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The Book Of Hard Words
Do you have an extreme case of bibliomania?
Ever feel overcome with concupiscence?
Do you dream of being a funambulist?
Now, with this indispensable visual dictionary, you ll learn the meaning of these and many more fabulously impressive words, as well as where they came from. What s more, clever illustrations will help you learn to pronounce them correctly and use them to show off at every opportune occasion.
David Bramwell is the author and creator of the successful "Cheeky Guide" series, based in the UK. In addition to being a freelance journalist, author, and music teacher, he also fronts his band, Oddfellows Casino. He lives in the United Kingdom."
Ever feel overcome with concupiscence?
Do you dream of being a funambulist?
Now, with this indispensable visual dictionary, you ll learn the meaning of these and many more fabulously impressive words, as well as where they came from. What s more, clever illustrations will help you learn to pronounce them correctly and use them to show off at every opportune occasion.
David Bramwell is the author and creator of the successful "Cheeky Guide" series, based in the UK. In addition to being a freelance journalist, author, and music teacher, he also fronts his band, Oddfellows Casino. He lives in the United Kingdom."
128 pages
Published August 1, 2008
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About the author
David Bramwell
17 books14 followersDr. Bramwell is a man who likes to keep busy. A magpie by nature, he is the creator of the successful Cheeky Guide series, founder and host of Brighton’s Catalyst Club and singer-songwriter in the band Oddfellows Casino (Nightjar Records). His music and spoken word material have been featured on BBC radio 1, 3,4 and 6.
David has written books on subjects ranging from difficult words to sexuality for Penguin, Harper Collins and DK, has spoken at and hosted TEDx events, curated a tent at Port Eliot Festival and, together with fellow musician Eliza Skelton, entertained festival and cinema audiences with “Sing-along-a-Wickerman”.
His one-man show, The Haunted Moustache, won him awards for “Outstanding Theatre” and “Best Comedy Show” during the Brighton Festival, a BBC R3 commission for the series Between the Ears and a Sony Award in 2011.
His second one-man show, the No9 Bus to Utopia was based on a year spent travelling round communities in Europe and America in search of a better life. The show premiered in the Earth Ship in Brighton’s Stanmer Park and has since featured as a TED lecture and been performed at Alain de Botton’s School of Life, 5X15, the Idler Academy and Port Elliot Festival. He is happiest, however, performing it in the back room of a pub.
It is worth noting that Dr Bramwell is a medical man by rumour only; approach with extreme caution, particularly if he offers to whip out your tonsils in exchange for a packet of biscuits.
David has written books on subjects ranging from difficult words to sexuality for Penguin, Harper Collins and DK, has spoken at and hosted TEDx events, curated a tent at Port Eliot Festival and, together with fellow musician Eliza Skelton, entertained festival and cinema audiences with “Sing-along-a-Wickerman”.
His one-man show, The Haunted Moustache, won him awards for “Outstanding Theatre” and “Best Comedy Show” during the Brighton Festival, a BBC R3 commission for the series Between the Ears and a Sony Award in 2011.
His second one-man show, the No9 Bus to Utopia was based on a year spent travelling round communities in Europe and America in search of a better life. The show premiered in the Earth Ship in Brighton’s Stanmer Park and has since featured as a TED lecture and been performed at Alain de Botton’s School of Life, 5X15, the Idler Academy and Port Elliot Festival. He is happiest, however, performing it in the back room of a pub.
It is worth noting that Dr Bramwell is a medical man by rumour only; approach with extreme caution, particularly if he offers to whip out your tonsils in exchange for a packet of biscuits.
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March 6, 2024
David Bramwell's The Book of Hard Words is a delightful look at words not typically used in conversation or other forms of communication. There are three chapters that feature Hard Words, Harder Words and Hardest Words that can be studied and used when appropriate. Each word has an etymology, a pronunciation key, a visual description, and an example of how to use the word in a spoken or written sentence. Examples of hard words are the following: Egregious, Impecunious, Autodidact, and Mondegreen. Harder Words examples are: Vituperate, Declivitous, Hibernacle, and Rubefaction. The Hardest Words examples are: Recalcitrate, Concupiscence, Pococurante, and Ulotrichy. The chapter featuring the Hard Words is the longest while the Hardest Words chapter is relatively short. This is a book for either writers who want to identify lesser used words and for those who enjoy the English language in it simple and more complex forms.
January 6, 2013
Many of these words weren't really that hard.
January 1, 2022
The Book of Hard Words proposes a technique to make difficult words become part of your vocabulary by reading the hard word, seeing the hard word, knowing the hard word, and then using the hard word. The book is divided into three sections: Hard Words, Harder Words, and Hardest Words.
I'll be reviewing this book on my blog in a week here: https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2022/...
I'll be reviewing this book on my blog in a week here: https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2022/...
March 27, 2012
"That's right, I like to get a little nerdy once in a while, what of it."
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