books by subject
Historical & Comparative Linguistics
Clichés: Avoid Them Like The Plague
My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English (I Used to Know That ...)
Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon
Red Herrings and White Elephants
Red Herrings and White Elephants
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage
FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II
Fighting Talk: The military origins of everyday words and phrases
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language
Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang
Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Inside out Series: Exploring Place-Names in Wales
DICTIONARY OF RAF SLANG
The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Wordsworth Reference)
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Wordsworth Reference)
Latin in Our Language (Latin language)
Bloomers, Biros and Wellington Boots: How the Names Became the Words
Dictionary of Proverbs
Dictionary of Word Origins
The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore
English for Economics in Higher Education Studies (English for Specific Academic Purposes)
Progressive Skills in English 3
Progressive Skills in English 4 Student's Book
Brewers Dictionary of Names: People & Places & Things: People and Places and Things (Hutchinson reference classics)
BRITSLANG: an Uncensored A-Z of the Peoples' Language, Rhyming Slang