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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language
The Keeper of Wild Words
The Wombats Go Wild for Words
I Don't Want to Read This Book
Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words (The Stacey Stories)
The Wordy Book
A Chest Full of Words
No Nibbling!
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From

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Quotes Tagged “Words”

Patrick Rothfuss
“ Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. ”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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Cassandra Clare
“ We live and breathe words. ”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince
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Videos Tagged “Words”

A Retrospective Trip Down Tourniquet Lane by Robert E. Kearns
A Retrospective Trip Down Tourniquet Lane by Robert E. Kearns
The Two Faces of Killer Kilbride by Robert E. Kearns
The Two Faces of Killer Kilbride by Robert E. Kearns
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Groups Tagged "Words"

Words & Wine A small collective of book broads who enjoy reading between the wines!
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Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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Nomenclator Clavis books consist of words of which one may not recognize - compilation to free the spirit
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