ISBN13: | 9780241573198 |
ISBN10: | 024157319X |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | pages |
Size: | 223x198x17 mm |
Weight: | 620 g |
Language: | English |
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Self-help
Personal transformation, time management, stress management
Enciclopedias, lexicons
History
Further reference works for children
Further children's books
Linguistics in general, dictionaries
Semantics, lexicography
Grammar and vocabulary
English language and literature
Auxiliary Materials
Self-help (charity campaign)
Personal transformation, time management, stress management (charity campaign)
Enciclopedias, lexicons (charity campaign)
History (charity campaign)
Further reference works for children (charity campaign)
Further children's books (charity campaign)
Linguistics in general, dictionaries (charity campaign)
Semantics, lexicography (charity campaign)
Grammar and vocabulary (charity campaign)
English language and literature (charity campaign)
Auxiliary Materials (charity campaign)
Roots of Happiness
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"I enjoyed this so much. As a pessimistic lover of words, this was both comforting and heart-warming. I always think that learning about etymology is a way to appreciate the secret code of the world, and Susie is the perfect guide and companion and lexical cheerleader." - Stig Abel
"Susie Dent's way with words always makes me happy. This is my kind of book. There's positivity on every page." - Gyles Brandreth
Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language.
It takes just a short browse through the dictionary to spot how it is filled with negative words. But Susie has searched far and wide to unearth happy and uplifting words and phrases that, in some cases, are long forgotten, while others have only just been discovered.
Paired with beautiful illustrations, this is the perfect book to lift you out of your mubble fubbles (a slightly sad mood), make you grin like a gigglemug (someone who never stops smiling), and have you feeling forblissed (extremely happy) in no time.
This joyous collection of 100 positive words and their origins will show readers young and old just how wonderful language can be - and how you can use your words to make the world a happier place.