Results for: books tagged ‘Language’
The Brown Parrots of Providencia: Fergus Allen
Fergus Allen's work ranges broadly from sombre reflections on the loneliness and bestiality of human experience, through small fictional psychodramas, to light-hearted fantasy, as in his unexpected poem about Guinness's ... More
The Faber Book of Vernacular Verse: Tom Paulin
Mixing poems by known authors with anonymous material - work songs and street cries, nursery jingles, graffiti, lyrics of suffering and celebration, charms and chants - Tom Paulin's anthology speaks ... More
Laments: Jan Kochanowski
Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is acknowledged to be the first great poet in Poland's vernacular literary tradition. His Treny (or Laments) represent the height of his achievement. They are an impassioned, ... More
The Red-All-Over Riddle Book: George Szirtes
Prize-winning poet, George Szirtes, gives his young audience a box of riddles that will show them the wonderfully transforming properties of poetry. Characterized by simple and elegant lyrical expression and ... More
The Beast in the Nursery: Adam Phillips
This book is a dazzling look at childhood curiosity and appetite - what inspires it, what kills it, and how it may be sustained. Growing up is a process of ... More
Almost: Oliver Reynolds
Oliver Reynolds's fourth collection is dominated by love poems, all of them marked by the candour, tenderness, musicality and power to convey strong feeling that are traditionally associated with the ... More
The Faber Book of Writers on Writers: Sean French
There is a special frisson when great writers meet, and when one - or both of them - records the event, the result can be full of insight, or bitchiness, ... More
The F Word: Jesse Sheidlower
Here in one convenient, comprehensive volume is the complete history of the word still considered the most vulgar and offensive utterance in the English language. Rather than tired cliches or ... More
Laughter: Robert Provine
Why do we laugh? Laughter has surprisingly little to do with jokes and funny stories. It is an ancient, unconsciously controlled vocal relic that co-exists with our relatively modern speech ... More
The Story of English: Robert McCrum
The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes ... More
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