Mark Forsyth: 12 books
A Christmas Cornucopia
The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The unpredictable origins and etymologies of our cracking Christmas customs
For something that happens every year of our lives, we really don't know much about Christmas.
We don't know that the date we celebrate was chosen by a madman, or that Christmas, etymologically speaking, means...
The Elements of Eloquence
Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
From the #1 international bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon comes an education in the art of articulation, from the King James Bible to Katy Perry…
From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth...
The Horologicon
A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them.
Do...
The Unknown Unknown
Bookshops and the delight of not getting what you wanted
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Mark Forsyth – author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon – reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs,...
The Etymologicon
A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example,do you know why a mortgage is literally a “death pledge”? Why guns have girls’ names? Why “salt” is related to “soldier”? Discover the answers to all of these...
A Short History of Drunkenness
How, Why, Where, and When Humankind Has Gotten Merry from the Stone Age to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
From the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the eternal human drive to get sloshed
Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
With the Third Reich on the brink of defeat Hitler's instructions to his designers were clear. He wanted a Volksjäger – a People's Fighter that was quick to produce and used minimal quantities of strategic materials. Heinkel rose to the challenge with the He 162, a fighter constructed of wood and...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2019
Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstörer ('destroyer' or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. However, due to a lack of sufficient flight-testing before being declared service-ready, the Me 210 suffered from a less than satisfactory...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
In many ways, the Heinkel He 177 'Greif' (Griffon) was Nazi Germany's 'lost' strategic bomber. With some fundamental creases ironed out, and built in large numbers, the He 177 would have offered the Luftwaffe the means with which to carry out long-range, mass bombing attacks against targets of a strategic...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Formed shortly after the outbreak of World War 2, and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, Jagdgeschwader 1 was initially tasked to defend the regional North Sea and Baltic coastal areas and Germany's main port cities and naval bases. The greatest task for JG 1 though came after 1942 in its defence...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Initially designed as a fast medium bomber, the Junkers Ju 88 was also used as a Zerstörer heavy fighter by the Luftwaffe. It saw its combat debut over Poland in 1939, and heavy fighter variants saw action on every front up to VE Day. The ultimate Ju 88 fighter variant was the G-model of 1944, which...
by Robert Forsyth, Mr Mark Postlethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
The all-metal Junkers Ju 52/3m enjoyed a solid – indeed, revered – reputation amongst its crews and the troops and paratroopers who used and depended on it. For more than ten years, it saw service as a successful military transport, with its distinctive, three-engined design and corrugated metal...