Robert McCrum

Globish - How the English Language Became the World's Language (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780670916405

Including information about English language, culture, history and power, this title traces the way that the English language as twisted and turned in response to the way the world has changed...more details
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Globish - How the English Language Became the World's Language (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780141027104

'McCrum argues, brilliantly and provocatively, that England's greatest contribution to the world is English. The empire may be gone but Globish explains why the language still rules' Malcolm Gladwell

Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not necessarily be the Queen's English that you're hearing...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:320

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Globish: How English Became the World's Language (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780393339772

It seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century. In this provocative new look at the course of empire...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:331

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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780393062557

It seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century. Equally unlikely...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:331

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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language (CD)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9781400117437

In this provocative and compelling new work, the coauthor of the bestselling book and television series The Story of English shows how English became the language of the world....more details
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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language (CD)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9781400147434

In this provocative and compelling new work, the coauthor of the bestselling book and television series The Story of English shows how English became the language of the world....more details
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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language (CD)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9781400167432

In this provocative and compelling new work, the coauthor of the bestselling book and television series The Story of English shows how English became the language of the world....more details
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Globish: How the English Language Became the Worlds Language (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9781616572655

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My Year Off (reissue)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780330457118

At the age of forty-two, happy, successful and newly married, Robert McCrum suffered a devastating stroke. It occurred without explanation, leaving his left arm and leg completely paralysed...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:221

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My Year Off (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780393046564

On the morning of July 29, 1995, Robert McCrum - 42 years old, just two weeks newly married, at the top of his profession as one of British publishing's most admired editors...more details
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My Year Off (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780330352406

The story of his stroke, and his battle to recover....more details
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My Year Off (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780330369688

In 1995, Robert McCrum suffered a stroke, the result of a blood clot in his brain. This book is both an examination of a life interrupted in mid-flow...more details
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My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780767904001

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STORY OF ENGLIGH, THE (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780571210770

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; today...more details
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Suspicion (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780330346641

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Suspicion (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780333660089

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Wodehouse: A Life (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780393327519

To Evelyn Waugh he was simply "the Master." He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:384

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Wodehouse: A Life (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780393051599

TO EVELYN WAUGH he was simply "the Master." He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:530

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Wodehouse: A Life (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780141000480

One hundred years after his first novel was published P.G. Wodehouse still promises a release from everyday cares into a paradise of innocent comic mayhem. His many books are still in print...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:560

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Wodehouse: A Life (Book)

Robert McCrum

ISBN:9780670896929

One hundred years after his first novel was published P.G. Wodehouse still promises a release from everyday cares into a paradise of innocent comic mayhem. His many books are still in print...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:528

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The Story of English (Book)

Robert McCrum;William MacNeil RobertCran

ISBN:9780142002315

Now revised, "The Story of English" is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:468

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Globish: How the English Language became the World's Language (Book)

McCrum Robert

ISBN:9780670918874

A small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbours, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century.  As its power spreads...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:368

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Story of English (Book)

McCrum Robert

ISBN:9780571275083

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; today...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:496

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