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The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier,...
Author: Joshua Hammer ISBN: 9781668015452 Format: Paperback	$39.99
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Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books

Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures...
Author: Rebecca Lee ISBN: 9781805221180 Format: Hardback	$42.99
An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world... Read More >>

Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke

Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke
Author: Bart King ISBN: 9781423669692 Format: Hardback	$29.99
Father Humor covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun.... Read More >>

The Language of Early English Dialect Literature

The Language of Early English Dialect Literature
Author: Alex Broadhead ISBN: 9783032021403 Format: Hardback	$232.85
This book is the first monograph devoted entirely to English dialect literature published between the sixteenth... Read More >>

National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South Asia

National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South...
Author: Javed Majeed , Sara Marzagora ISBN: 9783032137715 Format: Hardback	$284.60
This book compares how multilingualism is governed, managed, and imagined in nation-states in the Horn of Africa... Read More >>

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays
Author: Alireza Korangy , Zia Khoshsirat ISBN: 9789819513895 Format: Hardback	$362.22
This book presents a systematic and detailed analysis of Caspian linguistics, contributing new perspectives to Western... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 4: Britain, Ireland and Europe

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009205825 Format: Hardback	$362.25
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Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English...
Author: Ben Yagoda ISBN: 9780691262314 Format: Paperback	$29.99
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Te Kaikaukau | The Swimmer: I te Ao o te Reo

Te Kaikaukau \| The Swimmer: I te Ao o te Reo
Author: Witi Ihimaera Smiler ISBN: 9781776712380 Format: Paperback	$77.60
New Zealand’s leading Māori writer decides at eighty to go back and learn his own language – and write about it.... Read More >>

The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology

The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology...
Author: Marcelle Cole ISBN: 9783032056849 Format: Hardback	$116.41
This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse,... Read More >>

A Little Bird Told Me: An Illustrated Compendium of Bird Phrases

A Little Bird Told Me: An Illustrated Compendium of...
Author: Matt Sewell ISBN: 9780008781590 Format: Hardback	$27.99
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English Language: The Basics

English Language: The Basics
Author: Philip Seargeant ISBN: 9781032795478 Format: Paperback	$51.72
This lively and engaging book traces English’s remarkable journey from a from a small, local language to the global... Read More >>

English Language: The Basics

English Language: The Basics
Author: Philip Seargeant ISBN: 9781032795508 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This lively and engaging book traces English’s remarkable journey from a from a small, local language to the global... Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723736 Format: Paperback	$34.99
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'An extremely moving,... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 1: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009206204 Format: Hardback	$362.25
This volume, split into two parts, looks at varieties of English in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Introductory... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 2: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009748179 Format: Hardback	$475.20
This volume, split into two parts, looks at varieties of English in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Introductory... Read More >>

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy
Author: Commodore Richard Harris ISBN: 9781472876188 Format: Hardback	$22.99
A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy. Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723729 Format: Hardback	$50.00
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'An extremely moving,... Read More >>

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages...
Author: Lorna Gibb ISBN: 9781838951801 Format: Paperback	$29.99
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Reimagining Graduate Education in Writing Studies: Sustainable, Equitable, and Inclusive Approaches

Reimagining Graduate Education in Writing Studies: Sustainable,...
Author: Kirsti Cole (North Carolina State University, USA) , Sarah Henderson Lee (Minnesota State University, USA) ISBN: 9781041134695 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This book explores the development of sustainable, equitable, and interdisciplinary graduate programs within Writing... Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social Media around the World

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social Media...
Author: Caroline Tagg , Korina Giaxoglou (The Open University, UK) ISBN: 9781032419060 Format: Hardback	$483.00
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Social Media around the World offers a comprehensive overview of this growing... Read More >>

The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English

The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English...
Author: Marian C. Bean ISBN: 9781041240938 Format: Hardback	$232.85
First published in 1983, The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English tests theories of word order change... Read More >>

Diagonalism in Online Populist Discourse: Left Moving Right

Diagonalism in Online Populist Discourse: Left Moving...
Author: David Block (Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Spain) ISBN: 9781041028390 Format: Paperback	$108.65
David Block examines ""diagonalism""—left-wing voices adopting right-wing positions on key issues. In our post-truth... Read More >>

Alpha to Omega: The Life and Times of the Greek Alphabet

Alpha to Omega: The Life and Times of the Greek Alphabet...
Author: Alexander Humez , Nicholas Humez ISBN: 9781041252757 Format: Hardback	$245.79
Originally published in 1981, Alpha to Omega is letter-by-letter look at the Greek alphabet that portrays diverse... Read More >>

A B C Et Cetera: The Life and Times of the Roman Alphabet

A B C Et Cetera: The Life and Times of the Roman Alphabet...
Author: Alexander Humez , Nicholas Humez ISBN: 9781041252870 Format: Hardback	$245.79
In classic abecedarian fashion A B C Et Cetera, originally published in 1985, takes from the rich Roman cornucopia... Read More >>

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