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Dirty Politics: A-Z of Trickery, Treachery and Other Tasty Treats

Dirty Politics

A-Z of Trickery, Treachery and Other...

Macquarie Dictionary

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Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language

Algospeak

How Social Media is Transforming...

Adam Aleksic

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The Roots We Share: 100 Words That Bring Us Together

The Roots We Share

100 Words That Bring Us Together...

Susie Dent

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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language

Schott’s Significa

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Ben Schott

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Prose & Cons: The English Language in Just A Minute

Prose & Cons

The English Language in Just A Minute...

Gyles Brandreth

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Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology

Words from Hell

Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of...

Jess Zafarris

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Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language

Algospeak

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Adam Aleksic

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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Proto

How One Ancient Language Went Global...

Laura Spinney

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The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

The Language Puzzle

How We Talked Our Way Out of the...

Steven Mithen

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Greek inscriptions

Greek inscriptions

Peter Liddel

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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

The Deorhord

An Old English Bestiary

Hana Videen

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The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting their Story

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J. P. Mallory

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The Pocket Aussie English

The Pocket Aussie English

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Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories

Bookish Words & their Surprising...

David Crystal

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188 Words for Rain: A delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, led by natural forces (an official BBC Weather book)

188 Words for Rain

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Alan Connor

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Consolations II: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

Consolations II

The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying...

David Whyte

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Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Gobsmacked!

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Ben Yagoda

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Pocket Yorkshire English

Pocket Yorkshire English

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Whose Language Is English?

Whose Language Is English?

Jieun Kiaer

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The Pocket Cockney Rhyming Slang: The Original

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The Original

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Prose & Cons: The English Language in Just A Minute

Prose & Cons

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Gyles Brandreth

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Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary

Words from the Heart

An Emotional Dictionary

Susie Dent

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Language City: A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Language City

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Ross Perlin

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Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology

Origin Uncertain

Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology...

Anatoly Liberman (Professor, Professor,...

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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

Language City

The Fight to Preserve Endangered...

Ross Perlin

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Fair Dinkum!: Aussie Slang

Fair Dinkum!

Aussie Slang

H.G Nelson

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Life and Language Beyond Earth

Life and Language Beyond Earth

Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick)...

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The Long Journey of English: A Geographical History of the Language

The Long Journey of English

A Geographical History of the Language...

Peter Trudgill (Université de Fribourg,...

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The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language

The Babel Message

A Love Letter to Language

Keith Kahn-Harris

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The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales

The Fairy Tellers

A Journey into the Secret History...

Nicholas Jubber

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The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An Exploration of Language, People and Geography

The Atlas of Unusual Languages

An Exploration of Language, People...

Zoran Nikolic

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The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

The Illustrated Etymologicon

A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden...

Mark Forsyth

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