adult. £10.99 NOW £4


73016 CHRISTMAS ACTIVITY BOOK


by Samantha Meredith and


Catriona Clarke Join in the fun in Santa’s workshop where you can find one of the elves who is being very lazy and missing his shoe. Join the dots to see who is hiding, help the postman find a house to deliver a Christmas


card, decorate pretty patterns, draw a scene inside the snow globe, draw your own Santa and colour in the picture, design a Christmas card and write the message, colour in Mr Claus, solve a reindeer riddle, spot-the-difference in the Christmas Carol picture, make Christmas stockings and colour in crackers and a Christmas fairy, perhaps using the 30 colourful stickers. Large softback.


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71544 A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Deluxe Gift Edition


by Charles Dickens Clothbound gold blocked and with gilded pages, and gorgeous colour engravings by John Leech, this is a facsimile of the 1922 original edition with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton plus four woodcuts. Also reproduces in facsimile the title page from Dickens’s manuscript in his own handwriting. The text is small - but perfectly


formed - and tells A Christmas Carol in prose, being ‘A ghost story of Christmas.’ 166pp in colourful slipcase. £7.99 NOW £4


His words were long enough to run in serials. - Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb


73496 I HAVE A DREAM: The Speeches that Changed


History by Ferdie Addis Can words change the world? Or are they just so much hot air? This compelling book recounts the moments when the future’s whole course hinged on the words of one woman or man. From the absurd to the inspirational, from the divine to the diabolical, these are the


speeches that have changed history, and have left their mark on the world. A truly brilliant speech is unfathomable. The lines resonate with amazing power. Sometimes the secret lies in the rhythm of the words, like Churchill’s unforgettable ‘We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds…’ which resonates in our collective memory. Sometimes the art comes from a powerful metaphor or image: ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king’ roared Elizabeth I to her troops - and they went on to win an important battle. Sometimes the impact comes from an ideal or a compelling vision, such as Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character’. With examples taken from a selection of the world’s greatest orators - Jesus of Nazareth, Maximilien Robespierre, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst and many more. 192 inspiring pages. £9.99 NOW £5


73294 STRICTLY ENGLISH:


The Correct Way to Write and Why It Matters by Simon Heffer If you wince when you see ‘different than’ in print, or are hurt by people who think that ‘infer’ and ‘imply’ mean the same thing, then this book will provide reassurance that you are not alone. Praised by Field as ‘the Holy Grail of grammar’, this impassioned case for correct


English is full of practical advice for those of us who, for years, have been fighting against the invasion of our language by vulgarities such as: ‘He is fronting up a new TV show’ or ‘… so I’m like Wow!’ Over recent years, the author’s incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at The Daily Telegraph about grammatical gaffes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans. Here, he makes a case for an end to the sloppiness that has become such a hallmark of everyday speech and writing, and shows how accuracy and clarity are within the grasp of anyone who is prepared to take the time to master a few simple rules. 322 paperback pages with glossary, preliminary notes and two appendices: The Right Address and Editorial Matters. £8.99 NOW £3.50


73427 CHAMBERS 2 IN 1 DICTIONARY AND


THESAURUS IN COLOUR by Chambers Harrap A brand new, user friendly dictionary together with clear, quick- access thesaurus giving you coverage of thousands of synonyms and antonyms. It has a clear, two- colour layout, 30,000 entries and more than 70,000 dictionary definitions, 150,000 synonyms and


opposites and over 200 lists of related words from types of accommodation to signs of the zodiac. A superb, one- stop reference, under the heading SHRUB for example is a list of shrubs from Azalea to Witch Hazel and also a reference to FLOWER and PLANT. Also includes some interesting word histories with words grouped by ending. A massive 1110 pages. £18.99 NOW £9.50


72734 NOVEL WRITER’S TOOLKIT edited by Caroline Taggart


Here is your ultimate guide to writing and publishing a successful novel with practical advice from successful authors and publishing professionals on the realities of the commitment, writing exciting beginnings and endings, making us care about your characters, details of sights, sense and sounds to make your setting come alive, watertight research, submitting your work to agents and publishers and discovering what publishers are looking for and finally copyright and legal issues, the role of sales and marketing. 150 pages of contacts in the UK and Ireland plus courses and competitions. 256pp in paperback.


