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43 books

Fluent Forever (Revised Edition): How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner, Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever (Revised Edition): How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner, Gabriel Wyner

395 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction education informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos

Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything

David Bellos

390 pages • digital • 2011

nonfiction science informative slow-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

336 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction history psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Writely or Wrongly by Joanne Anderson

Writely or Wrongly

Joanne Anderson

143 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction reference
Shakespeare's Englishes by Margaret Tudeau-Clayton

Shakespeare's Englishes

Margaret Tudeau-Clayton

423 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction classics literary
The Word Snoop by Tohby Riddle, Ursula Dubosarsky

The Word Snoop

Tohby Riddle, Ursula Dubosarsky

272 pages • digital • 2007

nonfiction childrens reference funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
English Historical Semantics by Kathryn Allan, Christian Kay

English Historical Semantics

Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced

Kathryn Allan, Christian Kay

299 pages • digital user-added

nonfiction art historical informative lighthearted medium-paced
I Love it When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes

I Love it When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech

Ralph Keyes

320 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted medium-paced
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren, Alison Edwards

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Gaston Dorren, Alison Edwards

304 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch

326 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction science sociology funny informative lighthearted medium-paced