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The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language By Ilan Stavans (Editor) Cover Image
The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language (Hardcover)
By Ilan Stavans (Editor)
$35.00
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by) Cover Image
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts (Paperback)
By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by)
$19.00
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin By Tracy Lee Simmons Cover Image
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (Hardcover)
By Tracy Lee Simmons
$24.95
Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms By Anatoly Liberman Cover Image
Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms (Paperback)
By Anatoly Liberman
$22.95
Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur Cover Image
Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition (Paperback)
By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur
$24.99
The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages By Caroline Myrick, Walt Wolfram Cover Image
The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages (Paperback)
By Caroline Myrick, Walt Wolfram
$22.95
Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist): The Language Revolution That Made China Modern By Jing Tsu Cover Image
Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist): The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (Paperback)
By Jing Tsu
$18.00
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern By Jing Tsu Cover Image
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (Hardcover)
By Jing Tsu
$28.00
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way By Bill Bryson Cover Image
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way (Paperback)
By Bill Bryson
$16.99
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World By David W. Anthony Cover Image
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Paperback)
By David W. Anthony
$29.95
How to Swear: An Illustrated Guide (Dictionary for Swear Words, Funny Gift, Book About Cursing) By Stephen Wildish Cover Image
How to Swear: An Illustrated Guide (Dictionary for Swear Words, Funny Gift, Book About Cursing) (Hardcover)
By Stephen Wildish
$14.95
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages By Gaston Dorren Cover Image
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (Paperback)
By Gaston Dorren
$17.00
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language By Arika Okrent, Sean O'Neill (Illustrator) Cover Image
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language (Hardcover)
By Arika Okrent, Sean O'Neill (Illustrator)
$19.95
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages By Guy Deutscher Cover Image
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Paperback)
By Guy Deutscher
$21.00
Affinities By Brian Dillon Cover Image
Affinities (Paperback)
By Brian Dillon
$13.00
This Language, a River: A History of English By K. Aaron Smith, Susan M. Kim Cover Image
This Language, a River: A History of English (Paperback)
By K. Aaron Smith, Susan M. Kim
$48.95
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language By John McWhorter Cover Image
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (Paperback)
By John McWhorter
$17.99
Sea & Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) By Etel Adnan Cover Image
Sea & Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) (Paperback)
By Etel Adnan
$15.95
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by) Cover Image
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts (Hardcover)
By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by)
$29.00
Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur Cover Image
Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition (Hardcover)
By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur
$29.99
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She By Dennis Baron Cover Image
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She (Paperback)
By Dennis Baron
$16.95
Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide By Josh Katz Cover Image
Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide (Paperback)
By Josh Katz
$17.99
This Language, a River: Workbook By K. Aaron Smith, Susan M. Kim Cover Image
This Language, a River: Workbook (Paperback)
By K. Aaron Smith, Susan M. Kim
$27.95
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language By Mark Forsyth Cover Image
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
By Mark Forsyth
$40.00