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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
3.95
it was amazing
May 15, 2021
May 11, 2021
 
The Wake
4.00
not set
not set
Apr 11, 2019
 
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
3.99
it was amazing
Oct 29, 2018
Sep 29, 2018
 
The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
4.09
it was amazing
Mar 31, 2018
Dec 10, 2017
 
The American Language
4.12
not set
Dec 10, 2017
 
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like, Literally)
4.14
it was amazing
Mar 24, 2017
Mar 23, 2017
 
Lexicon
3.91
not set
Nov 26, 2016
 
Word Catcher An Odyssey Into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
3.57
not set
Feb 11, 2016
 
Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A to Z
3.99
it was amazing
Nov 22, 2015
Oct 10, 2015
 
An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction
4.33
not set
Oct 10, 2015
 
Go the Fuck to Sleep
4.28
liked it
not set
Jul 20, 2014
 
The Story of Human Language
4.40
really liked it
not set
Jul 20, 2014
 
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
3.73
it was amazing
Dec 2007
Aug 06, 2007
 
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic
3.50
not set
Jul 27, 2007
 
Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes
3.69
really liked it
Jan 2003
Jul 27, 2007
 
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
3.93
not set
Jul 27, 2007
 
Understanding Chinese Characters by Their Ancestral Forms
3.55
liked it
not set
Jul 27, 2007
 
Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins
3.73
really liked it
not set
Jul 26, 2007
 
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
3.91
not set
Jul 26, 2007
 
The Story of English: Companion to the PBS TV Series
4.09
not set
Jul 26, 2007
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