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73653 A LANCASHIRE


MISCELLANY by Tom Holman


Teach yourself the Lancashire lingo with a ‘gradely’ guide to local dialect and sayings. Pick up tips for cooking famous local specialities like black pudding, Lancashire Hot Pot and Eccles cakes. Learn about famous landmarks, industries, cultural and sporting highlights and read about famous


natives of the region from Prime Ministers to rock stars. You can also find out why the red rose became the emblem of Lancashire, how an Italian opera came to be set in the county, where to find Bedlam, Buttock and Little Tongues and how to build a dry stone wall. Fascinating and educative. 192 pocket-sized pages. £9.99 NOW £4


72326 TOASTS FOR EVERY OCCASION


by Town and Country and Pamela Fiori Here are quotations that will convey the sentiment behind every milestone, be it a birthday, a graduation, a wedding, an anniversary or the birth of a child. Other toasts will help you to express the love or pride you feel for someone special. Still others are humorous or celebratory in nature. Let the party begin. 223 pocket- sized paperback pages. £5.99 NOW £2.75


72287 CASSELL’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG by Jonathon Green


A comprehensive A-Z guide to five centuries of slang, from the 15th century to the present day, drawn from all parts of the English-speaking world. From ‘a’ (1960s drugs) to - 1565 pages later - ‘zweideener’ (c19th Aus. 10p piece), this is bliss to those who love language and wordplay. Phrases such as ‘can’t see a hole in a forty- foot ladder’ (late c19th very drunk), ‘like an owl in an ivy bush’ (c18th woman with frizzy hair) are all explained, as are words weird and wonderful. Includes 12,500 entirely new headwords and thousands of new definitions, latest rhyming slang expressions, teen and playground slang. 85,000 entries, revised and updated second edition, 2005. 1565pp. £30 NOW £10


72533 LOST WORDS: A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origin and Their Meanings by Philip Howard


For wordsmiths, avid readers, purists, pedants, logophiles and all onomatomanes, here is an A-Z of words. English is reputed to have a vocabulary of a million words, taking in regional variations, slang, dialects, eponyms, homonyms, acronyms and polysyllabic medical compound words, but can these million words actually be counted? Our favourite piece of ‘charientism’ - from Pride and Prejudice - must be: ‘You have delighted us long enough with your piano- playing, Mary’. 211 pages, line drawings and quiz. £14.99 NOW £5


72747 WISE AND WITTY WORDS ON LOVE,


FAMILY, FRIENDS by Reader’s Digest Over 500 quotes from the clever, funny and famous, from Homer to Groucho Marx, Ian Hislop: ‘All American films boil down to ‘I love you, Dad...’ and WC Fields:, ‘I love children...if they are properly cooked.’ A treasure- chest of a collection on the topic of relationships - romantic love, friendship and the joys (or otherwise) of family life. 176pp. £9.99 NOW £3.75


72749 WRITING MYSTERIES edited by Sue Grafton


Here more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice to help you make your writing dreams a reality. Learn to develop unique ideas, construct an airtight plot packed with intrigue and suspense, create compelling characters and atmospheric settings, develop a writing style of your own, write convincing dialogue, choose the appropriate point of view, and finally on the practical side to work with an agent and conduct accurate research. With guidelines for creating clues, dropping red herrings and writing medical, legal, historical, true crime and young adult mysteries. Learn from the élite including Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly and Tess Gerritsen. 312pp in softback.


