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Speaking in Tongues 
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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global 
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Reminiscences of a Student’s Life
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The Book of Promethea
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
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Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
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The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition
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Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
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Universality
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Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
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Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
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The Secret Language Of Cats: How to understand your cat for a better, happier relationship
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The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle
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The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist for Feelings That Do
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The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers
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Dangerous Jokes: How Racism and Sexism Weaponize Humor
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A Matter of Appearance
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
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For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
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Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words
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Fifty Sounds
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Strangers I Know
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Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World
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Translating Myself and Others
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Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice
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The Language of Emotions (Revised and Updated): What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You
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Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts
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The Dictionary of Clichés: A Word Lover’s Guide to 4,000 Overused Phrases and Almost-Pleasing Platitudes
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Babel: An Arcane History
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Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day: The Delightful History of Food Language
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That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
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Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English
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9 Wonder Words: A Language for Living Well—Even When All Hell Breaks Loose
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Awkword Moments: A Lively Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know 
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Greek Lessons
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Languages Are Good For Us
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The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
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Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn’t Enough
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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
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Just Saying
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In Real Life: An English-Spanish Novel in Poems
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Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
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Grammar 101: From Split Infinitives to Dangling Participles, an Essential Guide to Understanding Grammar
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Tell It Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
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How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You
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The End of the Alphabet
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Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You
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Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It’s Not What You Say, But How You Say It
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Write On, Sisters!: Voice, Courage, and Claiming Your Place at the Table
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Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can’t Live Without Them
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Language and Woman’s Place: Text and Commentaries
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Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why
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Language and Sexism
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The Writer’s Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos
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Rules for Writers
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‘and I Quote…’: A History of Using Other People’s Words
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Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side
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A Cure For The Common Word: Remedy Your Tired Vocabulary with 3,000 + Vibrant Alternatives to the Most Overused Words
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Strange Vernaculars: How Eighteenth-Century Slang, Cant, Provincial Languages, and Nautical Jargon Became English
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Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence
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The Hero Is You: Sharpen Your Focus, Conquer Your Demons, and Become the Writer You Were Born to Be
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Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things: The Unusual Book of Euphemisms
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
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100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People
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Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word
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Native Tongue
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Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
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In Other Words
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Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race
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