Paul Anthony Jones

Around the World in 80 Words

A Journey Through the English Language

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Produktbeschreibung

For armchair travellers and language nerds: the surprising stories behind places that have become words.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elliott & Thompson Limited
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781783964000
• ISBN-10: 1783964006
• Artikelnr.: 53470560

Autorenporträt

Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language including The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, The Accidental Dictionary, Word Drops, The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He appears regularly in the Telegraph online, BBC Radio 4's World at One, Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and Mental Floss, and has contributed to the Guardian, Independent and Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online. He also runs @HaggardHawks, the hugely popular language-based Twitter account and YouTube channel. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.