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English is spoken by more than 300 million people around the world...Its story has been told before but seldom as deftly or as memorably...An enthralling excursion...A motherlode of delectable trivia. -- New York Times Book Review Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book. -- Los Angeles Times Diverting and richly anecdotal...Bryson is an unalloyed fan who relishes the language's versatility, verb hoard, and vast vocabulary. -- Boston Globe Bryson's blend of linguistic anecdote and Anglo-Saxon cultural history likewise keeps us turning pages...He retells old tales with fresh verve. -- Publishers Weekly This extraordinary audiobook is a must-listen for the billions of people who speak English every day. It's full of riveting facts and oddities about the origin of the language that has taken over the world...There are funny anecdotes throughout, and the author has done his research well. -- AudioFile

This extraordinary audiobook is a must-listen for the billions of people who speak English every day. It's full of riveting facts and oddities about the origin of the language that has taken over the world...There are funny anecdotes throughout, and the author has done his research well. -- AudioFile Bryson's blend of linguistic anecdote and Anglo-Saxon cultural history likewise keeps us turning pages...He retells old tales with fresh verve. -- Publishers Weekly Diverting and richly anecdotal...Bryson is an unalloyed fan who relishes the language's versatility, verb hoard, and vast vocabulary. -- Boston Globe Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book. -- Los Angeles Times English is spoken by more than 300 million people around the world...Its story has been told before but seldom as deftly or as memorably...An enthralling excursion...A motherlode of delectable trivia. -- New York Times Book Review

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Bill Bryson is the New York Times bestselling author of At Home, A Walk in the Woods, The Lost Continent, Made in America, The Mother Tongue, A Short History of Nearly Everything-winner of the Aventis Prize-and various other works. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he now lives in England, where he has worked for both the Times and Independent and written for most other major British and American publications. Stephen McLaughlin was born in Washington, DC, in 1951 and grew up there and on a farm in the Virginia Piedmont. He studied English and philosophy and worked in theater as an actor and director. He has also worked as a librarian, a musician, a landscaper, a cab driver and dispatcher, a handyman, an artist, and a waiter, among other things.

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