Dewey Decimal Nonfiction Challenge - hosted by scripturient

400 - Language
Includes: Philosophy and Theory of Language; Linguistics; Grammar; Writing Systems; Phonetics; History of Language; Language Use; ...
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

Simon Singh

432 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative medium-paced
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

8 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman

The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them

Elif Batuman

304 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging funny reflective slow-paced
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

John Koenig

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction essays reference emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World by Ella Frances Sanders

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

Ella Frances Sanders

112 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction art funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Samoan (Teach Yourself Books) by C.C. Marsack

Samoan (Teach Yourself Books)

C.C. Marsack

178 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Grammar of Akkadian by John Huehnergard

A Grammar of Akkadian

John Huehnergard

648 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Mary Norris

240 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective slow-paced
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

Bill Bryson

272 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth about Language by David Shariatmadari

Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth about Language

David Shariatmadari

8 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced