Lists of Bests: joleneveenstra's "Books about words (that I'd like to read)" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/59783 I'm a word nerd! Here are some fun word books I'm enjoying and planning on enjoying. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:47:38 GMT en-us 0 50 8 0 0 Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs: And Other Fascinating Facts About the English Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3395487 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3395487"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01d2RS7hn6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Katherine Barber</div> ex libris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5294351 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2350780 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2350780"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0300106998.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1118796428_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lynda Mugglestone</div> Lost for Words http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70803 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70803"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0340836598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Humphrys</div> Death Sentences : How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405307 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/405307"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000EPFVM8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V55766028_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Watson</div> Mind the Gaffe : The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503098 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/503098"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140514767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by R.L. Trask</div> Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51301 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402203314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54478290_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Cochrane</div> Quite literally; Problem words and how to use them http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/890942 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/890942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0415320194.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by WYNFORD HICKS</div>