Bookbot

Caroline Taggart

    Cet auteur, avec une expérience de trois décennies dans l'édition, s'est tourné vers l'écriture avec un succès inattendu. Son œuvre explore souvent une fascination pour les noms de lieux et le patrimoine régional, en particulier sa passion pour Londres. Plus récemment, il s'est lancé dans la narration continue, parcourant le pays pour enquêter, écrire et goûter des gâteaux et des pâtisseries régionales. Son style d'écriture est décrit comme engageant, gourmand et plein d'esprit, reflétant un profond intérêt pour les traditions culturelles et les délicieuses spécialités locales.

    Caroline Taggart
    A classical education : the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school
    My Grammar and I
    The Book Lover's Bucket List
    Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English
    How to Greet the Queen
    The Book Lover's European Bucket List
    • The Book Lover's European Bucket List

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library Collections, this book is sure to inspire real travel and vicarious vacations alike.

      The Book Lover's European Bucket List
      4,1
    • How to Greet the Queen

      And Other Questions of Modern Etiquette

      • 160pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Practical and invaluable advice on every aspect of modern etiquette, both royal and everyday. The author, Her Ladyship, guides you through basic good manners in a range of situations, both formal and informal occasions, whether at home or at work or abroad. How to meet and greet The Queen and other royals and elegant ways of sitting down, standing up and getting in and out of cars. And how not to look as if you are bored to death.

      How to Greet the Queen
      3,9
    • The world's most important language has a number of difficult areas and pitfalls, and almost everyone has some area to improve upn, whether it's how to spell "millennium" or how to pronounce "schedule" the British way. Her Ladyship's guide quickly takes readers through the major problem areas, covering common mistakes in grammar (that will belie a lowly upbringing), common misspellings and misused words, and the all-important choice of words and phrases to use in posh society, with a fool-proof pronunciation guide.

      Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English
      4,0
    • The Book Lover's Bucket List

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Immerse yourself in a land full of literary locations in this tour through the great books of the British Isles. Caroline Taggart's guide to statues, walks both rural and urban, literary homes and vistas which inspired great scenes from our favourite novels is guaranteed to have something for every avid reader.

      The Book Lover's Bucket List
      4,0
    • My Grammar and I

      (Or Should That Be 'Me'?)

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      My Grammar and I offers amusing examples of awful grammar, while steering you in the direction of grammatical greatness. Refreshing everything you should have learnt at school and more, My Grammar and I is informative yet entertaining - an ideal buy for any English language enthusiast.

      My Grammar and I
      3,8
    • A Classical Education provides many of the classical facts that modern schooling leaves out. Perfect for parents who wish to teach their children and for those who would like to learn or relearn the facts themselves, A Classical Education is informative and educational, but above all accessible.

      A classical education : the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school
      3,6
    • I Used to Know That

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback, this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and old fans alike. Nostalgic, informative and entertaining, it is an ideal and accessible buy for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge. If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; and, the use of a conjunction or the number of ontinents in the world, "I Used to Know That" is guaranteed to provide all the answers.

      I Used to Know That
      3,4
    • Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed, usefulness. Caroline Taggart explores the truth behind our favourite proverbs, their history and proves that they are as useful today as they ever were.

      An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
      3,3
    • Humble Pie and Cold Turkey

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      An entertaining and informative look at thousands of years of history to shed light on the words and phrases we use most often - and where they came from.

      Humble Pie and Cold Turkey
      3,1
    • Back to Basics

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      This useful book will provide readers with the opportunity to learn the things that were never taught at school, while also giving a refresher course on the main staples. From brushing up on Bible stories and classical architecture, to identifying different types of clouds, your thirst for knowledge will be sated and your education complete.

      Back to Basics
      2,8
    • All That Glisters . presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where they came from and why they may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one's friends.

      All That Glisters ... : And Other Quotations You Should Know
    • 500 Words You Should Know

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      500 Words You Should Know will inspire the reader to use uncommon words in their correct context, utilize the English language to its full potential, and test themselves on the words they think they already know.

      500 Words You Should Know
    • Encyklopedie psů

      • 190pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Encyklopedie psů - více než 120 plemen psů, výběr a výcvik štěněte, zdravotní péče a nemoci, péče o srst a strava, účast na výstavách...

      Encyklopedie psů