Mother Tongue: The English Language by Bill Bryson (English) Paperback Book

Description: Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Bill Brysons Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks at, among other things, swearing, spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble. No self-respecting English speaker should open his mouth without reading it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Bill Brysons bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island, which in a national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain. Another travel book, A Walk in the Woods, has become a major film starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. His new number one Sunday Times bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling- More Notes from a Small Island. His acclaimed book on the history of science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Royal Societys Aventis Prize as well as the Descartes Prize, the European Unions highest literary award. He has written books on language, on Shakespeare, on history, and on his own childhood in the hilarious memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His last critically lauded bestsellers were At Home- a Short History of Private Life, and One Summer- America 1927 Bill Bryson was born in the American Midwest, and now lives in the UK. A former Chancellor of Durham University, he was President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England for five years, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. Bill Bryson was born in 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but spent most of his adult life in Britain. He worked for the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Financial Weekly and The Times Details ISBN0141037466 Author Bill Bryson Pages 288 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Popular Penguins Year 2008 ISBN-10 0141037466 ISBN-13 9780141037462 Format Paperback Publication Date 2008-09-01 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 420 Birth 1951 Tag TNXMAS007 Subtitle The English Language Short Title The Mother Tongue Language English Audience General/Trade NZ Release Date 2008-08-31 AU Release Date 2008-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:40661935;

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