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44 books

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 sociology technology funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

Edward Dolnick

336 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction history challenging informative mysterious medium-paced
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

Benjamin Dreyer

320 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction reference funny informative medium-paced
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner

336 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
English Around the World: An Introduction by Edgar W. Schneider

English Around the World: An Introduction

Edgar W. Schneider

280 pages • digital • 2010

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English by Philip Durkin

Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English

Philip Durkin

512 pages • digital • 2014

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
The Oxford Guide to Etymology by Philip Durkin

The Oxford Guide to Etymology

Philip Durkin

488 pages • digital • 2009 user-added

nonfiction informative slow-paced
Extinct Languages by Johannes Friedrich

Extinct Languages

Johannes Friedrich

191 pages • digital • 1957 user-added

nonfiction reference science challenging informative medium-paced
The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John Pollack

The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics

John Pollack

240 pages • digital • 2011

nonfiction history funny informative slow-paced
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language by Arika Okrent

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language

Arika Okrent

264 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction art history reference informative reflective medium-paced