Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language, including The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He has written for the Guardian and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Mental Floss. A piano teacher and musician, he lives in Newcastle.
10 Ebooks por Paul Anthony Jones
Paul Anthony Jones: Word Drops
If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language. This surprising compendium of 1, 000 facts about words, language and etymology is here to inspire your curiosity and delight i …
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Paul Anthony Jones: Accidental Dictionary
How well do you know your words?Buxom used to mean obedient A cloud was a rock Raunchy originally meant dirty Brimming with hidden histories and tantalising twists, The Accidental Dictionary tells th …
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Paul Anthony Jones: The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities
The ultimate gift for wordsmiths and lovers of language: a word for every day of the year Open the Cabinet to leap back in time, learn about linguistic trivia, follow a curious thread or wonder at th …
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Paul Anthony Jones: Around the World in 80 Words
From Monte Carlo to Shanghai, Bikini to Samarra, Around the World in 80 Words is a whimsical voyage through the far-flung reaches of the English language.What makes a place so memorable that it survi …
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Paul Anthony Jones: The British Isles
Did you know… …that the oldest tree in Wales is a yew in Llangernyw in Conwy, thought to be around 4, 000 years old? … that London is one of only three cities worldwide to have hosted both the Olympi …
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Paul Anthony Jones: Cabinet of Calm
_____’Proper words, healing words, magic words. Buy for your friends, keep one for yourself.’ Simon Mayo With fifty-one linguistic remedies, The Cabinet of Calm is a beautiful little book that will l …
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Paul Anthony Jones: Why Is This a Question?
‘As entertaining as it is engrossing’ John Banville ‘Enlightening, delightful’ Arthur der Weduwen, author of The Library Why don’t eleven and twelve end in –teen? The rest of our counting system sits …
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Paul Anthony Jones: Around the World in 80 Words
What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places …
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€28.44
Paul Anthony Jones: A Winter Dictionary
As the nights draw in and the cold descends, the winter world emerges – and with it an incredible array of words that superbly capture the season. From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling sn …
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Paul Anthony Jones: British Isles
Did you know that the oldest tree in Wales is a yew in Llangernyw in Conwy, thought to be around 4, 000 years old? that London is one of only three cities worldwide to have hosted both the Olympic an …
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€12.80
