Language: history & general works books

Words are Loaded Pistols is a collection of quotes gathered from articles, movies, books and conversations with...  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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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 >>

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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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 >>

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

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

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

From ancient writing systems to the newest words, this engaging book unravels the marvels and mysteries of language...  Read More >>

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