Language History

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    • Bill W.'s Grapevine Writings
    • Auteur(s): Bill W.
    • Narrateur(s): AA Grapevine
    • Durée: 17 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-06-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Listeners will find Bill’s initial inspirations for what became the Twelve Traditions, his battles with chronic depression and spiritual pride, memories of an all-night drinking spree, and a vivid description of how he came to organize the Twelve Steps....

    Prix courant: 10,52$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
    • Auteur(s): Daniel L. Everett
    • Narrateur(s): Jonathan Yen
    • Durée: 13 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-03-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Find out more....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Untold History of English
    • Auteur(s): John McWhorter
    • Narrateur(s): John McWhorter
    • Durée: 5 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2009-11-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 évaluations
    • A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

    Prix courant: 26,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • Auteur(s): John McWhorter
    • Narrateur(s): John McWhorter
    • Durée: 6 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-05-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 évaluations
    • Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

    Prix courant: 20,40$ ou 1 crédit

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  • Prix courant: 36,35$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960
    • Auteur(s): Nikhil Krishnan
    • Narrateur(s): Kieran Hodgson
    • Durée: 11 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-07-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism....

    Prix courant: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
    • Auteur(s): Ursula K. Le Guin
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Crouch, Alyssa Bresnahan
    • Durée: 10 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-01-14
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, her thoughts on writing, and her commentary on literary science fiction and fantasy and their future.

    Prix courant: 35,08$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
    • Auteur(s): David Robert Grimes
    • Narrateur(s): David Robert Grimes
    • Durée: 15 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): David Crystal
    • Narrateur(s): Derek Perkins
    • Série: Little Histories Series
    • Durée: 7 h et 22 min
    • Date de publication: 2012-08-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....

    Prix courant: 23,18$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Succeeding from Anywhere
    • Auteur(s): Tsedal Neeley
    • Narrateur(s): Marisha Tapera
    • Durée: 5 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • A Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in virtual and global work provides remote workers and leaders with the best practices necessary to perform at the highest levels in their organizations....

    Prix courant: 24,46$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): John Carey
    • Narrateur(s): Ralph Lister
    • Série: Little Histories Series
    • Durée: 9 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-04-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. This little history is about some....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of How We Came to Talk
    • Auteur(s): Sverker Johansson, Frank Perry - translator
    • Narrateur(s): Richard Burnip
    • Durée: 14 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-09-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users....

    Prix courant: 31,42$ ou 1 crédit

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    • How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means
    • Auteur(s): Christopher Summerfield
    • Durée: 11 h
    • Date de publication: 2025-03-11
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • An insider look at the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are revolutionizing our relationship to technology, These Strange New Minds explores their surprising history, what they can and should do for us today, and where they will go in the future—from an AI pioneer and neuroscientist.

    Prix courant: 25,67$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Why You Should Question Everything
    • Auteur(s): Guy P. Harrison
    • Narrateur(s): George Newbern
    • Durée: 6 h et 43 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-04-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire listeners of all ages....

    Prix courant: 20,04$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness
    • Auteur(s): Katie Booth
    • Narrateur(s): Samantha Desz
    • Durée: 12 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-04-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • The Invention of Miracles tells the true—and troubling—story of Alexander Graham Bell’s quest to end deafness....

    Prix courant: 26,21$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle
    • Auteur(s): David Edmonds
    • Narrateur(s): Rick Adamson
    • Durée: 12 h et 5 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-11-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him dead on the university steps....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Daily Life in Old English
    • Auteur(s): Hana Videen
    • Narrateur(s): Sara Powell
    • Durée: 8 h et 23 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-05-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern audiences. Hana Videen gathers a trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
    • Auteur(s): Jabari Asim
    • Narrateur(s): Mirron Willis
    • Durée: 9 h et 24 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-04-26
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....

    Prix courant: 20,15$ ou 1 crédit

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