Language: history & general works books

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Radical: A Life of My Own

Radical: A Life of My Own

Author: Xiaolu Guo
ISBN: 9781784744878
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her...  Read More >>

Radical: A Life of My Own

Radical: A Life of My Own

Author: Xiaolu Guo
ISBN: 9781784744861
Format: Hardback
$42.99

**An Observer Book of the Year** The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative...  Read More >>

Action, Meaning, and Argument in Eric Weil's Logic of Philosophy: A Development of Pragmatist, Expressivist, and Inferentialist Themes

Action, Meaning, and Argument in Eric Weil's Logic of...

Author: Sequoya Yiaueki
ISBN: 9783031240812
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This volume investigates Eric Weil’s innovative conceptualization of the place of violence in the philosophical...  Read More >>

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between...

Author: Sarah Hart
ISBN: 9780008601089
Format: Hardback
$37.99

‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch...  Read More >>

Can THIS Be the Perfect Pet?: "(A Humorous Look at Finding the ""Right"" Pets for Other People)"

Can THIS Be the Perfect Pet?: "(A Humorous Look at Finding...

Author: El McMeen
ISBN: 9781958889282
Format: Paperback
$42.11

"Let's have fun with words! Let's use or make up names of the ""perfect"" pets for certain people. For the coward,...  Read More >>

Einführung in die Phonologie und Graphematik

Einführung in die Phonologie und Graphematik

Author: Nanna Fuhrhop ,  Jörg Peters
ISBN: 9783476059390
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Dieser Band informiert über Form und Funktion der wichtigsten Einheiten des gesprochenen und geschriebenen Deutschen,...  Read More >>

Words of F*cking Wisdom A Journal for the Spirited Soul II

Words of F*cking Wisdom A Journal for the Spirited Soul...

Author: Mimi Margarita
ISBN: 9781936509331
Format: Paperback
$34.19

"This journal continues from the Words of F*cking Wisdom A Journal for the Spirited Soul book. It is also a sometimes...  Read More >>

Literacies in Language Education: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators

Literacies in Language Education: A Guide for Teachers...

Author: Kate Paesani ,  Mandy Menke
ISBN: 9781647123321
Format: Paperback
$75.99

A practical and innovative guide to emphasizing literacies development when teaching world languages Literacies...  Read More >>

Literacies in Language Education: A Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators

Literacies in Language Education: A Guide for Teachers...

Author: Kate Paesani ,  Mandy Menke
ISBN: 9781647123338
Format: Hardback
$231.00

A practical and innovative guide to emphasizing literacies development when teaching world languages Literacies...  Read More >>

Can THIS Be the Perfect Pet?: "(A Humorous Look at Finding the ""Right"" Pets for Other People)"

Can THIS Be the Perfect Pet?: "(A Humorous Look at Finding...

Author: El McMeen
ISBN: 9781958889299
Format: Hardback
$82.67

"Let's have fun with words! Let's use or make up names of the ""perfect"" pets for certain people. For the coward,...  Read More >>

American Nature Writing: Thirty Lectures

American Nature Writing: Thirty Lectures

Author: Hong Cheng
ISBN: 9781433179181
Format: Hardback
$290.27

This book introduces the origin, development and current situation of American nature writing. It analyses the works...  Read More >>

The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India

The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary...

Author: Alexander Jabbari (University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9781009320863
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Tracing the emergence of literary history, Alexander Jabbari shows how Iranians and South Asians drew from their...  Read More >>

The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B: Interpretation and Scribal Practices

The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B: Interpretation and...

Author: Anna P. Judson (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781108796910
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Provides valuable insights into the development and use of the Linear B writing system and important methodological...  Read More >>

The Limits of Structuralism: Forgotten Texts in the History of Modern Linguistics

The Limits of Structuralism: Forgotten Texts in the...

Author: James McElvenny (Researcher, Researcher, CRC Media of Co-operation, University of Siegen)
ISBN: 9780192849045
Format: Hardback
$195.95

Based around seven primary texts spanning 130 years, this volume explores the conceptual boundaries of structuralism,...  Read More >>

The Evolution of Chinese Grammar

The Evolution of Chinese Grammar

Author: Yuzhi Shi (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781108844055
Format: Hardback
$323.44

Illustrated with a wide range of examples from every stage of the development of the language, this pioneering book...  Read More >>

Words of F*cking Wisdom A Journal For The Spirited Soul

Words of F*cking Wisdom A Journal For The Spirited Soul...

Author: Mimi Margarita
ISBN: 9781936509324
Format: Paperback
$34.19

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A Guide to Midwestern Conversation

A Guide to Midwestern Conversation

Author: Taylor Kay Phillips
ISBN: 9781984861337
Format: Hardback
$44.85

Learn (and love) the language of the landlocked in this bitingly funny illustrated guide to the common phrases and...  Read More >>

Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship: Thinking in Many Tongues

Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship:...

Author: Glenn W. Most ,  Dagmar Schäfer
ISBN: 9789004464667
Format: Hardback
$472.56

This volume presents a selection of primary sources—in many cases translated into English for the first time—with...  Read More >>

Language, Society and Power: An Introduction

Language, Society and Power: An Introduction

Author: Annabelle Mooney ,  Betsy Evans
ISBN: 9780367638443
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social...  Read More >>

Language, Society and Power: An Introduction

Language, Society and Power: An Introduction

Author: Annabelle Mooney ,  Betsy Evans
ISBN: 9780367638450
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social...  Read More >>

Demystifying Corpus Linguistics for English Language Teaching

Demystifying Corpus Linguistics for English Language...

Author: Kieran Harrington ,  Patricia Ronan
ISBN: 9783031112195
Format: Hardback
$310.47

The aim of this edited volume is to demystify corpus linguistics for use in English language teaching (ELT). The...  Read More >>

Colourful Irish Phrases

Colourful Irish Phrases

Author: Micheál Ó Conghaile
ISBN: 9781781178379
Format: Paperback
$34.29

An intriguing collection of Irish-language expressions with their literal and figurative meanings, some familiar...  Read More >>

Language in Popular Fiction

Language in Popular Fiction

Author: Walter Nash
ISBN: 9780367744540
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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Yiddish Lives On: Strategies of Language Transmission

Yiddish Lives On: Strategies of Language Transmission...

Author: Rebecca Margolis
ISBN: 9780228014447
Format: Paperback
$100.19

While widely considered an endangered language, Yiddish has emerged as a vehicle for young people to engage with...  Read More >>

Yiddish Lives On: Strategies of Language Transmission

Yiddish Lives On: Strategies of Language Transmission...

Author: Rebecca Margolis
ISBN: 9780228014430
Format: Hardback
$369.60

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