The Beatles: Groundbreaking Group in 1960s Pop Music
Home » Music » 60s Music » The Beatles: Groundbreaking Group in 1960s Pop Music Perhaps the ultimate sign of their fame is that now in the English language, wherever spoken, the small black insect is relegated to the second mage that [... more]
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Barbara Wallraff
Barbara Wallraff is a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly, where she has worked since 1983. Doing justice to the English language has long been a professional specialty of hers. She has written for the New York Times Magazine's "On ... [... more]
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Marion Blumenthal Lazan
"At the age of thirteen, upon being placed in fourth grade with boys and girls four years younger than me, I was introduced to the English language for the first time. The German, Dutch, and Hebrew I had learned during my tumultuous "childhood& [... more]
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specializing in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most ... [... more]
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Diane Johnson
Wuthering Heights, first published in 1847, the year before the author's death at the age of thirty, endures today as perhaps the most powerful and intensely original novel in the English language. The epic story of Catherine and Heathcliff plays ... [... more]
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David Ives
The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called ... [... more]
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Brandon Toropov
Despite the reshifting of values that has affected every aspect of life in the 21st century, William Shakespeare still stands as the greatest writer the English language has ever produced. Even so, many people have never read him. If you have ... [... more]
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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
 The perfect bathroom book for English-language junkies.: "Companion" well describes this book. People who love English for its own sake can flip open any page and start reading, and soon find themselves cross-referencing through the whole [... more]
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A History of the English Language
Not all that glitters...: Yes, the book is heralded by many. Yes, it is still being used in the Linguistics and English departments of many prominent universities today. However, does that necessarily mean it's all that great??? It is highly informative [... more]
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Immortal Poems of the English Language
I love this book!: I have several books of poetry at home, but this one is my favorite. It is a good collection of poetry from the time of Middle English to almost to the present. There are a few modern poets I would like to see included that haven't [... more]
CDN$17.61
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language ...
Author: Fourth Editi The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Binding: Calendar EAN: 9780740766299 Edition: 4 Pag ISBN: 0740766295 Number Of Pages: 640 Publication Date: 2007-08-01 [... more]
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
Erudition + Hipness = Darn Good Book: A lengthy, comprehensive, and interestingly detailed look at the evolution and current state of the English language. Such terms and concepts such as Hyponymic Hierarchies, Hypernyms, and semantic changes are given [... more]
CDN$73.95
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