The Etymologicon : A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
The Etymologicon springs from Mark Forsyth's Inky Fool blog on the strange connections between words. It's an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language, taking in monks and monkeys, film buffs and buffaloes, a ...Show more
The Story of English by Robert McCrum et al
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: good
This text examines the origins and development of the English language. 2000 years ago, English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe. Today, in one form or another, it is spoken by a billion people around the world, of whom 350 million use it as their mother tong ...Show more
Japanese Literature : An Introduction for Western Readers by Donald Keene
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall (ed)
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Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words, Contemporary Cliches, Cant & Management Jargon
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At last, the longed-for and much-requested companion volume to DEATH SENTENCE, Don Watson
A Dictionary of Australian English by Edward E. Morris
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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
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A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked", presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback.
THE MODERN LIBRARY : THE 200 BEST NOVELS IN ENGLISH SINCE 1950 by CARMEN CALLIL AND COLM TOIBIN
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Mr. Personality - Profiles and Talk-Pieces by Mark Singer
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Picador Bks.
A collection of the author's journalistic pieces from The New Yorker, including his profiles and Talk of the Town pieces. They consist of comic explorations of the madder ranges of American citizenship. Singer's first book, Funny Money, was published in 1985.
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame by Robin Robertson (ed)
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A collection of stories from some of the world's greatest writers about their own public humiliation. Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of h ...Show more
Autobiography - The Writer's Story by Derryn Hammond et al
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Aspects of the Present by Margaret Mead; Rhoda Bubendey Métraux
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