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Talk to the hand
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Lynne Truss |
An evaluation of the way discourteous behavior has become commonplace and even applauded in today's society is a humorous call to arms that challenges ill manners and the practices that support them. |
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Why commas really do make a difference!
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Lynne Truss |
"Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, or stop. Of all the punctuation marks, the comma is the most used and misused. Commas ca… |
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Cat Out Of Hell
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Lynne Truss |
For people who both love and hate cats comes the tale of Alec Charlesworth, a librarian who finds himself suddenly alone: he's lost his job, his beloved wife has just died. Overcome by grief, he sear… |
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The lunar cats
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Lynne Truss |
When you are an inoffensive retired librarian with bitter personal experience of Evil Talking Cats, do you rescue a kitten from the cold on a December night? Do you follow up news items about cats di… |
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Tennyson's gift
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Lynne Truss |
It is July 1864 and the Isle of Wight is buzzing with eccentric creative types. Tennyson recites poetry to furniture while his invalid wife hides bad reviews in teapots and buries them in the garden … |
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Y'a plus d'respect!
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Lynne Truss |
Non sans humour et autodérision, l'auteure déplore la grossièreté et le manque de respect qui règnent dans la vie moderne. Elle évoque le sentiment de révolte qui peut animer chacun face au sans-gêne… |
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Certain Age
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Lynne Truss |
'A Certain Age' focuses on six women, each around 40 years of age, each defined by a family relationship, a mother, a daughter, and so on. These monologues are in the vein of Bridget Jones plus ten y… |
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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Lynne Truss |
Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.
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