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Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur Cover Image
Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition (Paperback)
By Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur
$24.99
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Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist): The Language Revolution That Made China Modern By Jing Tsu Cover Image
Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist): The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (Paperback)
By Jing Tsu
$18.00
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The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language By Ilan Stavans (Editor) Cover Image
The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language (Hardcover)
By Ilan Stavans (Editor)
$35.00
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The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by) Cover Image
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts (Paperback)
By Silvia Ferrara, Todd Portnowitz (Translated by)
$19.00
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World By David W. Anthony Cover Image
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Paperback)
By David W. Anthony
$29.95
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Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language By Arika Okrent, Sean O'Neill (Illustrator) Cover Image
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language (Hardcover)
By Arika Okrent, Sean O'Neill (Illustrator)
$19.95
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language By John McWhorter Cover Image
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (Paperback)
By John McWhorter
$17.99
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Sea & Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) By Etel Adnan Cover Image
Sea & Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) (Paperback)
By Etel Adnan
$15.95
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The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language By Mark Forsyth Cover Image
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
By Mark Forsyth
$40.00
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The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World By Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater Cover Image
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World (Hardcover)
By Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater
$30.00
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America's Lingua Franca By John McWhorter Cover Image
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America's Lingua Franca (Paperback)
By John McWhorter
$17.99
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I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World By James Geary Cover Image
I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World (Paperback)
By James Geary
$16.99
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