Now her time in The White House is to be documented in a book of photographs, many of them never seen before. Chasing Light: Michelle Obama Through the Lens of a White House Photographer, by Amanda Lucidon will be published in October and is already hotly tipped to be a Christmas bestseller.
aw-din-al-ee
With regard to, or at the level of, orders in a taxonomic system; according to an ordinal number, system, etc.; on an ordinal scale; with regard to order.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Review. From ordinal + -ly.
caw-vine
Of or like a raven or crow, especially in colour.
Mid 17th century: from Latin corvinus, from corvus ‘raven’.
The extract reveal was hosted on dead good books and we’ve borrowed it to publish below for you. The excerpt includes the prologue and a peek at chapter 1, picking up the story from the previous books. Read More
am-bul
Move or walk at a relaxed, leisurely pace.
Middle English (originally denoting a horse’s gait): from Old French ambler, from Latin ambulare ‘to walk’.
Fans were already treated to the publications of Highballs for Breakfast (US – UK) late last year, a collection of passages dedicated to drinking taken from the best of Wodehouse. It was an instant bestseller last Christmas and did very well in the literary gift market. Read More
naw-ting
Depreciation, scorn; effacement, eradication; an instance of this.
Middle English; earliest use found in Hali Meidenhad: an alliterative homily. From nought + -ing. In later use from nought + -ing.
geg
A person who is lively, or entertaining company.
Mid 19th century: alteration of gag.
