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  • Semantic Antics

    How and Why Words Change Meaning

    by Sol Steinmetz ...
    "My favorite popular word book of the year"-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008A fun, new approach to examining etymology!Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,'very different from today's meaning of the word: "utterly unyielding in attitude o... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • There's a Word for It

    The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900

    by Sol Steinmetz ...
    Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first no-brow (1922) Neanderthal grunted meaningfully.From the turn of the twentieth century to today, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    Vocabulary for the Erudite

    by Mim Harrison ...
    How and where to use 500 of the words that make you sound more cultured, worldly, and downright smart.Whoever said sounding smart had to be painful? It's all in how you acquire the "ten-dollar words" of English. Smart Words makes fast and smooth learning of words such as prelapsarian, sedulous, sybaritic and draconian. How? By sticking to ultra-simple definitions, then offering a memorable--and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Word Myths:Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

    Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

    by David Wilton ...
    Do you believe that Ring Around the Rosie refers to the Black Death? Or that Eskimos have 50 (or 500) words for "snow"? Or that "Posh" is an acronym for "Port Out, Starboard Home"? If so, you badly need this book. In Word Myths, David Wilton debunks some of the most spectacularly wrong word histories in common usage, giving us the real stories behind many linguistic urban legends. Readers will ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Wordcatcher

    An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words

    by Phil Cousineau ...
    Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver," the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, readers are lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Only in Canada You Say

    A Treasury of Canadian Language

    by Katherine Barber ...
    Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadian toque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Holy Cow!

    Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers—Splendid Animal Words and Phrases

    by Boze Hadleigh ...
    We love animals but insult humans by calling them everything from weasels or pigs to sheep, mice, chickens, sharks, snakes, and bird-brains. Animal epithets, words, and phrases are so widespread we often take them for granted or remain ignorant of the fascinating stories and facts behind them.Spanning the entire animal kingdom, Holy Cow! explains:Why hot dogs are named after canines. Why people ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart

    by Mignon Fogarty ...
    Series series Quick & Dirty Tips
    Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one smart word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart.Are you often stumped for the perfect way to say or write something? Do you find ... Read more

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  • The Writer's Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos

    The Writer's Lexicon, #1

    by Kathy Steinemann ...
    Series Book 1 - The Writer's Lexicon
    You just read your manuscript and discovered that your characters nod like marionettes in every chapter. When they're not nodding, they roll their eyes.Time to slash the Pinocchio strings and turn them into real people. Award-winning author Kathy Steinemann provides the tools. She cuts through the so-called rules and offers simple solutions.Too many repetitions of "little"? There's a cure for that ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teddy Bears, Tupperware and Sweet Fanny Adams

    How the names became the words

    by Andrew Sholl ...
    What's in a name? From Achilles to zeppelin, the words we use in everyday language invoke a cast of historical characters, from figures of ancient legend to modern-day sports stars. But have you ever stopped to wonder how on earth the names became the words we use so often?How, for example, did Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi give his name to something so sweet as a biscuit? Who was ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

    The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

    by Jeff Prucher ...
    The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, Brave New Words:The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole genre of literature through the words invented and passed along by the genre's most talented writers. In ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • 801 Things You Should Know

    From Greek Philosophy to Today's Technology, Theories, Events, Discoveries, Trends, and Movements That Matter

    by David Olsen ...
    Discover how the world's biggest ideas, inventions, and actions changed the course of history!What would life be like if the Age of Reason never challenged others to think differently, if the Industrial Revolution never happened, or if the New York Stock Exchange never came into existence?801 Things You Should Know gives you the lowdown on thoughts and events that transformed past civilizations ... Read more

    $1.99 USD