Language: history & general works books

A masterful collection of poetry that pays homage to life - human, animal, spiritual and plants.  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 >>

Jockney Rhyming Slang - The World's First Comprehensive Guide to Scottish Rhyming Slang The ultimate Scottish rhyming...  Read More >>

""The Complete Limerick Book"" is an exhaustive exploration of one of the most beloved and enduring forms of nonsense...  Read More >>

""The Complete Limerick Book"" is an exhaustive exploration of one of the most beloved and enduring forms of nonsense...  Read More >>

""Collected Parodies"" is a brilliant showcase of Louis Untermeyer's sharp wit and deep understanding of the literary...  Read More >>

""Collected Parodies"" is a brilliant showcase of Louis Untermeyer's sharp wit and deep understanding of the literary...  Read More >>

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

‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'...  Read More >>

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

‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'...  Read More >>

The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative...  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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Father Humor covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun....  Read More >>

This volume examines the development of forms of English in North America from the earliest founder populations...  Read More >>

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An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world...  Read More >>

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This book examines American cultural values and their expressions in everyday speech, particularly an American discourse...  Read More >>

This book compares how multilingualism is governed, managed, and imagined in nation-states in the Horn of Africa...  Read More >>

This collection explores the rise of feedback as a discursive practice in everyday life, examining diverse genres...  Read More >>