 | On Rereading
Patricia Meyer Spacks | After retiring from a lifetime of teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favorites, fiction first encountered in young adulthood and never before revisited, books frequently reread, canonical works of literature she was supposed to have liked but didn't... | $34.95 | |
 | We Have Met the Enemy: Self-control in an Age of Excess
Dan Akst | Half of all deaths in America come from overeating, smoking, drinking too much, failing to exercise and other deadly behaviours that we indulge against our own better judgment. Self-control is tough - especially now, when more calories, sex and intoxicants are more readily and privately available than at any time in memory... | $32.95 | |
 | Planet Word
J. P. Davidson & Stephen Fry | "The way you speak is who you are and the tones of your voice and the tricks of your emailing and tweeting and letter-writing, can be recognised unmistakably in the minds of those who know and love you". (Stephen Fry). From feral children to fairy-tale princesses, secrets codes, invented languages... | $39.95 | |
 | On Conan Doyle
Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling | A passionate lifelong fan of the Sherlock Holmes adventures, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a member of The Baker Street Irregulars - the most famous and romantic of all Sherlockian groups. Combining memoir and appreciation, "On Conan Doyle" is a highly engaging personal introduction to Holmes' creator... | $31.95 | |
 | A Little History of Philosophy
Nigel Warburton | Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood... | $29.95 | |
 | The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive and Downright Dangerous Language
Peter Bowler |
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The Superior Person's Field Guide is a call for the return to simple, straightforward words that say what they mean and mean what they say. Most of us know that 'downsizing' means that you're about to be fired, but have you ever heard its business-speak cousins 'offshoreable' or 'cash-flow episode... | $9.95 | |
 | Philosophers
Steve Pyke | Even within the academy, philosophers are often thought of as a breed unto themselves, grasping and theorizing the world in a highly cerebral manner that can be inscrutable to those outside philosophy. Well-known portrait and landscape photographer Steve Pyke shows that they are also ideal subjects for portraiture... | $42.95 | |
 | You are What You Speak
Robert Lane Greene | Why does language move some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers have donned the cloak of authority to control how people use words. In this sensational new book, Robert Lane Greene strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity of this most basic human faculty. Along the way, he corrects Bill Bryson's 'facts' about words, challenges the rhetoric of Lynne Truss's bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, and explains why speech is a lot like jazz... | $24.95 | |
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