Dictionaries & Languages

A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Authentic Voice and Communication

With a sense of humour, an ability to laugh at bureaucracy and an inclination to question the status quo, John Simpson gives life to the colourful characters at the OED and to the English language itself. 

A Real Dictionary of Everyday and Extra-Usual Words

A major new edition of the trusted, bestselling, comprehensive Oxford School Dictionary with new curriculum support. This fantastic new edition will boost your children's vocabulary with new words and meanings from across the curriculum.

With 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations packed into this Collins Gem German to English and English to German dictionary, you'll have everything you need to know on the go.

A rake of clever craic and wisdom for Jackeens, Culchies, and Edjits

Paperback edition

The world's best-selling English mini dictionary and the ideal portable word companion for all. This edition is fully up-to-date, including the most popular new words to enter the English language. Comes with a detailed Practical Writing Guide for everyday use covering emails, social media norms, formal and social communication.

This new edition is part of the Collins Gem range - the world's best-selling mini dictionaries and thesauruses. This new edition is fully up-to-date, with the newest words to enter the English language, with thousands of synonyms and antonyms..

This new 6th edition is an indispensable guide to the English language. Part of the Collins Gem range - the world's best-selling mini dictionaries - it provides dictionary definitions and thesaurus synonyms on the same page for incomparable quick and easy reference.