Language: history & general works

Rosen’s Almanac: Weird and wonderful words for every day of the year

Rosen’s Almanac: Weird and wonderful words for every day of...

Michael Rosen

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£16.14
The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe

The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and...

Alex Bellos

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£10.44
A Barrel of Monkeys: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Animals

A Barrel of Monkeys: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for...

Thomas Bewick

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£9.49
A Conspiracy of Ravens: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for Birds

A Conspiracy of Ravens: A Compendium of Collective Nouns for...

Thomas Bewick

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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden...

Mark Forsyth

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The Story of English in 100 Words

The Story of English in 100 Words

David Crystal

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Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language

Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language

Paul Baker

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£11.39
Politics and the English Language

Politics and the English Language

George Orwell

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£4.75
Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A gem of a book' (Kate Mosse)

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A...

JENNI NUTTALL

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Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire

Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire

John Murray

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£18.04
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Dan (Stanford University) Jurafsky

£12.99
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing

Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing

Gretchen McCulloch

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£10.44
Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages

Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In...

Guy Deutscher

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A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

A Place For Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical...

Judith Flanders

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Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover

Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover

Harry Mount

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£10.44
Scarcely English: An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language

Scarcely English: An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language

Simon Heffer

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£16.14
It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories

It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories

Alexander Tulloch

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The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For

The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There...

Douglas Adams and John Lloyd

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£12.34
Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 16

Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 16

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Where There's a Will There's a Way: Japanese Proverbs and Their English Equivalents

Where There's a Will There's a Way: Japanese Proverbs and...

Primrose Arnander and Ritsuko Yamada Nishimae

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£5.65
Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy

Perspectives on Pragmatics and Philosophy

£179.99
The Banned List: A Manifesto Against Jargon and Cliche

The Banned List: A Manifesto Against Jargon and Cliche

John Rentoul

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£8.54
Lengua y patria

Lengua y patria

Juan Ramón Lodares