Caroline Taggart: 23 books
The Accidental Apostrophe
... And Other Misadventures in Punctuation
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn’t. In Roman times, blocks of text were commonly written just as blocks without even wordspacingnevermindpunctuation to help the reader to interpret...
by Caroline Taggart
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap, what you do in Threadneedle Street, or who the knights of Knightsbridge were?
Did you know that Piccadilly is actually an insult? And that Euston Road was built because there were too many cows on Oxford Street? Or that the River Fleet was covered...
The Book of English Place Names
How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering our place names reveals how generations of our ancestors...
Does a Bear Sh*t in the Woods?
Answers to Rhetorical Questions
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Serious answers to rhetorical questions--what's not to like?
For those of us who have long wondered where bears go to take care of their business, if the Pope is actually Catholic, or whether anyone is really made of money, Caroline Taggart provides the answers to these and a host of previously...
Back to Basics
The Education You Wish You'd Had
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Don't know Midas from Oedipus? Wouldn't recognize a concerto from a sonata? Many of us wish that we could fill in the gaps in our education in order to avoid those embarrassing situations when we feel as if we don't know things that others do. In Back to Basics, bestselling author Caroline Taggart will...
An Apple A Day
Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? Can beggars be choosers? Is it always better late than never? Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed,...
All That Glisters ...
And Other Quotations You Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Quotations – or snippets from them – are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of comfort to advice for the lovelorn, you can bet that someone, somewhere has come up with phraseology that perfectly sums up whatever situation you...
Das habe ich doch mal gewusst!
Allgemeinwissen wiederentdeckt
Language: German
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Fotosynthese – wie war das noch? Und was stand eigentlich in den "Räubern"? Da hat man viele Jahre die Schulbank gedrückt, Vokabeln gepaukt, Formeln und Regeln gelernt und sich, oft im Schweiße seines Angesichts und mithilfe ausgefeilter Eselsbrücken, Wissen eingetrichtert – und dann keinen...
by Caroline Taggart
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Let’s admit it, we all struggle with Grammar. There, they’re or their? Who’s or whose? Me or I? Fewer or less? Inside this little book one of Britain’s top Grammar Gurus reveals all you need to know about Grammar but were afraid to ask. Worry no more, Caroline is here to take the grind out...
The Ultimate Writing Coach
Expert Information and Advice on Getting Published
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
The Ultimate Writing Coach contains everything you need to know about writing and publishing. It presents authoritative guidance direct from professional writers covering the full gamut of both the fiction and non-fiction market. For fiction, there is coaching on everything from creating believable...
by Caroline Taggart
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Wherever you are, whatever the company, the ability to engage and entertain your companions will always stand you in good stead. For many though, summoning up the courage to be heard in a crowded room, or seated next to a stranger at a dinner party, can test one’s nerves to the limit. What to say,...
How to Greet the Queen
and Other Questions of Modern Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Practical and invaluable advice on every aspect of modern etiquette, both royal and everyday. The author, Her Ladyship, guides you through basic good manners in a range of situations, both formal and informal occasions, whether at home or at work or abroad. How to meet and greet The Queen and other...
A Classical Education
The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
How many times have you wished that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? A Classical Education...
The Classics
All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
It's no myth: this lively refresher course fills in all you need to know about ancient studies-from Zeus's throne to the fall of Rome-in pithy little quips. It covers the impressive advances made by Greek and Roman societies, from language to medicine, from art to architecture. You'll learn:
The Greek...
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