Amazing Words
Amazing Words
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Amazing Words by Lederer Richard
With fascinating etymologies and letter patterns of more than 400 everyday words, bestselling language writer Richard Lederer offers insights into the most bedazzling, beguiling, and bewitching words in the English language. Readers will discover why William Shakespeare may be hiding in the Old Testament; why run is the longest word in English; how people's names become common words; and how the Bible, mythology, the sea, the land, show business, and games spark words and phrases in everyday vocabulary. Chock-full of transfixing word histories, magical letter play, and hilarious puns, Amazing Words, now in its second edition, is an essential book for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781936863303 |
| ISBN 10 | 1936863308 |
| Title | Amazing Words |
| Author | Lederer Richard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Marion Street Press Inc. |
| Year published | 2012-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of San Diego Book Awards (General Nonfiction) 2013 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |