Alpha Beta : How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World by John Man, John Man

Alpha Beta : How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

John Man, John Man

312 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
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An alphabet is a system for organising and recording thought and the very earliest letters, which demonstrate this ('a' was the first sound of the Semitic word for 'ox', 'b' for 'house'), are still with us, virtually unchanged across the millennia...

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