Télécharger le livre :  The Scoundrel Harry Larkyns and his Pitiless Killing by the Photographer Eadweard Muybridge
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNDiamond thief, guerrilla fighter, spy, decorated hero, bohemian rogue and lover of several notorious women - all describe Major Harry Larkyns. Yet he has long been dismissed as merely a liar and a cheat, famous only for being...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2019-11-14

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Télécharger le livre :  Horrible Words
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Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To purists these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-03-31

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Télécharger le livre :  Plain Words
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'Be short, be simple, be human.'When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its humour, charm and authority had made it a bestseller. Since then it has...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-03-27

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