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The Secret Life of Words

How English Became English

Henry Hitchings
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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the...

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How Fiction Works

James Wood
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In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic...

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A Matter of Opinion

Victor S. Navasky
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Winner of the 2005 George Polk Book Award Victor S. Navasky is the renowned editor, writer, and educator who was at the helm of The Nation for almost...

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The Little Green Handbook

Seven Trends Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Ron Nielsen, D.Sc.
Picador

Published for the first time in the United States, The Little Green Handbook is a unique reference work that illustrates the most important global developments...