books in February 2022 New Releases in Reference

Writing Haiku: A Beginner's Guide to Composing Japanese Poetry Includes Tanka, Renga, Haiga, Senryu and Haibun by Bruce Ross

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Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change HowYou See the World by James Cheshire & Oliver Uberti

An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society - visualised through the world of data

Humans create data with nearly everything we do. This ...

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Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English by Hana Videen

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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe by Alex Bellos

'Alex Bellos is a wizard.' - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 ...

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Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language by Keith Kahn-Harris

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The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth

A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary. 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information ...

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