Language
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Endangered Languages
$16.95 Read moreA concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times.
58% of the world’s languages–or, approximately 4,000 languages–are endangere
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Adamou, Evangelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0262548704
- Language: English
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The Joyce of Everyday Life
$29.95 Add to cartPart of James Joyce’s genius was his ability to find the poetry in everyday life. For Joyce, even a simple object like a table becomes magical, “a board that was of the birchwood of Finlandy and it wa… [more below]
- Series: Contemporary Irish Writers
- Author: Mahaffey, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: September 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1684485266
- Language: English
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Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year
$17.99 Read more- Author: Dent, Susie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1529311489
- Language: English
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The Secret Recipe
$18.99 Add to cart“Una merenda azeremos,” Abuela says to her grandson. “But I don’t understand,” says the boy. “It means ‘we will cook together’ in our secret language,” says Abuela. That evening, Mam? explains that th
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1728486432
- Language: English
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Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages
$29.95 Add to cartAn enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages
Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting un- Author: Gibb, Lorna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691274177
- Language: English
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Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas
$25.99 Add to cartA Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book
“One of the greatest writers of o
Brilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters
- Author: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1620979322
- Language: English
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Ashimpa: The Mysterious Word
$19.95 Add to cartFrom renowned Portuguese author and illustrator Catarina Sobral, Ashimpa is the story of a word that takes on a life of its own, leading young readers through the hilariously ashimpish life and gramma
- Author: Sobral, Catarina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Gabby Gabe
$16.99 Add to cartWhen Gabe starts talking, he doesn’t stop. He talks all the time, continuously, he always has something to say, even in his sleep!
Gabe talks and talks and talks, non-stop. He sings songs, recites tong
- Series: Somos8
- Author: Mateo, Carmen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 8410074982
- Language: English
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Speaking in Tongues
$26.99 Add to cartLanguage, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues–taking the form of a … [more below]
- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096454
- Language: English
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Our Mothers’ Names: Love in Many Languages
$18.99 Add to cartHow many ways are there to say mother? A bilingual child investigates in this joyful picture-book exploration from the creators of My Mother’s Tongues.
“Thank you, Amma,” says the child as her mother- Author: Menon, Uma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 153622250X
- Language: English
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Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell
$28.00 Add to cartA brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.
Why does the G in George sound different fr
- Author: Henry, Gabe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0063360217
- Language: English
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Dirty Sign Language: Everyday Slang from What’s Up? to F*%# Off!
$10.00 Add to cartLearn all the sign language slang you’ve always wanted to know with this fun English-ASL phrasebook for the modern era.
Next time you’re signing with your friends, drop the ASL textbook formality and- Series: Dirty Everyday Slang
- Author: T, Van James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 07 2011
- ISBN10: 1569757860
- Language: English
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English Is Not Easy: A Visual Guide to the Language
$21.00 Read moreA cheeky, sophisticated, and strikingly illustrated guide that leaves generic English reference books in the dust
When prominent Barcelona-based illustrator Luci Guti rrez found herself tuning out in- Author: Gutiérrez, Luci
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1592409237
- Language: English
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The Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance of the Old Testament: Coded with Strong’s Concordance Numbers
$64.95 Read moreThis concordance is an improved edition of The Englishman’s Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the OT, the standard reference work first issued in 1843. Every Hebrew and Aramaic word of the OT is liste… [more below]
- Author: Wigram, George V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1712
- Publish Date: April 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1565632087
- Language: English
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How Biblical Languages Work: A Student’s Guide to Learning Hebrew and Greek
$25.99 Read moreA practical and easy to understand guide to learning both Hebrew and Greek. Ideal for Biblical language scholars. This book provides the first practical beginner’s guide to the main components of bibl… [more below]
- Author: Silzer, Peter James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0825426448
- Language: English
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Dirty German: Second Edition: Everyday Slang from What’s Up? to F*%# Off!
$12.95 Add to cartLearn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they definitely never taught you in German class with this super-handy and hilariously improper English-German phrasebook.
You already know enough Ger- Author: Chaffey, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1646042395
- Language: English
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Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament
$59.99 Read moreEvery word in the Greek New Testament is explained in great detail, covering all context usages for these words. Numbered to Strong’s numbering system, each word has a basic definition and further com… [more below]
- Series: Word Study
- Author: Zodhiates, Spiros
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1536
- Publish Date: August 01 1992
- ISBN10: 089957663X
- Language: English
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The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America
$17.95 Add to cartIn this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Can ne- Author: Pitner, Barrett Holmes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1640095594
- Language: English
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Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff
$24.95 Read moreAn essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourless… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Joanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1922616702
- Language: English
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between: (Name Meanings, Fun Facts, Word Origins, Etymology)
$15.99 Add to cartName Meanings Explained
“From the casually curious to etymology junkies (or anyone who’s ever halted a conversation to search the internet for the origin of a word) this book will have something for ev
- Series: Origin of Names
- Author: Foote, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1642501387
- Language: English
