Author: Bill BrysonCovers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century.
Author: Bill BrysonBryson begins with language's Neanderthal origins and goes on the describe the key people and events that have shaped English into its modern form and character. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Bill Bryson“Vastly informative and vastly entertaining…A scholarly and fascinating book.” —Los Angeles Times With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of ...
Author: Bill BrysonWith dazzling wit and astonishing insight, author Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language.
Author: Bill BrysonThe author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language.
Author: Bill Bryson
Author: Bill Bryson
Author: Bill Bryson
Author: Bill Bryson
Author: Bill BrysonBill Bryson examines how a language 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' has now become the undisputed global language.
