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Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words

Author: John Bemelmans Marciano
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

Author: Ammon Shea
Publisher: Peligree, Penguin Group (USA)

dictionary days: [<a defining passion>]

Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher: Graywolf Press

Have You Eaten Grandma? Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English

Author: Gyles Brandreth
Publisher: Atria Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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In Other Words

Author: Jhumpa Lahiri (trans. from the Italian by Ann Goldstein)
Publisher: Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC (Pbk.)

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages

Author: Ammon Shea
Publisher: A Perigee Book

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The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics

Author: John Pollack
Publisher: Gotham Books (Pbk.)

The Story of Ain’t: America, its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published

Author: David Kinner
Publisher: Harper Perennial (Pbk.)

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What A Wonderful Word: A collection of untranslatable words from around the world

Author: Nicola Edwards
Illustrator: Luisa Uribe
Publisher: Kane Miller/EDC Publishing
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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Author: Kory Stamper
Publisher: Pantheon
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players

Author: Stefan Fatsis
Publisher: Penguin Books (Pbk.)

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