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A Guide To Iceland As You’ve Never Read Before

A Guide To Iceland As You’ve Never Read Before

Alex Wain June 2, 2013 0

Like many, author Stephen Markley loves the idea of travel – the concept of being amongst new communities, surrounded by different customs and (depending on how spontaneous and open-minded you are) learning to improvise and see where the

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18 Insanely Cool Bookshelves You’ll Want To Own

18 Insanely Cool Bookshelves You’ll Want To Own

Alex Wain January 20, 2013 14

Fingers crossed you don’t have any items from our official list of worst book covers in the history of literature, but hopefully you’ve had a chance to see at least a few of the most spectacular

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Is This The Greatest Children’s Book Ever Written?

Is This The Greatest Children’s Book Ever Written?

Alex Wain December 30, 2012 0

Now you might be thinking that Harry Potter is probably the greatest series of childrens book ever written right? We thought so too. That was until we found “I Want my Hat Back” by

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10 Spectacular & Magnificent Libraries Around The World

10 Spectacular & Magnificent Libraries Around The World

Alex Wain December 6, 2012 9

We all know that studying can be a major chore at times, but when it comes to enhancing your knowledge through the power of the written word, you’d be hard pressed not to be

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10 Beautiful Words About Love That Don’t Exist in English

10 Beautiful Words About Love That Don’t Exist in English

Alex Wain November 15, 2012 6

When people talk about love, they often say phrase like “The feeling is indescribable” or “There aren’t the words to express how I feel” which actually, if English is your first language couldn’t be

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40 Enlightening Latin Phrases By The World’s Greatest Minds

40 Enlightening Latin Phrases By The World’s Greatest Minds

Alex Wain October 14, 2012 5

Whilst Latin is considered dead language in modern times, there was a period in history where it dominated the writings, art, scriptures and minds of some of the most powerful and intellectual individuals on

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Funny Children’s Books Deviously Retitled…

Funny Children’s Books Deviously Retitled…

Alex Wain September 26, 2012 0

We love the devious and satirical work of illustrator and author Bob Staake. He’s the character behind these parodies of classic children’s books which were first printed during the 1940’s/1960’s. He’s called the series

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The Absurdity Of Collective Animal Nouns

The Absurdity Of Collective Animal Nouns

Alex Wain September 2, 2012 1

We use collective nouns on a daily basis, although many of them such as a “group of people” are more than a little mundane. But when it comes to using collective nouns to describe

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35 Brand New Words Added To The Modern Dictionary

35 Brand New Words Added To The Modern Dictionary

Alex Wain August 3, 2012 5

We recently featured 25 Handy Words That Don’t Exist In English, so it’s only appropriate that we now feature 35 words that actually HAVE recently been added to the The Oxford Dictionary Online (which contains

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10 Imaginary Alphabets You Can Use Everyday

10 Imaginary Alphabets You Can Use Everyday

Alex Wain July 11, 2012 1

Whether you’re a Klingon, Elf, Gnome or futuristic Pharoah it doesn’t matter – here on So Bad So Good, we’ve got you covered. Now thanks to these handy translations of fictional alphabets, you’ll never

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