Use coupon code “SUMMER20” for a 20% discount on all items! Valid until 2024-08-31

Site Logo
Search Suggestions

      Royal Mail  express delivery to UK destinations

      Regular sales and promotions

      Stock updates every 20 minutes!

      Speaking in Tongues: Curious Expressions from Around the World

      7 in stock

      Firm sale: non returnable item
      SKU 9781910931264 Categories ,
      Select Guide Rating
      Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your head? This book brings the weird, wonderful and surprising nuanced beauty of language to life with over fifty watercolo...

      £12.99

      Buy new:

      Delivery: UK delivery Only. Usually dispatched in 1-2 working days.

      Shipping costs: All shipping costs calculated in the cart or during the checkout process.

      Standard service (normally 2-3 working days): 48hr Tracked service.

      Premium service (next working day): 24hr Tracked service – signature service included.

      Royal mail: 24 & 48hr Tracked: Trackable items weighing up to 20kg are tracked to door and are inclusive of text and email with ‘Leave in Safe Place’ options, but are non-signature services. Examples of service expected: Standard 48hr service – if ordered before 3pm on Thursday then expected delivery would be on Saturday. If Premium 24hr service used, then expected delivery would be Friday.

      Signature Service: This service is only available for tracked items.

      Leave in Safe Place: This option is available at no additional charge for tracked services.

      Description

      Product ID:9781910931264
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:CN
      Title:Speaking in Tongues
      Subtitle:Curious Expressions from Around the World
      Authors:Author: Ella Frances Sanders
      Page Count:112
      Subjects:Language: history and general works, Language: history & general works, Quotations, proverbs and sayings, Humour collections and anthologies, Dictionaries of quotations, Humour collections & anthologies
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your head? This book brings the weird, wonderful and surprising nuanced beauty of language to life with over fifty watercolour and ink illustrations.

      Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your head?

      Speaking in Tongues brings the weird, wonderful and surprising nuanced beauty of language to life with over fifty gorgeous watercolour and ink illustrations.

      Here you will find the perfect romantic expression, such as the Spanish tu eres mi media naranja, or ''you are the love of my life, my soulmate'', and the bizarre, including dancing bears and broken pots, feeding donkeys sponge cake, a head full of crickets, and clouds and radishes. All encourage new ways of thinking about the world around us, and breathe magnificent life into the everyday.

      These phrases from across the world are ageless and endlessly enchanting, passed down through generations. Now they are yours.


      Imprint Name:Square Peg
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2016-09-01

      Additional information

      Weight356 g
      Dimensions200 × 172 × 16 mm