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Shady Characters Ampersands, Interrobangs and Other Typographical Curiosities by Keith Houston
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gift & Humour
Keith Houston's entertaining book, inspired by his popular blog shadycharacters.co.uk, tells the unexpected stories of some unusual, and familiar, typographical marks and reveals a fascinating history of writing. Every character we write or type is a link to the past, and in today's printed, electronic ...Show more
Shady Characters - Ampersands, Interrobangs and other Typographical Curiosities by Keith Houston
$22.99 AUD
Category: Language
Where does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? Keith Houston gives the answers in this delightfully entertaining book. From the pilcrow to the ampersand, the entire cast of Shady Characters reflects the changes in written communication through ...Show more
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
$42.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages--of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of ...Show more
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