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The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

Latim em pó: Um passeio pela formação do nosso português

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever

1001 Dark Nights: The Dandelion Diary (Maysen Jar #2.5)

Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning

How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog

Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals

How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year

Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say -- and What You Don't

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages

The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell

The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle

Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word

The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved

Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature

The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why

How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You

The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It

Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas

Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts

Luka. Jak wstyd i lęk dziurawią nam język

The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names

More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think

The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers

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