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Books We Read in 2013 (Part 3)
Posted on 2013/12/18 in General, tagged as 30-Second, James Davies
2014 is nearly upon us! This week, the Icon Books team will be sharing with you two books that we’ve each enjoyed reading in 2013, including one book of our own. Let us know which books you’ve enjoyed this year in the comments or @iconbooks! Michael (Sales Executive) Far from a natural choice for me as someone who is still haunted by GCSE chemistry, 30-Second Elements, edited by Eric Scerri, made a previously intolerable subject appear interestin… Read more »
Books We Read in 2013 (Part 2)
Posted on 2013/12/17 in General, tagged as introducing, mark forsyth
2014 is nearly upon us! This week, the Icon Books team will be sharing with you two books that we’ve each enjoyed reading in 2013, including one book of our own. Let us know which books you’ve enjoyed this year in the comments or @iconbooks! Kate (Commissioning Editor) I joined Icon earlier this year, and one not insubstantial factor in that decision was how much I’d enjoyed Mark Forsyth’s previous books, The Etymologicon and The Horologicon. So… Read more »
Books We Read in 2013 (Part 1)
Posted on 2013/12/16 in General, tagged as Simon Flynn
2014 is nearly upon us! This week, the Icon Books team will be sharing with you two books that we’ve each enjoyed reading in 2013, including one book of our own. Let us know which books you’ve enjoyed this year in the comments or @iconbooks! Stacey (Sales and Marketing Executive) The Science Magpie by Simon Flynn was one of the first lead titles I got to work on here at Icon Books and it has been one of the most fun, from gifting our sales reps w… Read more »
A vehement attack on the latest claims about the differences between the sexes
Posted on 2013/12/03 in News, tagged as press
You will read a lot in the press today about the ‘hard-wired’ differences between male and female brains, so perhaps it’s time to check out Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences. Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That’s why, we’re told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry room – different brains are just… Read more »
Mark Forsyth on Tour
Posted on 2013/11/22 in Events, tagged as mark forsyth
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase is out in the world and Mark Forsyth is going on tour! Mark Forsyth will be visiting the following bookshops through November and December so come along and see him talk about the figures of rhetoric and get your book signed. Barter Books in Alnwick on 25th of November The Edinburgh Bookshop on 26th of November Rossiter Books in Ross-on-Wye on the 27th of November Booka Bookshop in… Read more »
Listen to Mark Forsyth on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme!
Posted on 2013/11/11 in New Books, tagged as mark forsyth
Mark Forsyth, bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, talking about the hidden formulas for making lines memorable. In The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase, Mark Forsyth explores the flowers of rhetoric, such as diacope (used in Shakespeare’s ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ and ‘Love me love me, say that you love me’ by The Cardigans) and antit… Read more »
The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth is out now!
Posted on 2013/11/07 in New Books, tagged as mark forsyth
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase, from bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon, Mark Forsyth, is out today. Watch the video below to find out more about The Elements of Eloquence, from Mark Forsyth himself. The Elements of Eloquence is available from all good bookshops as and as an eBook. Go here to read more about the book. Can you get to central London by 6:30pm on Tuesday 12th November? If so… Read more »
Mark Forsyth’s Top 10 Lost Words
Posted on 2013/10/21 in General, tagged as mark forsyth
Mark Forsyth, author of The Horologicon, The Etymologicon and the highly anticipated The Elements of Elements, wrote about his top ten lost words today! 1. Wamblecropt Wamblecropt means overcome with indigestion. Once upon a time, you might observe that your stomach was wambling a bit. If the wambles got so bad you couldn’t move, you were wamblecropt. It’s the most beautiful word in the English language to say aloud. Try it. Head over to the Guar… Read more »
The Elements of Eloquence is the brilliant new book from Mark Forsyth!
Posted on 2013/10/07 in General, tagged as
We are extremely excited to reveal the cover for the idiosyncratic, erudite and brilliantly funny new book from Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon! In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secret… Read more »
‘This grippingly readable book gives the fullest and most convincing exposition of one of the 20th century’s strangest stories’
Posted on 2013/10/07 in General, tagged as peter padfield
Peter Padfield’s Hess, Hitler & Churchill, available now, was reviewed by Nigel Jones in the Sunday Telegraph last weekend: ‘Vital files on Hess have been weeded out or remain closed, and we are unlikely to ever know the full truth. Until we do, this grippingly readable book gives the fullest and most convincing exposition of one of the 20th century’s strangest stories.’ Head here to read more of there review. Hess, Hitler and Churchill is av… Read more »
