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Books for Word Lovers

Books for Word Lovers

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

A team of male scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary and one of their daughters decides to collect the words they omit. A novel based on true events.

 

Nine Nasty W*rds: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorton

A preeminent linguist examines the fields of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what inspires curse words, and why they appeal to us.

 

The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams

A funny debut novel from a new talent that chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world.

 

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.

 

All titles are available in print at the library. Check Overdrive/Libby and hoopla for availability to download. The library is located at 553 S. Maine St. and www.churchillcountylibrary.org

Carol is the Director of the Churchill County Library. She hasn’t read all the books mentioned but they are on her list. Which is very long.


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