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Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter by Angela Hui

Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter

Angela Hui

8h 1m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh

The Magical Language of Others

E.J. Koh

203 pages • 2020 • 10 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

John McWhorter

352 pages • 2001 • 7 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume by Noam Chomsky

On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume

Noam Chomsky

481 pages • 1975 • 6 editions

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher

The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention

Guy Deutscher

358 pages • 2005 • 12 editions

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language by Steven Pinker

The Science Masters Series

Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language

Steven Pinker

397 pages • 1999 • 13 editions

nonfiction science informative slow-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If? #1

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe

320 pages • 2014 • 98 editions

nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language by John McWhorter

The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language

John McWhorter

182 pages • 2014 • 5 editions

nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • 1998 • 42 editions

nonfiction biography history reference informative slow-paced
Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages by Guy Deutscher

Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages

Guy Deutscher

320 pages • 2010 • 18 editions

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History by Peter Millar

The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History

Peter Millar

460 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced