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Friends with Words

Adventures in Languageland

de Martha Barnette ...

The word nerd gift book of the year! With warmth and humor, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the air.Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual ... Leer más

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The word nerd gift book of the year! With warmth and humor, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the air.Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual
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Dog Days and Dandelions

A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everyday Words

de Martha Barnette ...

From apian (like a bee) to zodiac (little-animals circle), a word book that spots the animal origins of words and names.There are mice in your muscles, and blackbirds in your merlot. Behind adulation is a dog's wagging tail. Peculiar houses a herd of cattle. Grubby is crawling with bugs. Wordhound Martha Barnette collects more than ... ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

From apian (like a bee) to zodiac (little-animals circle), a word book that spots the animal origins of words and names.There are mice in your muscles, and blackbirds in your merlot. Behind adulation is a dog's wagging tail. Peculiar houses a herd of cattle. Grubby is crawling with bugs. Wordhound Martha Barnette collects more than ...
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Friends with Words

Adventures in Languageland

de Martha Barnette ...

Narrado por Martha Barnette ...

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9 hora 58 minutos

With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the airMartha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.” ... Leer más

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With warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the airMartha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as “a virtual treasure house” and “‘Car Talk’ for Lexiphiles.”
... Leer más

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A User's Guide to Democracy

How America Works

de Nick Capodice, Hannah McCarthy ...

Narrado por Nick Capodice, Hannah McCarthy ...

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7 hora 52 minutos

"An informative and appealing civics lesson for first-time voters and old hands alike."—Publishers WeeklyFrom Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User's Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works.Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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"An informative and appealing civics lesson for first-time voters and old hands alike."—Publishers WeeklyFrom Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy, the hosts of New Hampshire Public Radio’s Civics 101, and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro, A User's Guide to Democracy is a lively crash course in everything you should know about how the US government works.Do you know what the Secretary of Defense does all
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Fetishized

A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

de Kaila Yu ...

Narrado por Kaila Yu ...

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7 hora 57 minutos

A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.No one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of beauty. But none of the beautiful women on
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A Square Meal

A Culinary History of the Great Depression

de Jane Ziegelman, Andrew Coe ...

Narrado por Susan Ericksen ...

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10 hora 47 minutos

The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts in the country's political and social landscape, forever changed the way America eats. Before 1929, America's relationship with food was defined by abundance. But the collapse of the economy, in both urban and rural America, left a quarter of all Americans out of work and undernourished—shattering long-held assumptions about the limitlessness of ... Leer más

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The decade-long Great Depression, a period of shifts in the country's political and social landscape, forever changed the way America eats. Before 1929, America's relationship with food was defined by abundance. But the collapse of the economy, in both urban and rural America, left a quarter of all Americans out of work and undernourished—shattering long-held assumptions about the limitlessness of
... Leer más

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Pronoun Trouble

The Story of Us in Seven Little Words

de John McWhorter ...

Narrado por John McWhorter ...

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4 hora 43 minutos

With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronounsThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

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With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronounsThe nature of language is to shift and evolve—but every so often, a new usage creates a whole lot of consternation. These days, pronouns are throwing curveballs, and it matters, because pronoun habits die hard. If you need a
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Mad Hatters and March Hares

All-New Stories from the World of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland

Narrado por C.S.E. Cooney, Eric Michael Summerer ...

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12 hora 30 minutos

From master anthologist Ellen Datlow comes an all-original of weird tales inspired by the strangeness of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.Between the hallucinogenic, weird, imaginative wordplay and the brilliant mathematical puzzles and social satire, Alice has been read, enjoyed, and savored by every generation since its ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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From master anthologist Ellen Datlow comes an all-original of weird tales inspired by the strangeness of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.Between the hallucinogenic, weird, imaginative wordplay and the brilliant mathematical puzzles and social satire, Alice has been read, enjoyed, and savored by every generation since its
... Leer más

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Enough Is Enuf

Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

de Gabe Henry ...

Narrado por Johnny Heller ...

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5 hora 49 minutos

A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has,
... Leer más

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This America

The Case for the Nation

de Jill Lepore ...

Narrado por Jill Lepore ...

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2 hora 36 minutos

From the best-selling author of These Truths, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century.At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

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From the best-selling author of These Truths, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century.At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Harvard historian Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America. Since the end of the Cold War, Lepore writes, American historians have largely retreated from the
... Leer más

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Erased

What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us

de Anna Malaika Tubbs ...

Narrado por Anna Malaika Tubbs ...

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12 hora 12 minutos

This new audiobook is written and read New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers, Anna Malaika Tubbs. In Erased, Anna recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.Patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions worldwide, but the United States of America has its own unique gendered hierarchy. Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature blend of ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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This new audiobook is written and read New York Times bestselling author of The Three Mothers, Anna Malaika Tubbs. In Erased, Anna recovers all that American patriarchy has tried to destroy.Patriarchy has oppressed women and denied their contributions worldwide, but the United States of America has its own unique gendered hierarchy. Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature blend of
... Leer más

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American Grammar

Race, Education, and the Building of a Nation

de Jarvis R. Givens ...

Narrado por Bill Andrew Quinn ...

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15 hora 37 minutos

A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few institutions are as pivotal in shaping our lives ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

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A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms.Education is the epicenter of every community in the United States. Indeed, few institutions are as pivotal in shaping our lives
... Leer más

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