It covers a wide range of non-technical vocabulary required for university level and above and is ideal for all international students whose first language is not English. more »

English spelling is weird but it's also wonderful. This 'gr8' bestseller celebrates English in all its delightful diversity - and offers much-needed help for the orthographically challenged. more »

A celebration and search for the origins of homely words, phrases and sayings. Over the last 30 years, hundreds of thousands of listeners of Quote!Unquote have written to Nigel Rees to share informal sayings from everyday life. more »

Do you call it April Fools' Day, April Noddy Day or April Gowkin' Day.? Is the season before winter the Autumn, the Fall or the Backend? When you're out of breath, do you pant, puff, pank, tift or thock?. more »

Never has there been a greater need to make sure that you write and speak good English.
Better English Aims to help you improve your written and spoken English through understanding the structure of the language. more »

From the huge response to Lost for Words, it's clear that many of us share John's strong feelings about the use and misuse of the English language. more »

What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What is a fandango? What's the new name for Calcutta? How do you spell supersede? Boutros Boutros-Ghali? Is it hippy or hippie? These questions really matter to Bill Bryson, ever since his days as a rookie subeditor on "The Times" back in the 1970s: as they do to anyone who cares about the English language. more »

This is the comprehensive collection of sport's strangest terms encountered in the 50-year career of one of British sport's greatest sages. more »

Business Letters I and Business Letters II are complementary Made Easy Guides, each providing an invaluable source of more than 100 ready-drafted letters for a range of business situations. more »

Within the rambling house of words and language we all too often expect to find doors with forbidding-sounding signs on them: 'Spelling', 'Grammar', 'Syntax', 'Etymology', 'Phonetics' and the like - signs that discourage rather than invite entry. more »