When I first learned that A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson’s hilarious travelogue about his adventures hiking the Appalachian Trail, was going to be made into a movie starring Robert Redford, my first thought was, “A Walk in the Woods! I loved that book! I need to go read it again!” As is often […]
“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 the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can’t), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world’s largest growth industries.
“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 the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can’t), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world’s largest growth industries.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780062417442 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 06/02/2015 |
Sold by: | HARPERCOLLINS |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 226,785 |
File size: | 774 KB |