Top 10 Best "British" Books

Knickers in a Twist

Jonathan Bernstein

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Knickers in a Twist

Jonathan Bernstein

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Knickers in a Twist

Brits and Americans dress the same, eat at the same chain restaurants, pass music back and forth across the Atlantic, and our national leaders are practically conjoined twins. But the second the Brits open their mouths, all bets are off. So don't dream of visiting the UK, dating a Brit, or truly understanding what Jude Law is saying without this handy, hilarious, and informative guide to Britspeak. With the cheekiness of Austin Powers and the tidbit quotient of Schott's Miscellany , screenwriter Jonathan Bernstein's collection of Cockney rhyming slang, insults culled from British television shows of yore, and regional and “high British" favorites provides hours of educational, enlightening, even life saving hilarity. And if it doesn't accomplish that, at least you'll be aware that when a British citizen describes you as a “wally," a “herbert," a “spanner," or a “bampot," he's not showering you with compliments. Knickers in a Twist is as indispensable as a London city guide, as spot-on funny as an episode of The Office , and as edifying as Born to Kvetch and E...

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Sorry, I'm British!

Ben Crystal
Adam Russ
Ed McLachlan

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Dead Before Morning (First in the critically acclaimed Rafferty and Llewellyn mystery series) eBook

Geraldine Evans

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Cooking

Georgina Campbell
Christopher Trotter
Annette Yates

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British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions eBook

Wirt Sikes
T. H. Thomas

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The Anglo Files

Sarah Lyall

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British Language & Culture (Lonely Planet Language & Culture) (Language Reference)

Lonely Planet

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The Best of Traditional British Cooking

Annette Yates
Christopher Trotter
Georgina Campbell

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Great British Cooking

Jane Garmey

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Bum Bags and Fanny Packs

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and entertaining translation dictionary available for those navigating the murky waters between American and British English

The first place to turn to for understanding Britishisms or Americanisms, this handy and humorous translation dictionary will delight and inform trans-Atlantic travelers, writers and actors trying to capture the true tongue of the Brits or the Yanks, and any and all word mavens fascinated by the English language. The dictionary illuminates differences in vocabulary, usage, pronunciation, and spelling. It also explains the history of the English language and how and why differences between American and British English arose. Easy-to-read, light-hearted, and sometimes irreverent (differences occur especially in the dynamic areas of language, of which slang and swear words are a major part), BUM BAGS AND FANNY PACKS contains more than 2,500 entries on each side, making it the most thorough book of its kind. Also includes Cockney rhyming slang, tables listing national holidays, presidents, kings and queens, and the di...

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Bum Bags and Fanny Packs

Jeremy Smith

British

Britannia in Brief

Leslie Banker
William Mullins

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