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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 12,740 ratings — published 2011
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,746 ratings — published 2003
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 197,465 ratings — published 2020
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 123,070 ratings — published 1998
The Word Collector (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 5,039 ratings — published 2018
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 44,684 ratings — published 1990
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 6,708 ratings — published 2014
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 9,414 ratings — published 2017
Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,150 ratings — published 2016
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 6,426 ratings — published 2018
Frindle (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 126,245 ratings — published 1996
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 880 ratings — published 2008
Word Power Made Easy (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 9,219 ratings — published 1949
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,092 ratings — published 2014
The Story of English in 100 Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,577 ratings — published 2011
The Dictionary Story (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,280 ratings — published
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 12,695 ratings — published 2019
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 3,243 ratings — published 1984
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.95 — 2,567 ratings — published 2012
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 87,682 ratings — published 1918
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 60,358 ratings — published 2001
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 931 ratings — published 1870
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 7,488 ratings — published 2013
Lexie the Word Wrangler (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 391 ratings — published 2017
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.39 — 2,930,724 ratings — published 2005
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 22,657 ratings — published 1994
Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 1,396 ratings — published 2023
The Liar's Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 10,911 ratings — published 2020
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 29,335 ratings — published 2019
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 9,490 ratings — published 2019
The Lost Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 6,731 ratings — published 2017
Big Words for Little Geniuses (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 560 ratings — published
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 310,285 ratings — published 1961
Max's Words (Max's Words, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 982 ratings — published 2006
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 112,837 ratings — published 1994
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 16,202 ratings — published 1994
L Is for Lollygag: Quirky Words for a Clever Tongue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 116 ratings — published 2008
The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 379 ratings — published
What a Wonderful Word: A Collection of Untranslatable Words from Around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 379 ratings — published 2018
The Very Inappropriate Word (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 604 ratings — published 2013
The Boy Who Loved Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 981 ratings — published 2006
The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 256 ratings — published 2000
A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi": The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English (Blackboard Books)
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avg rating 3.59 — 256 ratings — published 2009
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3,285 ratings — published 2001
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 7,239 ratings — published 2008
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 5,661 ratings — published 2002
An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 821 ratings — published 1968
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 323,153 ratings — published 2000
They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 315 ratings — published 1988
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words (The Stacey Stories)
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avg rating 4.54 — 1,694 ratings — published 2021
“How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.”
― The Pale King
― The Pale King
“It happens like this.
"One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this person carries within them an angel--one sent to you for some higher purpose; to teach you an important lesson or to keep you safe during a perilous time. What you must do is trust in them--even if they come hand in hand with pain or suffering--the reason for their presence will become clear in due time."
Though here is a word of warning--you may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn't to save you but to show you how to save yourself. And once this is fulfilled; the halo lifts and the angel leaves their body as the person exits your life. They will be a stranger to you once more.
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It's so dark right now, I can't see any light around me.
That's because the light is coming from you. You can't see it but everyone else can.”
― Love & Misadventure
"One day you meet someone and for some inexplicable reason, you feel more connected to this stranger than anyone else--closer to them than your closest family. Perhaps this person carries within them an angel--one sent to you for some higher purpose; to teach you an important lesson or to keep you safe during a perilous time. What you must do is trust in them--even if they come hand in hand with pain or suffering--the reason for their presence will become clear in due time."
Though here is a word of warning--you may grow to love this person but remember they are not yours to keep. Their purpose isn't to save you but to show you how to save yourself. And once this is fulfilled; the halo lifts and the angel leaves their body as the person exits your life. They will be a stranger to you once more.
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It's so dark right now, I can't see any light around me.
That's because the light is coming from you. You can't see it but everyone else can.”
― Love & Misadventure
