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On an odyssey that takes us from Homer to Darwin, from scientists to savages, from thecorridors of Yale to the rivers of the Amazon, from how to name the ...
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asianreviewofbooks published on Mon, 14 Mar 2011
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Through the Language Glass, By Guy Deutscher
This dazzling work on "the most down-to-earth level of everyday language" starts by quoting WE Gladstone: when he wasn't being PM, or rescuing fallen women, he was an expert classicist. He was fascinated by the erratic colours in Greek texts – green ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Others 320 Pages
- ISBN-10: 043401690X
- ISBN-13: 9780434016907
- Publisher: William Heinemann
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2010
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