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  • How To Get Your Name In The Dictionary

    The Lives Behind Eponyms

    by Grace Tierney ...
    “How to Get Your Name in the Dictionary” is a light-hearted look at the lives of the soldiers, inventors, style icons, and villains who gave their names to the English language as eponyms. From atlas to zeppelin English is full of words named for Greek gods, explorers, serious scientists, and crafty chefs. These heroes and heroines, scattered through world history, all did something extraordinary ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Words The Sea Gave Us

    by Grace Tierney ...
    Series Book 1 - Words Series
    From baggywinkle and gollywobbler to tempest and flotsam, the sea in all her moods added a boatload of words to the English language throughout history. Cast your line for the maritime origins of skyscraper, mollgogger, strike, cyber, along with phrases like getting hitched, red herring, hot pursuit, and taking them down a peg.Explore parts of a ship, sail names, crew titles, surfer slang, marine ... Read more

    $4.80 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Words the Vikings Gave Us

    by Grace Tierney ...
    Series Book 2 - Words Series
    “Words The Vikings Gave Us” is a light-hearted look at the horde of words the English dictionary stole from the Vikings. From akimbo to yule Old Norse merged with Anglo-Saxon to form the start of the English language.This book, the second in the series, explores the Viking history of words like kiss, ombudsman, bluetooth, frisbee, thing, and hustings. More than 300 words and phrases are featured - ... Read more

    $4.80 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus