Caroline P Taggart

Mara-Serengeti: A Photographer's Paradise

Her Ladyship's Guide to the British Season

Her Ladyship takes readers gently by the hand and guides them through the minefield of the British social seasonThe Royal Wedding and the Olympics have shown the world exactly what makes Britain great, and the UK is the current place to see and be seen. But there is much more to Britain than just po...

The Book of English Place Names: How Our Towns and Villages Got Their Names

Take a journey down winding lanes and Roman roads in this witty and informative guide to the meanings behind the names of England’s towns and villages. From Celtic farmers to Norman conquerors, right up to the Industrial Revolution, deciphering place names reveals how previous generations lived, wor...

500 Words You Should Know

From the author of the bestselling I Used to Know That comes a veracious cornucopia of 500 of the best, trickiest, and oft-misused words in the English language that will have you confabulating with the literary cognoscenti in no time Everwanted to ameliorate your atavistic lexicon, engage in a litt...

How to Greet The Queen: And Other Questions of Modern Etiquette

Afollow-up to Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English offers a practical, tongue-in-cheek look at all aspects of Royal manners and etiquetteHer Ladyship gives practical and invaluable advice on every aspect of royal etiquette: how to behave correctly at formal occasions, and indeed how to follow...

The Ultimate Writing Coach

The Ultimate Writing Coach contains everything you need to know about writing and publishing. It presents authoritative guidance direct from professional writers covering the full gamut of both the fiction and non-fiction market. For fiction, there is coaching on everything from creating believable ...

My Grammar and I Or Should That Be Me?: How to Speak and Write It Right

For anyone who has ever had a problem with dangling modifiers and split infinitives, or for those who have no idea what these things even are, My Grammar and I provides all the answers. While taking you on a tour of the English language, through a veritable minefield of rules and conditions for the ...

An Apple a Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs --Timeless Words to Live By

From Old Testament proverbs to modern phrases like "the best things in life are free," An Apple a Day takes a fun look at expressions that "have stood the test of time." Read through from start to finish or search through the list of hundreds of the most common proverbs, arranged from A to Z for ea...

The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome

It's no myth: this lively refresher course fills in all you need to know about ancient studies-from Zeus's throne to the fall of Rome-in pithy little quips. It covers the impressive advances made by Greek and Roman societies, from language to medicine, from art to architecture. You'll learn: The Gre...