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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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
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism sociology 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
The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History by John R. Hale

The Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History

The Great Courses

John R. Hale

7 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction self help informative reflective medium-paced
The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams

The Deeper Meaning of Liff

The Meaning of Liff #1

Douglas Adams

146 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction fantasy reference adventurous funny informative slow-paced
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger

How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog

Christina Hunger

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative inspiring fast-paced
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos

Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation

David Bellos

390 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
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