Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: Very Good.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Mr. Bookman, Franklin, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: LikeNew. TRUST OUR FEEDBACK RATING. USED LIKE NEW .2. Construction of the book is Like new i.e. Tight spine, perfect binding. Pages are clean and unmarred, No writing, No highlighting, No marks No underlining, No smudges on any of the pages. Minimal (if any) page discoloration. Fresh, clean front cover with no tears, creases or marks. Only very minimal (if any) shelf wear along the edges and sides of the cover and pages. This is a fantastic looking book. All books are mailed out in a bubble wrap mailer to protect your purchase. Orders are ALWAYS shipped same day or next day with FREE TRACKING emailed to you automatically. (WE TRY HARD TO DESCRIBE OUR BOOKS ACCURATELY SO YOU CAN BUY WITH CONFIDENCE).
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Picador September 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. 8.2 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 448 pages.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.75.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Publicado por Picador USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Publicado por Picador USA 29/09/2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Bahamut Media, Reading, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. New.
Publicado por Picador USA 9/29/2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English 1.15. Book.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Lakeside Books, Benton Harbor, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: California Books, Miami, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: very good. Purchase pre-owned books for prompt service and customer satisfaction.
Publicado por St Martin's Press, New York, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the English languag. It's a history of English as a whole, and of the thousands of individual words, from more than 350 foreign tongues, that trickled in gradually over hundreds of years of trade, colonization, and diplomacy. Henry Hitchings narrates the story from the Norman Conquest to the present day, chronicling the English language as a living archive of human experience. A SAMPLE OF THE THOUSANDS OF STORIES BEHIND THE WORDS: - Alcatraz Island was named by a Spanish explorer who arrived in 1775 to find the island covered with pelicans, or alcatraces. And alcatraces? The word goes back to the Arabic al-qadus, which was a bucket used in irrigation that resembled the bucket beaks of pelicans. - What does a walnut have to do with walls? The word comes from the Old English walhnutu, meaning foreign nut. They were originally grown in Italy and imported, and the northern Europeans named them to distinguish them from the native hazelnut. - A crayfish is not a fish. The name comes from the old French word crevice, through the Old German crebiz and the modern French ecrevisse. The fish part is just the result of a mishearing. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging chronicle of how words witness history, reflect social change, and remind us of our past. "The Secret Life of Words" is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language and vocabulary, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change, and remind societies of their past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Picador, 2009
ISBN 10: 0312428561 ISBN 13: 9780312428563
Librería: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: new. Brand New Copy.