Chris McNab: The Manual for British Men: 120 Manly Skills from British History

The Manual for British Men: 120 Manly Skills from British History


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The contents include day-to-day skills such as how to BESIEGE A CASTLE, FIRE A LONGBOW, CORRECTLY CLEAN A MAXIM MACHINE GUN and CAPTURE AN ENEMY TRENCH; sporting sciences such as JOUSTING, FENCING AND BOXING (QUEENSBURY RULES, OF COURSE); and domestic essentials such as how to HUNT, KILL, CLEAN and COOK A WILD BOAR. Airmen and soldiers, knights and pages, gentlemen and rogues: to you we say pip pip, and what what! Stiffen your lip and tighten your sword belt! Tie down your trebuchets, wax your moustache, and delve into this manliest of manuals.

Updated for the 21st century, How to Speak Politely and Why is a picture book with a point: proper speech and good grammar without nagging. It aims to remove ain t and uh-huh and gimme and got and a score of unfortunate nuances by a simple, sure painless and humorous process. In his signature style of amusing stick The Manual for British Men: 120 Manly Skills from British History download epub figure drawings and captions, Leaf makes clear such things as the difference between can and may, and the reason why one does not say he done it or she come. Exasperated parents (and grandparents) faced with the unpleasant task of dealing with grammatical lapses acquired by their children from (gasp!) their neighbor s children will be delighted (and relieved) by this veritable grammar without tears. Teachers will find it an indispensable ally, and even the culprits themselves the children will discover that learning to speak politely and correctly isn t such a chore after all."


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Author: Chris McNab
Number of Pages: 192 pages
Published Date: 01 Sep 2014
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Publication Country: Stroud, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780750959131
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