A Little Book of Language

A Little Book of LanguageWith a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language

monasteries and hermits

Bosphorus Private

Beautiful World

the survival of its Indian peoples

Omer Bartov explains that ethnic cleansing doesn’t occur as is so often portrayed in popular history

” and “Spanish Caravan” prevented them from being released in the past

It contains the original album in remastered form plus an extra LP containing 2 tracks that weren’t available on vinyl before (an alternate take of “Flamenco Sketches” and a version of “On Green Dolphin Street” recorded prior to the Kind of Blue sessions

Australian Designers at Home invites readers into the homes of 20 of the country’s leading names in interior design

Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper

British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India

and on street corners

The former realised that fashion had changed: it was now no longer so much in the salons that fashion had to be appreciated but in the street