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Op school leert iedereen de basisbeginselen van de interpunctie. Toch weten we dat de punt, de komma en het vraagteken voor ons nog vele geheimen hebben. Het is de hoogste tijd voor een gezaghebbende gids over interpunctie, zodat we precies weten waar we aan toe zijn. Lynne Truss, schrijver en radiopresentator, schreef een even dwingend als geestig boek, waarvan in Engeland en Amerika miljoenen exemplaren werden verkocht. Wim Daniëls, schrijver van vele boeken over taal, waaronder De geschiedenis van de komma , maakte er een briljante Nederlandse versie van. Eten, vuren en beuken is een handige en hilarische zero tolerance -gids voor iedereen die van interpunctie houdt én voor mensen die ervan in de war raken.

***Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021*** THE ACCLAIMED MURDER MYSTERY FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN 'Funny, clever, charming, imaginative and nostalgic' The Times 'Terrific' Mail on Sunday 'A giddy spell of sheer delight' Daily Mail The August bank holiday is approaching and after two extremely high-profile murder cases, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But then they find the bodies - and the milk bottles. Three seemingly unconnected victims - a hard-working AA patrolman, a would-be Beauty Queen, a catty BBC radio personality - have all been killed with the same, highly unusual murder weapon. Constable Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick and Inspector Steine are initially baffled, the town is alarmed, and the local newspaper is delighted: after all, what sells papers better than a killer on the loose? Can our redoubtable trio solve the case and catch this most curious of killers before they strike again? 'The glorious return of Constable Twitten is a cause for celebration... the fun is in Truss's keen ear for dialogue, original comic characters and affectionate(ish) recreation of a seaside resort in its slightly sleazy heyday' Sunday Times Crime Club

The bestselling author of 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' offers children a helping hand. Illustrated with hilarious cartoons this book shows how you really can't manage without apostrophes.

'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' illuminates the absurd confusion that the dot with a tail can cause. Illustrations show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely.

The punctuation workout for sticklers and rookies alike.

A Times Crime Novel of the Year In the second instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series, our trio of detectives must investigate the murder of a hapless romantic; an aristocratic con man on the prowl; and a dodgy Brighton nightspot...It is summer in Brighton and the Brighton Belles are on hand to answer any holidaymaker's queries, no matter how big or small. The quickest way to the station, how many pebbles are on the beach and what exactly has happened to that young man lying in the deckchair with blood dripping from him?Constable Twitten has a hunch that the fiendish murder may be connected to a notorious Brighton nightspot and the family that run it, but Inspector Steine is - as ever - distracted by other issues, not least having his own waxwork model made and an unexpected arrival, while Sergeant Brunswick is just delighted to have spied an opportunity to finally be allowed to go undercover...Our incomparable team of detectives are back for another outing in the new instalment of Lynne Truss's joyfully quirky crime series.

In the tradition of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads come Lynne Truss's 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 the shadow of her sister...but all are funny, touching and as beautifully observed as would be expected from the bestselling author. Whether describing fathers and daughters, married men, cat-lovers or "other women", she is always brilliantly perceptive. These monologues were first aired on BBC Radio 4. You can download an excerpt from one of them below. Listen to excerpt (4mb mp3 file) (Credit: A Certain Age: The Men's Monologues published by BBC Audiobooks and available on CD (�15.99, contains 3 CDs) from 5th February)

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.

It's September in the British beach town of Brighton, and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and some brand new villains. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal has escaped a local prison, and at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind, but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable Twitten are both on the case. If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts. Print run 30,000.

After the notorious 'Middle Street Massacre' of 1951, when the majority of Brighton's criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine rather enjoys life as a policeman. No criminals, no crime, no stress. He just wishes Sergeant Brunswick would stop insisting that perhaps not every criminal was wiped out that fateful day. So it's really rather annoying when an ambitious – not to mention irritating – new Constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for the night, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play. It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all…

The scene: a cottage on the coast on a windy evening. Inside, a room with curtains drawn. Tea has just been made. A kettle still steams.Under a pool of yellow light, two figures face each other across a kitchen table. A man and a cat.The story about to be related is so unusual yet so terrifyingly plausible that it demands to be told in a single sitting.The man clears his throat, and leans forward, expectant.'Shall we begin?' says the cat ...

The new novel from the bestselling author of THE SIXTH WIFE.

The alternative I Don't Know How She Does It Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah. Belinda doesn't want any of it. Deep in research for her magnum opus - a definitive account of the doppelg�nger in classic gothic fiction - she fails to notice the echoes of these ghoulish tales disturbingly close at hand. For not only is the cleaning lady taking over her life, but the identity of her husband, Stefan, is also in question. Is he a harmless geneticist from Sweden, or actually a cunning clone? Why is the cleaning lady's previous employer having a breakdown, and what on earth has the rat circus got to do with any of this?

Ein witziger, unterhaltsamer und leidenschaftlicher Leitfaden für perfekte Interpunktion, für alle, die Wert auf präzises Schreiben legen. Wenn soziale Geschichten über das erste Jahrzehnt des 21. Jahrhunderts geschrieben werden, werden die Menschen einen Wendepunkt im Jahr 2003 feststellen, als die sinkenden Standards der Interpunktion umgekehrt wurden. Linguisten werden Lynne Truss als Retterin des Semikolons und als rächerischen Engel des Apostrophs verzeichnen. Dieses Buch wird anregen und zufriedenstellen. Es ist sein Gewicht in Gold wert. Ein witziges, elegantes und leidenschaftliches Buch, das in jedem Bücherregal eines Schriftstellers stehen sollte.