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Where Words Come from: A Dictionary of Word Origins

by Fred Sedgwick

ISBN 13: 9781847062741

Format: Illustrated (222 pages)
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 21 May 2009

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Euphemisms

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747512943

Format: Hardcover (352 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Sep 1993

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A Collection of Familiar Quotations

by John Bartlett

ISBN 13: 9780806502502

Format: Paperback (132 pages)
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 18 Aug 1998

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

by Glynnis Chantrell

ISBN 13: 9780198631217

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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Hanklyn-Janklyn: A Rumble-Tumble Guide to Some Words, Customs, and Quiddities Indian and Indo-British

by Nigel Hankin

ISBN 13: 9788187943044

Format: Paperback (656 pages)
Publisher: India Research Press
Published: 17 Feb 2008

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Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English

by R L Trask

ISBN 13: 9780140514766

Format: Paperback (320 pages)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 25 Jul 2002
Other Format: Hardcover

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Say it Right: 1000 Most Mispronounced Words (One Hour Wordpower S.)

by Graham King

ISBN 13: 9780749318772

Format: Paperback (112 pages)
Publisher: Mandarin
Published: 01 Apr 1994

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Colloquial Russian (Colloquial Series)

by Svetlana Le Fleming,Susan E. Kay,Svetlana Le Fleming

ISBN 13: 9780415057844

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 23 Sep 1993
Other Format: Paperback

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Cassell Everyday Phrases

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304344208

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 18 Aug 1994

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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Euphemisms: Over 3, 000 Ways to Avoid Being Rude or Giving Offence (Bloomsbury Reference)

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747550457

Format: Paperback (332 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04 Sep 2000

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Your Writing Coach: From Concept to Character, from Pitch to Publication: From Plot to Pitch to Publication

by Jurgen Wolff

ISBN 13: 9781857883671

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 19 Apr 2007

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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780198610625

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 Sep 2006

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