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Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
By Kory Stamper
Edition
2017 Goodreads Choice Award, Best Nonfiction
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Adult
Los Angeles Public Library, Best of 2017: Nonfiction
By Kory Stamper
Hardcover edition
Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Pantheon ISBN9781101870945
Awards and Honors Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2017, Nonfiction2017 Goodreads Choice Award, Best Nonfiction
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2017, Adult
Los Angeles Public Library, Best of 2017: Nonfiction
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
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SKU
9781101870945J
Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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