Crystal: 933 books
More Than Skin Deep
A Guide to Self and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
"You can probably think of a lot of things in your life that you’d like to celebrate…but your skin?! Most teenage girls can point to a couple things about their skin that they’re unhappy with (and certainly wouldn’t want to celebrate!). That’s because the world around you has convinced...
by Crystal Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Bestselling author Crystal Bowman introduces preschoolers to the Bible and helps them learn their ABCs with My ABC Bible, a charming book filled with whimsical illustrations and simple, rhyming text.
The Casserole Queens Cookbook
Put Some Lovin' in Your Oven with 100 Easy One-Dish Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Put a new spin on homestyle favorites with this New York Times Bestsller that shows you how to make easy, fresh meals from scratch in your own kitchen.
Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock make a mean Chicken Pot Pie, elevating the classic recipe with white wine and fresh tarragon. Their recipe won...
by Crystal Linn
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
An inspirational collection of essays, poems and thoughts on nurturing our inner child. It offers a little something for everyone, from a good mental cup of tea, to discussing the importance of play, to a serene sailboat with orcas.
Crystal Linn is a freelance writer and award winning poet...
Yum-Yum Bento Box
Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Oh, boy—obento! These yummy, healthy lunches are all the rage in Japan, where mothers create them as expressions of love for their children. With Yum-Yum Bento Box, Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa devote an entire cookbook to these delicious and adorable meals for all ages! Learn how to craft your...
by Crystal Sky
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
The Stars align to make 2019 your best year ever! With this comprehensive astrological horoscope book for the Star Sign Scorpio, you get inside knowledge about what to expect in 2019. Scorpio Horoscope 2019 has monthly categories such as Work & Career, Love & Romance, Ideas & Creativity,...
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
This book takes a long hard look at the text-messaging phenomenon and its effects on literacy, language, and society. Young people who seem to spend much of their time texting sometimes appear unable or unwilling to write much else. Media outrage has ensued. "It is bleak, bald, sad shorthand,"...
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. David Crystal has been described (by the Times Higher Education Supplement) as a sort of 'latter...
Words in Time and Place
Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be. Published...
Think on my Words
Exploring Shakespeare's Language
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest in aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare's language, making his...
Listen to Your Child
A Parent's Guide to Children's Language
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 1989
Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development: a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents.
In this charming and informative book, Britain's leading expert on the English language talks you through every stage in your child's language development....
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages...
The Disappearing Dictionary
A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little.
In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful...
The Story of Be
A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing...