English Language Reference

The Insect That Stole Butter?

By Julia Cresswell

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

By Knowles, Elizabeth

Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors

By Elizabeth A. Martin (Market House Books)

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

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

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

By Burchfield, R. W.

Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

By Ratcliffe, Susan

A Concise Dictionary of First Names

By Patrick Hanks, flavia hodges

Susie Dent's Words of the Year

By Dent, Susie

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

By John Ayto

Oxford Crossword Dictionary (UK)

By Soanes, Catherine

Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

By John Ayto, John Simpson

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

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

Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

By Elizabeth Knowles

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

By Ned Sherrin (Broadcaster and writer)

Words Words Words

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

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

By Oxford University Press

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

By Crystal, David