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1 The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)

by Simon Winchester

Format: Paperback 224 pages
Published: 03/06/1999

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2 Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Paperback)

by Nicholas Ostler

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Published: 18/09/2006

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3 Linguistics - Very Short Introductions (Paperback)

by P.H. Matthews

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Published: 24/04/2003

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4 Pitmatic: The Talk of the North East Coalfield (Paperback)

by Bill Griffiths

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Published: 01/06/2007

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5 Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs: How to Read the Sacred Language of the Pharaohs (Paperback)

by Bridget McDermott

Format: Paperback 176 pages
Published: 06/08/2002

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6 The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs (Paperback)

by Lesley Adkins, Roy Adkins

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Published: 03/09/2001

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7 An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-speaking World (Hardback)

by Geoffrey Hughes

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Published: 15/07/2006

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8 The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics (Paperback)

by John Pollack

Format: Paperback 212 pages
Published: 03/05/2012

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9 The Language Report (Hardback)

by Susie Dent

Format: Hardback 176 pages
Published: 12/10/2006

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10 Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day (Paperback)

by Albert Jack, Ama Page

Format: Paperback 272 pages
Published: 05/10/2006

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