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44 books

Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation by Umberto Eco

Mouse or Rat? Translation as Negotiation

Umberto Eco

239 pages • digital • 2003 user-added

nonfiction reference science mysterious tense slow-paced
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy Mohan

Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages

Peggy Mohan

358 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language by Arika Okrent

In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

Arika Okrent

342 pages • digital • 2009

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

David W. Anthony

568 pages • digital • 2007

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

John McWhorter

230 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity by Robert Lane Greene

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

Robert Lane Greene

312 pages • digital • 2011

nonfiction politics informative slow-paced
The Stories of English by David Crystal

The Stories of English

David Crystal

584 pages • digital • 2004

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left by David Crystal

The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left

David Crystal

256 pages • digital • 2006

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal

The Story of English in 100 Words

David Crystal

281 pages • hardcover • 2011

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language by David Crystal

The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language

David Crystal

312 pages • digital • 1988

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced