Dictionary of Fine Distinctions : Nuances, Niceties and Subtle Shades of Meaning by Eli Burnstein

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions : Nuances, Niceties and Subtle Shades of Meaning by Eli Burnstein'Delightful' Steven Pinker 'A joy to read' David Crystal 'Gulp it down' Lucy Mangan 'A gem' Simon GarfieldSwamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we using them with any degree of accuracy or should that be precision? For hair splitters and language lovers, Dictionary of Fine Distinctions explores the world of the vanishingly small, teasing apart the terms that we tend to

a little bit fancy

Frederic Henry is an American Lieutenant serving in the ambulance corps of the Italian army during the First World War

minerals and fossils

Lowly Worm and more on a very busy day in Busytown as they learn how to be polite

Both take an immediate interest in the pretty

the women find themselves hurtling towards an act of devastating violence that will threaten everything they've fought to create

Join Betty and Yeti as they create a monstrous mess – will they be able to clean it all up before the groan-ups notice there’s a yeti living under their roof

written by Jim Helmore

As Jabari rages against the iniquity

this spunky superhero

The characters are refreshingly real

with chronic and life-changing conditions