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A Man About A Dog : Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness by Nigel Rees
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Quentin Crisp once quipped that "euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne." Nigel Rees, leading commentator on the English language, has ranged far and wide to collect and comment upon 2,467 examples of euphemistic phrases--those expressions that so inventively display the art of minc ...Show more
A Man About a Dog : Euphemisms and other examples of verbal squeamishness by Nigel Rees
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
'Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.'(Quentin Crisp). In his latest book, Nigel Rees, one of Britain's foremost commentators on English, has collected and explained 2467 examples of verbal perfume. Fascinating, lively and endless fun, 'A Man About A Dog' is a must for anyone ca ...Show more
Brewer's Famous Quotations by Nigel Rees
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations' -- Winston Churchill Quotations can offer us a glimpse into the past in a few brief words, giving us a feeling for the people and events that have shaped our world; from Oppenheimer's 'I am become death, destroyer of worlds' at the ex ...Show more
More Tea Vicar? by Nigel Rees
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Nigel Rees presents a hilarious, and sometimes rude, but always nostalgic guide to domestic catchphrases - including the familiar and the not so familiar.Following his hugely popular survey of individual family sayings, 'As We Say in Our House', Rees returns with a closer look at domestic catchphrases i ...Show more
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