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Word Play: A cornucopia of puns, anagrams and other contortions and curiosities of the English language
‘No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.’
Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.Join Gyles Brandreth – wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen’s English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor – on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay.
Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea – if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language – the richest, most remarkable language ever known.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta’s family did not learn of her ‘immortality’ until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .
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The Gut Makeover: 4 Weeks to Nourish Your Gut, Revolutionise Your Health and Lose Weight
‘THE MOST PAINLESS DIET EVER’ Daisy Goodwin, Daily Mail
‘I DROPPED A DRESS SIZE. I feel mentally clearer, far less emotional, have got rid of an ongoing chest infection and sleep better on a regular basis than I have in months.’ Caroline Sylger Jones, The Times
‘LIFE-CHANGING. The most practical gut guide.’ BBC’s Dr Rangan Chatterjee
‘The Gut Makeover transformed me and changed my life. I also lost 18 pounds.’ Tim Arthur, BBC Radio London
Transform your body shape with this 4-week health plan for a healthier mind and body. This is more than another fad diet. This is a lifestyle you’ll want to adopt for life.
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The Dukan Diet: The French medical solution for permanent weight loss
UK Book. Devised by Dr Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight permanently, The Dukan Diet is the culmination of thirty-five years’ clinical experience. Without any of the usual marketing hype, The Dukan Diet swept across France, championed by the people who had successfully lost weight following the diet.
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Taking Control of OCD: Inspirational Stories of Hope and Recovery
OCD affects between 1 and 2 per cent of the UK population, causing terrible distress to hundreds of thousands. A serious mental illness, it affects people in different ways from well-known rituals such as obsessive hand-washing and checking, to lesser known symptoms such as disturbing intrusive thoughts and hoarding. Those affected typically suffer for a number of years before seeking help and receiving professional treatment.
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Power Systems: Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire
In this new collection of conversations, conducted from 2010 to 2012, Noam Chomsky explores the most immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the European financial crisis, the breakdown of American mainstream political institutions, and the rise of the Occupy movement. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and clarifying insight.
The latest volume from a long-established, trusted partnership, Power Systems shows once again that no interlocutor engages with Chomsky more effectively than David Barsamian.₦2,500 -
How To Talk: Siblings Without Rivalry
From the widely acclaimed HOW TO TALK series, discover how to cope with – and deflect – sibling rivalry.
Full of humour and compassion, SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY challenges the idea that constant conflict between siblings is natural and unavoidable.
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Mistress of All Evil
The tale is told as if it’s happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love’s first kiss. The two live happily ever after.
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Poor Unfortunate Soul
The tale of the sea king’s daughter Ariel is a beloved one of losing-and then finding-one’s own voice. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the mergirl wants more than her world can offer, and her father demands that she live within the confines of his domain. Her rebelliousness costs the little mermaid her voice and nearly her soul. But the power of good prevails, and Ariel emerges proud and unchanged.
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Money While You Play
Peter is a compelling writer, who supports his narratives with astute observations, brilliant and technical insight, and memorable anecdotes. His book is much more than a real estate ‘how to’ but actually a guide to intergenerational wealth planning.
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A Geckos Farewell
A Gecko?s Farewell i s a novel about three Africans from different parts of the continent who meet in the spirit of (online) and plan to found a School of Stories.
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Fulfilling The Ultimate Quest
Young or old, prince or pauper, we long to love and be loved more than anything in the world.
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Left Behind
An airborne Boeing 747 is headed to London when, without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats.
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Love is Power or Something Like That
When it comes to love, things are not always what they seem. In contemporary Lagos, a young boy may pose as a woman online, and a maid may be suspected of sleeping with her employer and yet still become a young wife?s confidante. Men and women can be objects of fantasy, the subject of beery soliloquies. They can be trophies or status symbols. Or they can be overwhelming in their need.
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Pull
The pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in Florida helps readers understand how unchurched people think and offers a proven method for attracting them to Christ.
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Showing up for life
A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of ?showing up??lessons that he learned growing up during the Great Depression, and that he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Dino Fc-The Vanishing Goalie
Join Terry Triceratops and Dino FC for more fresh and funny football antics, in this illustrated series with a prehistoric twist!
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You Instinct in Action- A Personal Application Guide To Instinct
Whether you call it following your heart, a gut feeling, a hunch or intuition, instinct-the inner knowledge bubbling up from a wellspring of wisdom within-can lead to a bigger, elephant-sized life.
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Collected Plays (African Writers Series)
Collected Plays
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