English Language Reference

Oxford Crossword Dictionary (UK)

By Soanes, Catherine

The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left

By Crystal, David

New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors: The Essential A-Z Guide to the Written Word (Reference)

By Oxford University Press

Words Words Words

By David Crystal (Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor)

I Wish I'd Said That: A Little Book of Humorous Quotations

By Ned Sherrin (Broadcaster and writer)

Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

By Elizabeth Knowles

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

By Onions, C. T., Friedrichsen, G. W. S., Burchfield, R. W.

Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

By John Ayto, John Simpson

The Insect That Stole Butter?

By Julia Cresswell

From the Horse's Mouth: Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms

By John Ayto

Susie Dent's Words of the Year

By Dent, Susie

A Concise Dictionary of First Names

By Patrick Hanks, flavia hodges

Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

By Ratcliffe, Susan

Fowler's Modern English Usage (Re-Revised 3rd Edition)

By Burchfield, R. W.

New Hart's Rules: The Handbook of Style for Writers and Editors (Reference)

By oxford-university-press-staff, Ritter, R M, Oxford University Press

Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors

By Elizabeth A. Martin (Market House Books)