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A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
From the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the eternal human drive to get sloshed Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there ...Show more
A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth
$38.00 NZD
Category: Humour
Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way ...Show more
The Etymologicon : A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
$36.99 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, a ...Show more
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