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A sleeper hit in hardcover -- now in paperback with new material. A surprising, and entertaining, explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.

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The revealing stories behind slang, the language that shows us at our most human

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Entertaining and erudite, and a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, this title describes a societal metamorphosis, tracing the fallout of the world wars, the rise of an educated middle class, and the emergence of America as the undisputed leader of the free world, and illuminating how those forces shaped our language.

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From the author of Globish, a new edition of the acclaimed history of the English language.

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An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages.

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The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet.

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Scholars usually date Yiddish from the 11th century, when modern linguists believed the language began as a German dialect spoken by newly arrived Jewish immigrants from France and Northern Italy living along the Rhine. Over time, it became an actual language incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, and the Slavic and Romance languages.

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Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness.

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Whether you are a professional or amateur actor, classical or popular singer, politician, public speaker, or need to present for business, church or college, The Voice Book will help you to discover how to use your voice.

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A completely original guide to the screenwriter's art - as only the writer of Blade Runner could conceive it.

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Jam-packed with proven strategies, nuts-and-bolts advice, sample queries and proposals, interviews with publishing experts, and "Hit the Gas" tips for speeding up the proposal process, The Weekend Book Proposal will show you how to succeed and prosper as a writer--and sell your books before you've even written them!

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From information about words and their uses, useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature and film, to bizarre test answers and much, much more, The Wonderful World of Words is bursting with truly oddball facts about words and language and will have you hooked from the very first page.

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The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience and twenty years as Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary

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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING WITH GOOD STYLE.

Whether you are writing for personal or professional reasons, this book contains not only the eternal rules of fluent style, but also the latest rules for writing in the internet age.

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Clever, funny and captivating The Writing School is a memoir told by way of a fictionalised account of the author's time teaching a residential writing course deep in the British countryside. A highly original book about writing, writers and what drives us to want to put lives into words.

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Clever, funny and captivating The Writing School is a memoir told by way of a fictionalised account of the author's time teaching a residential writing course deep in the British countryside. A highly original book about writing, writers and what drives us to want to put lives into words.

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Does language reflect the culture of a society Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes.

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An indispensable style guide of good and bad usage - an inspiring manual for all companies and communicators to speak or write properly.

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The home of trusted Turkish dictionaries for everyday language learning.

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A photographic guide to 3000 key words and phrases in Ukrainian with English translations.

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Multiple award-winner Roger Rosenblatt has received glowing critical acclaim for his exceptional literary worksfrom the hilarious novels Lapham Rising and Beet to his poignant, heartbreaking, ultimately inspiring memoir Making Toast.

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A witty and comprehensive exploration of euphemestic language andwhat our euphemisms reveal about us