false <![CDATA[The Adventure of English]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170843174m/73893.jpg 73888 7 English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH is not only an enthralling story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English. 71490 2003 The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language total:195|5:44|4:82|3:52|2:15|1:2| 195 736 347 44 3 1 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 08:36:12 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 06:17:50 -0700 2009
So, this is a good example of why you shouldn't try to turn a "popular science" TV series into a book. The biography device prob...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 05 05:54:47 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 05:55:14 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 18:34:14 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 13:11:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 04:28:38 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 04:58:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 22:50:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 23:03:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 16 08:38:38 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 08:39:06 -0700 2007
This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 16:16:20 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 16:25:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 23:37:15 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 23:38:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 11 17:55:45 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 11:45:45 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 17:55:45 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 19 09:23:09 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:23:09 -0700 2009 I enjoyed this quite a lot. History comes alive when you can actually hear the people speaking, and that’s what this book does. It tells us where all the words come from, the words that run through the minds of all of us English speakers. It shows the relationship between the language and ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 08 11:23:20 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 21 14:33:03 -0700 2009 2 Update: I've listened to this a second time...its been almost 4 years since I listened the first time but I enjoyed it so much, I'm back for a refresher. This is saying A LOT as I have never re-read or re-listened to a book before...I've always figured that there are so many on my list to get throu...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri May 09 12:26:34 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 12:27:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 13:51:39 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 16:27:00 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 05:00:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 05:03:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 10:41:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 10:43:29 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 10:53:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 04:50:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:44:41 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 18:11:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 09:21:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 06 13:46:23 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 21 09:21:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:24:30 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:21:17 -0700 2009 Audible.com as being able to hear the words in the various languages enhances the experience of the book. English is something I've always taken for granted, but this book gave me a feel for its unique flexibility and tenacity for survival through ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 05 09:21:26 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 09:26:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=73893