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Alphabetical

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Alphabetical

By Michael Rosen

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About the book

From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the histo...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9781848548886

Publisher

John Murray Press

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Alphabetical

Format

Paperback

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