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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…
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Brighton, 1957. Inspector Steine rather enjoys his life as a policeman by the sea. No criminals, no crime, no stress.
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A guide to perfect punctuation for those who care about precise writing.
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Jane Austen
The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans.
Stella Gibbons
When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm.
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As a case twists and turns, Constable Twitten must find the murderer and convince his colleagues that there’s an evil mastermind behind Brighton’s climbing crime rate in the second installment…
The quirky and charming new crime novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss.
By acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself…
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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 inquire…
Published in 2021 by arrangement with Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. –Title page verso.
*THE BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN*
‘Another delectable crime story… While between the covers of her books, the world seems a better place’ The Times
‘A…
The charming first novel in a new comic crime series from New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss.
The quirky and charming third crime novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss.
A Times Crime Novel of the Year, the perfect murder mystery read for fans of Richard Osman and Elly Griffiths
In the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime…
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From the bestselling author of ‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves’, this is the hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.
A battle-cry for civilised behaviour from the author of the multi-million selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
One woman’s journal of single life on the margins. A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss’ journalism - recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative ‘Bridget Jones’.
A wonderful comic novel from the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’.
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate.
Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021
THE ACCLAIMED MURDER MYSTERY FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN
'Funny, clever, charming, imaginative and nostalgic'…
A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss’s now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in…
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS ‘Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century’ The Times Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a…
Presents a funny portrait of British rural life in the 1930s, in which Flora, a recently orphaned socialite, moves in with her country relatives, the gloomy Starkadders of Cold Comfort…
Erin Moore
A transatlantic survival guide, that examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. It shows why Americans give - and take - so many bloody…
Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of…
Just as the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves hilariously demystified the comma, this companion book does the same for apostrophes. Silly scenes throughout show how apostrophes…
Clare Dignall,Lynne Truss
The punctuation workout for sticklers and rookies alike.
A pocket-sized paperback compendium of the hilariously illustrated #1 New York Times bestselling series of books about punctuation –Provided by publisher.
An anthology of short stories that also includes three stories from the winners of the Woman & Home Short Story Competition.
