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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language. Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition
by McCrum, Robert
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In this provocative and compelling new work, the co-author of the bestselling book and television series "The Story of English" shows how English became the language of the world.
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- Title Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language.
- Author McCrum, Robert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good+
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company., New York.
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 50668
- ISBN 9780393062557 / 0393062554
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.58 x 1.21 in (23.67 x 16.71 x 3.07 cm)
- Reading level 1290
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010008157
- Dewey Decimal Code 420.9
From the rear cover
Praise for Globish:
"Robert 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
Praise for P. G. Wodehouse: A Life:
"For as long as P.G. Wodehouse is read, this will be the seminal work of reference, the indispensable vade mecum. In other words--as the Master might say--'ripping.' "--John le Carr
"McCrum . . . has written a biography that, if the subject were a general or a politician, would be dubbed 'magisterial.' This is a magisterial biography: disinterested, but never detached, and always intriguing. Under the kindly and scholarly tutelage of McCrum, you might want to explore here the Wodehouse genius, the inconsistencies and downright silliness in the man's life."--Frank McCourt, Globe and Mail
"[An] absorbing and generous biography, which now takes its rightful place as 'the life.' "--Christopher Buckley, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"This book is a triumph. Not only should all P. G. Wodehouse fans read it, but it is a masterly picture of twentieth-century history."--A. N. Wilson
"Robert 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
Praise for P. G. Wodehouse: A Life:
"For as long as P.G. Wodehouse is read, this will be the seminal work of reference, the indispensable vade mecum. In other words--as the Master might say--'ripping.' "--John le Carr
"McCrum . . . has written a biography that, if the subject were a general or a politician, would be dubbed 'magisterial.' This is a magisterial biography: disinterested, but never detached, and always intriguing. Under the kindly and scholarly tutelage of McCrum, you might want to explore here the Wodehouse genius, the inconsistencies and downright silliness in the man's life."--Frank McCourt, Globe and Mail
"[An] absorbing and generous biography, which now takes its rightful place as 'the life.' "--Christopher Buckley, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"This book is a triumph. Not only should all P. G. Wodehouse fans read it, but it is a masterly picture of twentieth-century history."--A. N. Wilson
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/2010, Page 11
- Choice, 12/01/2010, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2010, Page 186
- Library Journal, 05/01/2010, Page 75
- New York Review of Books, 06/27/2010, Page 18
- New York Times Book Review, 06/20/2010, Page 10
- New Yorker (The), 05/31/2010, Page 76
- Publishers Weekly, 03/15/2010, Page 47
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 273