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44 books

Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever

Gabriel Wyner

395 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

Cecelia Watson

224 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-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 Ursula Dubosarsky, Tohby Riddle

The Word Snoop

Ursula Dubosarsky, Tohby Riddle

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 Alison Edwards, Gaston Dorren

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Alison Edwards, Gaston Dorren

304 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction history informative fast-paced