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Overview :From the #1 international bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon comes an education in the art of articulation, from the... Read More
Overview :This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know w... Read More
Overview :"Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn none... Read More
Overview :From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. The... Read More
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