A paperback version of the updated edition of Eric Partridge's classic text published by Hamish Hamilton in 1994, examining the use of language in everyday life

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In this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim

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This book is a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London. It addresses the controversial and important question of