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Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Ben Yagoda - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms - for good or ill. The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America - from French fries to Awesome, man! - are destroying the English language. But what about the influence going...
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Mastering Arabic 1 (Bloomsbury Master Series (Languages))

Jane Wightwick - Bloomsbury Academic
Format: 4th Edition

Learn to understand, speak and read Modern Standard Arabic confidently with this lively and accessible text. Mastering Arabic 1 is aimed at beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language. It gradually builds knowledge, introducing the Arabic script from the very first page....
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Beginners' Arabic: Learn faster. Remember more.

Frances Altorfer - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

Learn to speak, read and understand Arabic! Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship - whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' Arabic will help you to: Communicate naturally in everyday situations. Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice...
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Verity. La sombra de un engaño

Colleen Hoover - Planeta Publishing
Format: Paperback

Lowen Ashleigh recibe un encargo que le cambiará la vida: Jeremy, el flamante marido de Verity Crawford, una de las autoras más importantes del momento, la contrata para terminar la serie de libros en la que trabajaba su mujer antes de sufrir un grave accidente que la ha dejado en coma....
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A Grammar of Bunaq (Mouton Grammar Library [MGL], 86)

Antoinette Schapper - De Gruyter Mouton
Format: Perfect Paperback

This is a comprehensive grammar of the Papuan language Bunaq as spoken in the district of Lamaknen. Bunaq belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, which comprises the westernmost Papuan languages. Surrounded on all sides by Austronesian languages, Bunaq has developed in isolation...
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Yo, Julia: Premio Planeta 2018

Santiago Posteguillo - Planeta Audio
Format: Paperback

192 d.C. Varios hombres luchan por un imperio, pero Julia, hija de reyes, madre de césares y esposa de emperador, piensa en algo más ambicioso: una dinastía. Roma está bajo el control de Cómodo, un emperador loco. El Senado se conjura para terminar con el tirano y los gobernadores...
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Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa

Kathy Sosa - Tinta Books
Format: Hardcover

Derived from the words miscere and genus in Latin, mestizaje refers to a mixing of the races. In the book Mestizaje, internationally acclaimed artist Kathy Sosa presents a cross-sectional view of Mexican American culture as it is practiced in the centuries-old blended culture of the Texas-Mexico...
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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner - Harmony
Format: Paperback

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick.At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school -- who does? -- rather,...
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