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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism By Amanda Montell Cover Image
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
By Amanda Montell
$28.99
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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 Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases By Chloe O. Davis Cover Image
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases (Hardcover)
By Chloe O. Davis
$22.50
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever By John McWhorter Cover Image
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever (Hardcover)
By John McWhorter
$24.00
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language By Amanda Montell Cover Image
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Paperback)
By Amanda Montell
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World By Maryanne Wolf Cover Image
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World (Paperback)
By Maryanne Wolf
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The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages By Caroline Myrick, Walt Wolfram Cover Image
The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages (Paperback)
By Caroline Myrick, Walt Wolfram
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Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English By Valerie Fridland Cover Image
Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English (Hardcover)
By Valerie Fridland
$30.00
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World By Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West Cover Image
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World (Paperback)
By Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
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American Sign Language Dictionary-Flexi By Martin L. Sternberg Cover Image
American Sign Language Dictionary-Flexi (Abridged / Paperback)
By Martin L. Sternberg
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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
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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English By John Russell Rickford, Russell John Rickford Cover Image
Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English (Paperback)
By John Russell Rickford, Russell John Rickford
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