Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers : Made available through hoopla, 2015
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 45 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9780062458537 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11587249, 0062458531 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11587249
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Stephen McLaughlin
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson-the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent-brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries
Mode of access: World Wide Web