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The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

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Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

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Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device

69 books — 144 voters

The Laboratory of Poetry by Michel Chaouli

The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed by Racter

Secrets of Doctor John Dee by Gordon James

The Angelical Language, Volume II by Aaron Leitch

•Bedappled In Adam's Apples

110 books — 5 voters

Irish Grammar You Really Need to Know by Éamonn Ó Dónaill

Leabhair Gramadai Gaelige

38 books — 11 voters

Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. Wheelock

Breaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. Probst

Linguistics

10 books — 5 voters

The weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. Persinger

Becoming a Private Investigator by Howie Kahn

Paraforensic

145 books — 3 voters

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm Coulthard

An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm Coulthard

Forensic Linguistics (Non-Fiction)

13 books — 1 voter

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