Books about Words

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Words are our Sorcery
Words are our Sorcery 4.52 avg rating — 145 ratings
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Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings 4.27 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes 4.22 avg rating — 914 ratings
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Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing
Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing 4.16 avg rating — 166 ratings
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,242 ratings
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Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors 3.87 avg rating — 532 ratings
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling 3.87 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
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The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes 3.78 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
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Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue
Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue 3.97 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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Beginnings, Middles & Ends
Beginnings, Middles & Ends 3.99 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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Characters & Viewpoint
Characters & Viewpoint 4.04 avg rating — 4,698 ratings
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Plot
Plot 3.88 avg rating — 885 ratings
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Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces 3.92 avg rating — 432 ratings
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Studies in Words
Studies in Words 4.20 avg rating — 490 ratings
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The Elements of Active Prose
The Elements of Active Prose 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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How to Write Fiction: Tools and Techniques
How to Write Fiction: Tools and Techniques 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 3.95 avg rating — 116,872 ratings
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Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers
Author for Life or for a Living?: How to Stay Sane & Alive when Everything & Everyone Brings you Down: Manifesto for Real Writers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl
The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl 4.71 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Expressive Writing: Words That Heal
Expressive Writing: Words That Heal 3.89 avg rating — 300 ratings
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Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft
Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft 4.11 avg rating — 3,832 ratings
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Women Who Run With the Wolves
Women Who Run With the Wolves 4.11 avg rating — 90,543 ratings
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Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies 4.33 avg rating — 639 ratings
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What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers 3.90 avg rating — 1,825 ratings
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Words Matter: Writing to Make a Difference (Volume 1)
Words Matter: Writing to Make a Difference (Volume 1) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Writer's Idea Book
The Writer's Idea Book 3.87 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Writing to Change the World: An Inspiring Guide for Transforming the World with Words
Writing to Change the World: An Inspiring Guide for Transforming the World with Words 3.97 avg rating — 975 ratings
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The Weekend Novelist
The Weekend Novelist 3.68 avg rating — 531 ratings
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by: Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Standing by Words
Standing by Words 4.15 avg rating — 316 ratings
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The Weekend Novelist Rewrites the Novel: A Step-by-Step Guide to Perfecting Your Work
The Weekend Novelist Rewrites the Novel: A Step-by-Step Guide to Perfecting Your Work 3.67 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing
Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing 3.71 avg rating — 143 ratings
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The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy
The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy 3.86 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The 3 A.M. Epiphany
The 3 A.M. Epiphany 4.09 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
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Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others
Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others 4.11 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults
The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults 4.41 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Page After Page: Discover the Confidence & Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing (No Matter What!)
Page After Page: Discover the Confidence & Passion You Need to Start Writing & Keep Writing (No Matter What!) 4.10 avg rating — 644 ratings
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You 4.08 avg rating — 20,955 ratings
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The Tyranny of Words
The Tyranny of Words 4.28 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School 4.21 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
The Rhetoric of Fiction 4.01 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Writing With a Word Processor
Writing With a Word Processor 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success
The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success 3.91 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft
Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft 4.06 avg rating — 527 ratings
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The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words
The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words 3.74 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time
Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time 4.08 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
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On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist 4.10 avg rating — 3,090 ratings
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How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights
How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights 4.04 avg rating — 631 ratings
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A Writer's Reference
A Writer's Reference 3.99 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
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Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level 4.08 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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Make Your Words Work
Make Your Words Work 4.38 avg rating — 106 ratings
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No Plot? No Problem!
No Plot? No Problem! 3.83 avg rating — 7,293 ratings
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Spreading the Word: Editors on Poetry
Spreading the Word: Editors on Poetry 3.58 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word
Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word 3.62 avg rating — 598 ratings
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage 4.23 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
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How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times 3.77 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
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The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way
The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way 4.17 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Collection of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishes from Eras Past
Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Collection of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishes from Eras Past 3.61 avg rating — 264 ratings
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print 4.25 avg rating — 7,005 ratings
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100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know (We Do Not Care Club)
100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know (We Do Not Care Club) 3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile 3.98 avg rating — 3,650 ratings
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Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs 4.13 avg rating — 246 ratings
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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation
A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation 4.21 avg rating — 609 ratings
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Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words 3.79 avg rating — 1,189 ratings
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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore
Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore 4.17 avg rating — 455 ratings
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The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English 4.24 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
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Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go
Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go 4.02 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
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When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style
When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style 3.90 avg rating — 86 ratings
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In Other Words: An Illustrated Miscellany of the World's Most Intriguing Words and Phrases
In Other Words: An Illustrated Miscellany of the World's Most Intriguing Words and Phrases 3.40 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite 3.80 avg rating — 942 ratings
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever 3.95 avg rating — 4,127 ratings
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The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself 4.02 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words 4.12 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Language Wars: A History of Proper English
The Language Wars: A History of Proper English 3.72 avg rating — 350 ratings
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Xenia: A Hoard of Lost Words, Eighteenth-Century Street Lingo, and a Few Completely Confabulated Terms Collected and Exemplified
Xenia: A Hoard of Lost Words, Eighteenth-Century Street Lingo, and a Few Completely Confabulated Terms Collected and Exemplified it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A--to--Z Guide to English Words from Around the World
You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A--to--Z Guide to English Words from Around the World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse 3.75 avg rating — 396 ratings
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Forgotten English: A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Facts, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings
Forgotten English: A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Facts, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings 3.70 avg rating — 213 ratings
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The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English 3.84 avg rating — 1,241 ratings
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The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World
The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World 3.47 avg rating — 737 ratings
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You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity 3.85 avg rating — 675 ratings
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The Story of And: The Little Word That Changed the World
The Story of And: The Little Word That Changed the World 3.49 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms 3.57 avg rating — 363 ratings
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It’s All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories
It’s All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Superior Person's Book of Words
The Superior Person's Book of Words 3.80 avg rating — 488 ratings
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On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing
On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing 3.82 avg rating — 492 ratings
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Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English 3.94 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends 3.46 avg rating — 349 ratings
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Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish 4.11 avg rating — 5,936 ratings
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Wordplay
Wordplay 3.80 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language
Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language 3.86 avg rating — 772 ratings
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints 4.05 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
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They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases 3.86 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel
Revision & Self-Editing: Techniques for Transforming Your First Draft Into a Finished Novel 4.19 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
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The F-Word
The F-Word 3.68 avg rating — 389 ratings
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Description & Setting
Description & Setting 4.01 avg rating — 941 ratings
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Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language 3.95 avg rating — 2,506 ratings
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Write Great Fiction Series
Write Great Fiction Series 4.44 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still 4.14 avg rating — 1,919 ratings
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Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World 4.23 avg rating — 3,986 ratings
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