Language: history & general works books

New York isn't just a city, it's a whole attitude. The Little Book of New York Sayings is a fun, fast-paced collection...  Read More >>

Meow: Cat read Novel is a novel written for cats, told entirely from a cat's point of view. Only one word can describe...  Read More >>

Introducing English Grammar introduces readers to the methodology and terminology needed to analyse English sentences....  Read More >>

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This book offers a systematic, interdisciplinary investigation into the language of persuasion in contemporary tourism...  Read More >>

Introducing English Grammar introduces readers to the methodology and terminology needed to analyse English sentences....  Read More >>

A chronological illustrated analysis of fifty-eight years of work by the collective Art & Language  Read More >>

An accessible introduction to the history of English, this textbook covers the evolution of the language from its...  Read More >>

With detailed explanations of core concepts, this accessible textbook is the first introduction to the vibrant field...  Read More >>

An accessible introduction to the history of English, this textbook covers the evolution of the language from its...  Read More >>

With detailed explanations of core concepts, this accessible textbook is the first introduction to the vibrant field...  Read More >>

Dieses faszinierende und unterhaltsame Buch lädt sprachlich und astronomisch interessierte Leser dazu ein, die vergessenen...  Read More >>

Heather McHugh's new collection of poems joins her fourteen previously published volumes of poetry, essays, and...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to global English variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Features new...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to global English variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Features new...  Read More >>

In this classic 1900 essay, philosopher Henri Bergson anatomises the comic impulse with surgical clarity and lyrical...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, Dictionary of World Literary Terms brings together in one volume authoritative definitions...  Read More >>

Based on the online blogs of acclaimed historian and author Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance provides a fresh...  Read More >>

Whether you’re planning a trip to Éire or just getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day, learn 200 of the most interesting,...  Read More >>

This work examines the Tunumiisut (East Greenlandic) wordlist gathered by Johannes Balle (1889–1965) sometime in...  Read More >>

Ready to laugh the Italian way? This hilarious bilingual joke book is your passport to espresso-spilling laughter,...  Read More >>

""Finally, a book that knows when to stop talking."" Discover the series that critics are calling ""Technically...  Read More >>

This is the third edition, fully revised and updated, of this indispensable introduction to Arabic linguistics....  Read More >>

A comprehensive and up-to-date sociodialectological study of North East Vernacular English  Read More >>

Provides a plethora of theories as well as a novel analysis of Runes craved during the German Iron Age.  Read More >>