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The Dictionary of Lost Words
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The Dictionary of Lost Words

By Pip Williams ,

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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
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Memory Speaks

By Julie Sedivy ,

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Gibberish
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Gibberish

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Under a Darkening Moon
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Under a Darkening Moon

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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
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Language City

By Ross Perlin ,

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Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word
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Alphamaniacs

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Silencing Rebecca
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Silencing Rebecca

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Magicborn
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Magicborn

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Noir
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Noir

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Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity
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Multilingualism

By John Edwards ,

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The Writer's A-Z of Body Language
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The Writer's A-Z of Body Language

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Finding the Bones
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Finding the Bones

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The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
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The Language Game

By Morten H. Christiansen , Nick Chater ,

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Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us
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Words of Wonder

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