Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Amanda Montell
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Mark Forsyth
4.23 average rating, · 12.8k ratings
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Guy Deutscher
4.22 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
David W. Anthony
4.00 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Margalit Fox
4.01 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Nicholas Ostler
4.06 average rating, · 3.1k ratings
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
Leonard Shlain
4.16 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Edward Dolnick
4.19 average rating, · 2.3k ratings
Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Walter J. Ong
4.15 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
Richard Lederer
4.07 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
Keith H. Basso
4.19 average rating, · 1.8k ratings
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
Susie Dent
4.27 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape
Manchán Magan
4.25 average rating, · 1.6k ratings
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
John McWhorter
4.16 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
