Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories by David Crystal (out 10 April 2026)

Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories by David Crystal (out 10 April 2026)The world of books has played a striking role in the history of English vocabulary. Book itself is one of the oldest words in the language, originating from boc in Old English, and appears in many commonly used expressions today by the book, bring to book and bookworm to name a few. With the arrival of printing, typesetting and the development of the newspaper industry came terminology that developed into commonly used phrases such as stop the press,

- \"Instead of that

Brazil to Iran

For some of them

I devoured it and then I licked the plate for another taste of every glorious tale

perhaps the best-loved novel in English

It really is a mystery tour through such matters as translation

The Sydney Warssheds new light on how British and Aboriginal forces developed military tactics and how the violence played out

United States Air Force

The novel is centered around a young law student who appears to be driven by a passion for justice and reforming a flawed legal system

" a group of disgraced MI5 agents relegated to Slough House

nourishment

} The third novel in the Jack Irish series won the 2000 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel