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Shakespeare Shakespeare
by Peter Ackroyd
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 1 Nov 2006
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Shakespeare: The Biography is quite unlike other more analytic biographies that have been written. Ackroyd uses his skill, his extraordinary knowledge, and his historical intuition to craft this major full-scale book on one of the most towering figures of the English language.
The Adventure of English The Adventure of English : The Biography of a Language
by Melvyn Bragg
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 1 Sep 2006
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An enthralling story not only of power, religion, and trade but also of people and how they changed, and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves Eats, Shoots and Leaves : The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
Hardcover: Apr 2004
Paperback: 11 Apr 2006
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'Who would have thought a book about punctuation could cause such a sensation? Truss serves up a delightful, unabashedly strict and sometimes snobby little book, with cheery Britishisms dotting pages that express a more international righteous indignation.'
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies : A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
by June Casagrande
Paperback: 28 Mar 2006
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The antidote to Eats, Shoots and Leaves - an uproarious and very American language book for those who are tired of getting pulled over by the grammar police
The Know-It-All The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
by A. J. Jacobs
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 4 Oct 2005
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Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.
The Meaning of Everything The Meaning of Everything : The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Hardcover: Sep 2003
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A scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the Oxford English Dictionary. Browse an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse.
Letter Perfect Letter Perfect : The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to Z
by David Sacks
Hardcover: Aug 2003
Paperback: 1 Aug 2004
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A fun, lively, and learned excursion into the alphabet, and into cultural history with twenty-six fact-filled "biographies" of letters A through Z.
So Many Books! So Many Books! : Reading and Publishing in an age of abundance
by Gabriel Zaid
Paperback: 1 Sep 2003
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'An appealing, meditative collection of thoughts and observations on the book industry and the state of literature in the early 21st century. Book lovers of all stripes will enjoy this light piece of cultural criticism' -- Publishers Weekly
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