(Paperback)

An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.

(Paperback)

An in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of Empires of the Word.

(Paperback)

In the twenty-first century, can we really take the dominance of English for granted In their time, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian have each been world languages, sweeping the globe for centuries at a time. This title explores the rise of a linguistic diversity we could never before have imagined.

(Hardback)

The fascinating chronicle of how language has influenced the world's great religions--Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and more.