Prose & consAs fans of 'Just a Minute' know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it's evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and 'Just a Minute'), Gyles Brandreth has seen it all and now he's ready to put you through your linguistic paces. In this A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue from the origins of

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Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason

and even Communist leaders

From skull to toe

many of which go unnoticed by humans

because of this) Loki struggles to find his place among the old patriarchal gods of supernatural power and is constantly at odds with the god of thunder - Thor

A welcome contribution to polar studies

from you to me

On her travels she finds a mink

a man whose astounding feats only came to public light decades later

A woman who came looking for Mariko - and then disappeared

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