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	Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare 3.49 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oxford A-Z of English Usage 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harpercollins Spanish Concise Dictionary 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fowler's Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collins Gem Spanish Verb Tables and Grammar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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For me, not having read any other Donne biography, this was utterly enthralling. If not for Donne's character per se, for the author's ebullient, witty, metaphorical, engrossing style. As someone who also writes, I practically gasped at some of her p ...more
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Jeremy Butterfield rated a book really liked it Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World by Roger Crowley	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Can one write a review when only a third of the way through? Well, that's what I'm doing. If only all history were this entertaining. I hope the rest of the book lives up. We get Magellan's voyage of discovery to find a way through to the Pacific from ...more
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Jeremy Butterfield and 2 other people liked Katy Kelly's review of The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Stree: "Fantastic format and entertaining historical look at myriad versions of the high street. I loved this. Admittedly, I love the earlier chapters and periods more, as I am fascinated by how things developed early on and what they were many hundreds of ye" Read more of this review »
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Jeremy Butterfield and 4 other people liked Dmytro's review of The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street: "I picked up this book after spotting it on display at Hatchards in London, and I’m so glad I did. It offers a captivating journey through the history of British high streets, tracing their evolution from the 13th century to the present day. The book d" Read more of this review »
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Put simply, very informative about how our shopping habits have developed and changed from mediaeval times onwards. Chunked into digestible and sensible periods, and richly peppered with entertaining or illuminating contemporary quotations (Pepys, Sm ...more
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Can one write a review when only a third of the way through? Well, that's what I'm doing. If only all history were this entertaining. I hope the rest of the book lives up. We get Magellan's voyage of discovery to find a way through to the Pacific from ...more
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Classic McDermid, creating three-dimensional characters, esp. Karen Pirie, and, in this case, interweaving three plot lines with immense skill. Not to mention her trademark use of metaphor-rich language and perfect pitch for dialogue.
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“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
― Joseph Campbell

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“The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it”
― Val McDermid

tags: accents, glasgow, scottish

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