Language: history & general works books

Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic...  Read More >>

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Cynic's Word Book pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study...  Read More >>

This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse,...  Read More >>

New Zealand’s leading Māori writer decides at eighty to go back and learn his own language – and write about it....  Read More >>

Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic...  Read More >>

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'Moving, beautiful and important' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY...  Read More >>

Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books...  Read More >>

'Moving, beautiful and important' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY...  Read More >>

A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy.  Read More >>

This volume, split into two parts, looks at varieties of English in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Introductory...  Read More >>

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The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative...  Read More >>

حين تبتسم المحابر حكايات من زمن أدباء لكن ظرفاءبين رفوف المكتبات، اعتدنا أن نرى الأدباء في صورهم المهيبة؛ بوقار...  Read More >>

An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited...  Read More >>

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The regular public transmission of news was one of the great inventions of the Renaissance. This Element will convey...  Read More >>

Father Humor covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun....  Read More >>

Double the jokes, double the laughs, and double the puns. What's not to love? The Big Book of Puns brings together...  Read More >>

The regular public transmission of news was one of the great inventions of the Renaissance. This Element will convey...  Read More >>

This book encourages further conversation on the expanding circle in World Englishes, offering a detailed look at...  Read More >>

Language Attitudes and the Pursuit of Social Justice explores the relationship between language attitudes and forms...  Read More >>

This innovative collection makes the case for a push within the discipline to adopt user-centric perspectives on...  Read More >>

Uncovering the complexity of linguistic diversity and semiotic creativity, Yao examines the issues of power, affect...  Read More >>

This book delves into Benjamin Franklin’s English, illustrating the variable nature of 18th-century American English...  Read More >>