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	100 WORDS ALMOST EVERYONE MISPRONOUNCES. Remainder Item #7420676 Pub at $5.95 - Our Price $3.95

	ALPHABET JUICE. By Roy Blount, Jr. Current Item #1639285 Pub at $15.00 - Our Price $9.95

	ARMED GUNMEN, TRUE FACTS, AND OTHER RIDICULOUS NONSENSE: A Compiled Compendium of Repetitive Redundancies. By Richard Kallan. Remainder Item #7409788 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $4.95

	THE ARTFUL NUANCE: A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language. By Rod L. Evans. Remainder Item #1639420 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $3.95

	THE BIBLIOPHILE'S DICTIONARY: 2,054 Masterful Words & Phrases. By Miles Westley. Remainder Item #745905X Pub at $16.99 - Our Price $4.95

	THE BOOK OF HARD WORDS: Read It, See It, Know It, Use It. By David Bramwell. Remainder Item #1645544 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $4.95

	THE BOOK OF WORDS: An Entertaining Look at Words and How We Have Come to Use Them. By Tim Glynne-Jones. Remainder Item #718798X Our Price $7.95

	BURGESS UNABRIDGED: A Classic Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed. By Gelett Burgess. Remainder Item #7354428 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $5.95

	C U NEXT TUESDAY: A Good Look at Bad Language. By Ruth Wajnryb. Adults only. Remainder Item #7343825 Our Price $4.95

	THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By David Crystal. Remainder Item #1623281 Pub at $70.00 - Our Price $14.95

	A CENTURY OF NEW WORDS. By John Ayto. Remainder Item #7347634 Pub at $18.99 - Our Price $5.95

	DEWDROPPERS, WALDOS, AND SLACKERS: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century. By Rosemarie Ostler. Remainder Item #7077718 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $3.95

	THE DICTIONARY OF DISAGREEABLE ENGLISH, DELUXE EDITION. By Robert Hartwell Fiske. Remainder Item #7381883 Pub at $19.99 - Our Price $2.95

	DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Remainder Item #7455453 Our Price $2.95

	THE DORD, THE DIGLOT, AND AN AVOCADO OR TWO: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Words. By Anu Garg. Remainder Item #7115849 Pub at $13.00 - Our Price $3.95

	EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, ILLUSTRATED EDITION: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. By Lynne Truss. Remainder Item #7459777 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $5.95

	ENDANGERED WORDS: A Collection of Rare Gems for Word Lovers. By Simon Hertnon. Current Item #7471955 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $9.95

	THE EVERYTHING BUILD YOUR VOCABULARY BOOK. By Valentine Dmitriev. Remainder Item #7382030 Pub at $9.95 - Our Price $4.95

	THE FIGHT FOR ENGLISH: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left. By David Crystal. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #7238185 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $5.95

	FORGOTTEN ENGLISH. By Jeffrey Kacirk. Remainder Item #7376936 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $5.95

	FOWLER'S MODERN ENGLISH USAGE, REVISED THIRD EDITION. By R.W. Burchfield. Remainder Item #7415028 Pub at $37.95 - Our Price $9.95

	FRENCH LETTERS AND THE ENGLISH CANON. By Mark Daniel. Current Item #7231997 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $14.95

	FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, THIRD EDITION: Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Edited By John Ayto. Current Item #1616684 Pub at $21.95 - Our Price $14.95

	THE GILDED TONGUE: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things. By Rod L. Evans. Remainder Item #7459173 Pub at $16.99 - Our Price $4.95

	GRAMMAR THE EASY WAY. By Dan Mulvey. Remainder Item #7472145 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $5.95

	HOW NOT TO SAY WHAT YOU MEAN: A Dictionary of Euphemisms. By R.W. Holder. Remainder Item #7416423 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $7.95

	THE LEXICOGRAPHER'S DILEMMA: The Evolution of "Proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park. By Jack Lynch. Current Item #1653598 Pub at $26.00 - Our Price $16.95

	LITERALLY, THE BEST LANGUAGE BOOK EVER: Annoying Words and Abused Phrases You Should Never Use Again. By Paul Yeager. Remainder Item #7298692 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $4.95

	MORE WORDS YOU SHOULD KNOW. By Michelle Bevilacqua. Remainder Item #7399278 Pub at $9.95 - Our Price $3.95

	NAME DROPPING: Darwinian Struggles, Oedipal Feelings, and Kafkaesque Ordeals--An A to Z Guide to the Use of Names in Everyday Language. By Philip Gooden. Remainder Item #7407270 Pub at $21.95 - Our Price $4.95

	ORIGINS OF THE SPECIOUS: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language. By P.T. O'Conner & S. Kellerman. Current Item #7451490 Pub at $22.00 - Our Price $14.95

	OUR MAGNIFICENT BASTARD TONGUE: The Untold History of English. By John McWhorter. Current Item #7294689 Pub at $22.50 - Our Price $14.95

	THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS, SECOND EDITION. Current Item #6282504 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $11.95

	OXFORD EVERYDAY GRAMMAR. By John Seely. Remainder Item #7348207 Our Price $5.95

	THE PRODIGAL TONGUE: Dispatches from the Future of English. By Mark Abley. Remainder Item #7464118 Pub at $25.00 - Our Price $4.95

	RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S RHYMING DICTIONARY. Current Item #7286562 Pub at $12.95 - Our Price $9.95

	READING THE OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages. By Ammon Shea. Remainder Item #7384823 Pub at $21.95 - Our Price $5.95

	RIGHTING THE MOTHER TONGUE: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling. By David Wolman. Remainder Item #7475616 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $4.95

	ROBERT'S RULES IN PLAIN ENGLISH, SECOND EDITION. By Doris P. Zimmerman. Remainder Item #7323956 Pub at $7.95 - Our Price $3.95

	SCRIPT & SCRIBBLE: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting. By Kitty Burns Florey. Current Item #7358938 Pub at $22.95 - Our Price $14.95

	SISTER BERNADETTE'S BARKING DOG: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences. By Kitty Burns Florey. Remainder Item #7369824 Pub at $19.95 - Our Price $5.95

	SMART WORDS: Vocabulary for the Erudite, and Those Who Wish to Be. By Mim Harrison. Remainder Item #7403976 Pub at $12.00 - Our Price $3.95

	SPELLBOUND: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling. By James Essinger. Current Item #618510X Pub at $13.00 - Our Price $9.95

	STICKLERS, SIDEBURNS & BIKINIS: The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases. By Graeme Donald. Current Item #7291027 Pub at $15.95 - Our Price $7.95

	THE SUPERIOR PERSON'S BOOK OF WORDS. By Peter Bowler. Remainder Item #7271980 Our Price $3.95

	UM...SLIPS, STUMBLES, AND VERBAL BLUNDERS, AND WHAT THEY MEAN. By Michael Erard. Remainder Item #7442610 Pub at $24.95 - Our Price $5.95

	UNFORTUNATE ENGLISH: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use. By Bill Brohaugh. Remainder Item #7250673 Pub at $18.99 - Our Price $4.95

	WEASEL WORDS: The Dictionary of American Doublespeak. By P. Wasserman & D. Hausrath. Remainder Item #7172141 Pub at $20.00 - Our Price $4.95

	WEBSTER'S NEW EXPLORER VOCABULARY SKILL BUILDER. Remainder Item #1652834 Our Price $6.95

	WEBSTER'S NEW EXPLORER VOCABULARY SKILL BUILDER. Remainder Item #7327552 Our Price $4.95

	WEBSTERISMS: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English. Remainder Item #747976X Pub at $23.95 - Our Price $5.95