If you love Scrabble here is a large range of 18 different types of word puzzles, some short which will be relatively quick to solve, others more of a challenge. In addition to several common types of word searches and word wheels, there are anagram-based puzzles adapted to make use of scrabble tiles, for instance new versions of word ladder and word square puzzles. Find the highest scoring words with these enjoyable challenges in this bumper book of more than 250 fun puzzles in all 18 varieties, suitable for the whole family. 288pp, illustrated paperback.

A multilingual illustrated book of the first 100 words in English, French and Spanish including 100 double-sided flash cards. The optimal time for a child to learn another language is from birth to three years, at the same time he or she is learning a first language. With its bright colours and clear design, every word is illustrated with an eye-catching photograph and on a separate double-sided flashcard the word is translated. Includes At the Farm, At the Zoo, Under the Sea, Eat, and Things to Wear and My Special Things like puppy, castle, pony, bracelet, dinosaur and kitten. Now you try saying that in French and Spanish! Beautifully packaged children's activity book for tiny tots. 22.9cm square, board pages plus cards which can be used for a matching game by placing over the same picture on the page.

In sturdy black slipcase is a very tactile dark red stitched leather bound compact dictionary, 4¼" x 6", with indented decoration to spine and cover and clear index. Main word entries are in bold type with variant spellings, pronunciations, parts of speech, cross references, irregular parts, meanings, phrases and idioms, related words and compounds. 631 fine pages and nice clear type. Slipcased.

The longest street name in Britain is Bolderwood Arboretum Ornamental Drive in the New Forest. The shortest is Rye in Puriton in Somerset. There are some 800,000 streets in England, Scotland and Wales that have a name, along with several thousand more in Northern Ireland ranging from Aachen Way in Halifax to Zurich Gardens in Bramhall in Stockport. There are more than 5,400 High Streets, but there is only one Christmas Pie Avenue. There are thousands of Roads, and Closes, but very few Vennels and Boulevards. Some state the obvious - Station Approach or River View and some are more obscure like Gillygate or Titty Ho. There are important Roman roads like Ermine Street from London to York, Watling Street from Dover to Chester, Stane Street from London to Chichester, and Dere Street from London to Cirencester. With a history from Saxon times onwards, the Circus in Bath to Piccadilly Circus, crescents and squares, quays and mews, Holborn Viaduct, here are the Latin derivations, the steps and the follies, twittens and drangways, gates and hills - natural features, trades and traders, battles, war heroes and political figures, royal connections, noble land owning families, builders and developers, local worthies, artists and entertainers, writers and sportsmen and the unique, unusual and unfortunate names like Ugly Lane, Upper Butts or Uranus Road. Eminently browseworthy, with gazetteer, 225pp.

Sub-titled 'The Weird and Wonderful World of Scandinavian Sayings'. Scandinavians are cooler, sexier and more stylish than the rest of us. They have a higher standard of living, greater economic opportunity and equality, the world's best restaurants, and moody TV dramas involving murders and Nordic jumpers. But did you know, amidst the obsession with hygge and IKEA, that Scandinavian sayings are absolutely BIZARRE?! Take the Swedish 'Skita i det blå skåpet', which roughly translates as: 'You've done a poo in the blue cupboard' ('You've messed things up now'). And in Norway, if you're slow on the uptake, the locals would suspect you were 'born behind a brown cheese' ('Å være født bak en brunost'). Or caught with his beard in the letterbox! This witty, enlightening book will give you 50 phrases you never knew you needed in your life, explaining their origin and literal translations, with gorgeous modern colour illustrations. 112 pages.

Chomper, donkey, meat, jammer, wench, folds, clown, licker, face, monkey... Unleash your immaturity and skewed sense of humour within and never be left searching for a clever comeback again. A curse word generator that creates x-rated, humorous, and socially unacceptable curse words for any and every situation. Face it, sometimes a standard curse word or expletive just won't do. Whether you're annoyed with your neighbour, agitated with your spouse, or tired of your lazy children, this unique two-flap flipbook of totally uncensored and socially unacceptable phrases will provide endless possibilities for creative and colourful vocabulary. Spiralbound, 128 pages.

Volume one for beginners to intermediate level designed to give a sense of achievement and most importantly enjoyment. There are eight stories in a variety of exciting genres from science fiction and crime to history and thriller introducing a wide range of new vocabulary including the thousand most frequent words in Italian. It will all help you progress confidently. There are authentic spoken dialogues to help you learn conversational expressions and approve your speaking ability and accessible grammar so that you learn new structures naturally in these carefully curated stories. There is a glossary for bolded words in each text, a bilingual word list, full plot summary and comprehension questions after each chapter. There are tips on how to read effectively and a six-step reading process encouraging us to look at the illustration and read the chapter title and think about what the story might be about without stopping to look up all the words but simply following the plot on your first read through before going back and studying the story and language in more depth. 'Take time to focus on all that you have understood and congratulate yourself.' The first two short stories are titled La Pizza Pazza and La Creatura. 208pp, illustrated paperback in the Teach Yourself popular series.

The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle had a huge influence on the development of Western philosophy. Born in northern Greece in 384BCE, his father was the physician to the King of Macedonia, and although much of his early life remains a mystery, we know that he went to Athens when he was 17 to study in Plato's Academy where he spent more than two decades under his tutelage. He left the peaceful environment of Assos after a request from King Philip II of Macedon to tutor his son Alexander, later better known as Alexander the Great. When this task came to an end, Aristotle returned to Athens and created his own institution of learning, the Lyceum, where he encouraged his students not only in philosophy but in astronomy, biology, mathematics, medicine, music and rhetoric, and it was there he gave regular lectures and wrote many treatises including Nicomachean Ethics and this book. Public speaking was a critical skill in Ancient Greece whether for politicians or ordinary citizens putting forward their case in courts of law. Aristotle set out to create a guide to help students argue persuasively and at the same time it is a comprehensive study of human emotions and character with rhetoric one of the three branches of philosophy along with logic and dialectic. Brilliantly explained and carefully reasoned, Aristotle created essential guidelines for argument and a prose style that would influence writers for more than two millennia. 252pp in new full price paperback.

Type of tree 'flower' that may hang down from branches like a tail. The huge easy to read crosswords each have an extra clue that when solved will reveal a word or words relating to plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. With approximately 20-24 clues across and down, these easy fun crosswords take inspiration from the scientific research and collections at Kew, home to more than 68,000 plants, from familiar names to the rare and exotic. With solutions to all 73 puzzles, 96 very large pages in softback. New full price.

Salve! Welcome to this collection of more than 100 wonderful wordsearch puzzles designed to give you a light-hearted introduction or revision to Latin, the language of Ancient Rome. Here are greetings, food and drink, the Roman home, at the games, extracts from Caesar's Gallic Wars, architecture and engineering, the Roman fort, medicine, hair and make-up, directions and getting around, telling the time, Roman festivals, slaves and class, personality traits, Herculaneum and Pompeii, Roman religion, meeting and greeting, feelings and opinions. Plus impersonal verbs, irregular and defective verbs, adverbs, prepositions, asking and answering questions, Roman numerals and more. With some basics of Latin grammar, to solve the puzzles just find the Latin words shown in capitals that are hidden within the grid above them. What is fun and challenging is that the words can run in any direction, including diagonally. Solutions to all 104 puzzles which are printed large in the top half of each page. 128pp large softback, new full price publication.