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1	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! more books like this by Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illustrator) add to wishlist Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. This picture book adaptation of the "New York Times" bestseller is sure to elicit gales of laughter--and better punctuation--from all who ... see all copies from $4.01! new only from $5.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Who cares about the difference between "its" and "it's" or "whose" and "who's"? To the shock of everyone--including the author--apparently a lot of people do: Lynne Truss's lively look at the perils of punctuation took the UK by storm. A British radio personality, novelist, and self-described "stickler," Truss marshals all her wit and erudition to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! more books like this by Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illustrator) add to wishlist Commas and apostrophes arenat the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if theyare put in the wrong place. Now, Truss and Timmons put hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and more in the spotlight, showing how which marks you choose and where you put them can cause hilarious mix-ups. see all copies from $6.42! new only from $6.42! \| SVS
4	Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Homeand Bolt the Door more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, this is a rallying cry for courtesy and a colorful call to arms. When did society become so thoughtless? It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and the author says it's now reached the boiling point. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes! more books like this by Lynne Truss, Bonnie Timmons (Illustrator) add to wishlist Just as the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" hilariously demystified the comma, this companion book does the same for apostrophes. Silly scenes throughout show how apostrophes make a difference, too, in proper punctuation. Full color. see all copies from $6.55! new only from $6.56! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation: Illustrated Edition more books like this by Lynne Truss, Pat Byrnes (Illustrator) add to wishlist Language lovers can cheer the arrival of this new edition, beautifully packaged in a larger format with a red cloth-over-board cover and containing more than 50 vivid, full-color drawings by acclaimed "New Yorker" cartoonist Byrnes. see all copies from $6.68! new only from $6.68! \| SVS
7	Eats, Shoots & Leaves more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist We all know the basics of punctuation--or do we? In "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," Truss dares to say, in her delightfully witty way, that it is time to institute a zero tolerance approach to punctuation. Unabridged. 1 CD. see all copies from $2.83! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Lynne Truss debuted in America as a guffaw-inducing grammarian, but her British audience has known her for years as a critically acclaimed novelist and columnist. Her previous works are now available stateside in one volume, complete with a new preface. "With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed," a raucous comedy of errors, follows the exploits of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| first editions
9	Envelopes: A Puzzling Journey Through the Royal Mail more books like this by Harriet Russell, Lynne Truss (Foreword by) add to wishlist This engaging book of illustrated envelopes that made it through the United Kingdom's postal system against all odds will appeal to puzzlers and punsters of all ages. Full color. see all copies from $12.91! new only from $12.91!
10	Tennyson and His Circle more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Drawing on the gallery's collection of portraits in all media, this text provides an introduction to Alfred Lord Tennyson and his circle. This text is part of the "Character Sketches" series, providing an historical guide to literary and artistic groups of the past. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $3.34! \| first editions
11 view cover	A Certain Age by Lynne Truss add to wishlist In the tradition of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" comes Lynne Truss' twelve bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family. Her six men and six women each have very different stories to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the swimmer who can't escape ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $19.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Cutting a Dash: Eats, Shoots & Leaves more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist The BBC Radio 4 series that inspired the best-selling book Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Lynn Truss accompanies the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society through Berwick Street Market on a hunt for the "greengrocer's" apostrophe," enters the classroom to hear how children learn punctuation, and finds out whether anyone punctuates text messages. ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $68.08!
13 view cover	A Certain Age by Lynne Truss add to wishlist This book contains the original six radio monologues written by Lynne Truss, author of the phenomenal bestsellers "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" and "Talk to the Hand". "Dazzling series...sad, funny and, of course, exquisitely written; superb, finely crafted" - "Daily Mail". In the tradition of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" come Lynne Truss' female ... see all copies from $21.11! new only from $22.63! \| first editions
14 view cover	Tennyson's Gift: Stories from the Lynne Truss Omnibus, Book 2 more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist A New York Times Bestselling Author The bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves turns a fiendishly clever eye to the literary world. Tennyson's Gift is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that re-imagines the world of the nineteenth-century English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that ... see all copies from $4.65!
15 view cover	Going loco by Lynne Truss add to wishlist When Belinda, a writer married to Stefan, a geneticist, hires a cleaner called Linda, she gets more than she bargained for. With a knack for making drudgery seem glamorous, it's not long before Linda seems to take over Belinda's whole life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Making the Cat Laugh: One Woman's Journal of Single Life on the Margins more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist A collection of essays about the vicissitudes and strange pleasures of living alone with only cats to hear your thoughts. We discover a writer not only obsessed with cats, but prone to over-reacting generally to all life's little irritations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	With one lousy free packet of seed more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Osborne Lonsdale, 48, a down-at-heel journalist, writes a regular celebrity interview for "Come Into the Garden". When he arrives in Devon to do an interview for his weekly "Me and My Shed" column, he learns that the sleepy magazine has been taken over by thrusting new management. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Tennyson's gift more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist This is a comical novel based on some real events that happened on the Isle of Wight in the summer of 1864, revolving around Tennyson, Ellen Terry, Julia Margaret Cameron and Edward Lear. The book examines the fictional relationships and the love triangles that develop between these individuals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Going Loco: A Comedy of Terrors more books like this by Lynne Truss add to wishlist A New York Times Bestselling Author A CBA Bestseller Lynne Truss debuted in America as a guffaw-inducing grammarian with her #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves, but her UK audience has known her for years as a critically acclaimed novelist and columnist. Going Loco features a critic trying to write a definitive account of the ... see all copies from $3.99!
20 view cover	Eats Shoots & Leaves: 2009 Day-To-Day Calendar by Lynne Truss add to wishlist This word lover and wordsmith's calendar is based on the punctuation sensation "Eats, Shoots and Leaves," With such observations as "people truly do not know their apostrophe from their elbow," Lynne Truss has made "the history of punctuation a subject at once urgent, sexy, and hilarious" (John Walsh, "The Independent"). see all copies from $42.05! new only from $47.93!
21 view cover	Talk to the Hand: the Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life: the Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (Or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door) by Lynne Truss add to wishlist Sticklers unite! The Queen of Zero Tolerance takes on the sorry state of modern manners, in the spirit of her three million copy worldwide bestseller, "Eats, Shoots & Leaves". 'Talk to the hand cause the face ain't listening', the saying goes. When did the world get to be so rude? When did society become so inconsiderate? It's a topic that has ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Casebook of Inspector Steine by Lynne Truss add to wishlist The second series of Lynne Truss' hugely popular BBC Radio 4 comedy thriller. Inspector Steine - the amiable, unworldly detective who refuses to believe in Brighton's criminal underworld - returns for another six episodes. It is 1957 and, as the series opens, all crime has stopped along the South Coast. But Mrs Groynes - the cockney charlady who ... see all copies from $19.02! new only from $19.02!
23 view cover	Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss add to wishlist From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. Get Her Off the Pitch! is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, spent four ... see all copies from $20.02! new only from $20.02!
24	Tennyson's Gift & Going Loco by Lynne Truss, Timothy West add to wishlist Lynne Truss debuted in America as a guffaw-inducing grammarian, but her UK audience has known her for years as a critically acclaimed novelist. Tennyson's Gift is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that reimagines the world of the nineteenth-century English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $120.45!
25 view cover	It's Only A Game: How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss add to wishlist From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism. During her time at the newspaper she faced disdain from fellow sports writers; undertook last-minute, pre-fight research into 'The Rumble in the Jungle' (Muhammad Ali won, ... see all copies from $16.44! new only from $16.44!

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