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71540 WHEELOCK’S LATIN by Frederic Wheelock and R.A. La Fleur The classic Latin textbook by Wheelock has been newly edited in this, the 2005 6th revised new edition of the venerable classic. It comprises 40 chapters with grammatical explanations and readings based on ancient Roman authors, the position of the Latin language in linguistic history, a brief survey of Latin literature, the alphabet and pronunciation, supplementary syntax and a summary of forms. Self-tutorial exercises have an answer key for independent study plus there is an extensive English-Latin/Latin-English vocabulary, supplementary Latin readings and a full index. Maps and literary figures and aspects of classical culture and mythology illustrate the text. Large softback, 512pp. £11.99 NOW £7


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72813 CROSSWORD PUZZLES: MENSA by Carlton Books


224 page paperback with one puzzle per page from those devious minds at MENSA, the High IQ Society. Once you become a crossword addict you leave behind all normality and become a part of a strange world of anagrams, homophones, arcane references and weird vocabulary. The true cryptic crossword is very largely an Anglo-Saxon artefact. Join the club and enjoy stretching your word abilities and general knowledge to the limit. Please note contents same as 72812. £5.99 NOW £2.50


72819 WIT AND WISDOM OF LITERARY


GREATS by Carlton Books ‘Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was stabbed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman’s name out of a satire then wrote a piece so that she could be recognised anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to become a writer - and if so, why?’ - Bennett Cerf, ‘Shake Well Before Using’, 1948. From writer’s block to the joys and perils of free flowing verse, here are gifted writers’ lives captured for eternity in this hearty batch of quotations from some of history’s greatest wordsmiths. More than 800 amusing and downright cutting quotations with useful index, 280pp in square softback. £9.99 NOW £3.50


72964 BERLITZ SPANISH 2.0: The Interactive Language Course for the 21st


Century edited by Lorraine Sova This innovative, beginner-level course features a multimedia approach. With it, you will practise listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish online and by following the pictures in the book. The course is divided into 18 lessons and each lesson focuses on an important theme, such as greetings, ordering food and shopping. There is real-life dialogue between native speakers, downloadable info on Spanish culture and language, animated scenes on video of culture and language in action and social networking prompts to help you to start conversations. Plus memory games and activities and a quiz. Never was acquiring a strange tongue so enjoyable! 220 pages in a stout, box-like cover, illustrated in colour, with maps, FREE CD ROM and Access to Multimedia Website. £19.99 NOW £6.50


27097 DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS by E.B. Ordway


Will enable readers to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but everyone who enjoys the richness and diversity of the English language will find a great deal to reward them within its covers. 256pp. Paperback. ONLY £4


34620 WORDSWORTH CROSSWORD COMPANION


by Stephen Curtis and Martin Manser This crossword book is the ideal friend at your elbow to help in solving crosswords. Clear guidance on how to recognize and work out anagrams and on how to decipher cryptic clues. Thousands of synonym entries arranged in order of the number of letters in every word, e.g. fault n (3) bug; (4) flaw, lack, sport; (5) blame, error, taint; (6) defect; (7) absence, blemish, failing, frailty, mistake; (8) weakness; (10) deficiency, inadequacy; (11) shortcoming; (14) responsiblity; over 30,000 synonyms. Helpful introduction on the art of solving crosswords. ONLY £4


56213 DICTIONARY OF HOMONYMS by David Rothwell


Many of us don’t know what a homonym is, yet we use them every day. The ‘Wordsworth Dictionary of Homonyms’, the first of its type published in Britain, will bring enlightenment. Do you get confused between ‘to’, ‘too’ and ‘two’? Do you need to know the five definitions of ‘fluke’? If so, then this is the book for you. A boon for crossword addicts, a treasure trove for punsters and an endless source of fascination for anyone interested in the English language. Paperback. 544pp. ONLY £4


71703 COLLINS LANGUAGE REVOLUTION:


Spanish Word Power by Tony Buzan A fun and easy way to boost your Spanish vocabulary the pack includes an audio CD, course book and free online learning resources. Learn over 800 words using Mind Maps word association and a unique colour-coded traffic light system. Perfect your pronunciation while building an extensive vocabulary bank by mimicking the audio CD pronunciation and repeating until you are happy with the results and feel you are speaking like a Spanish national. For the beginner and beginner plus. £12.99 NOW £5


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