The Story of English in 100 Words
"The best word book to come down the pike in many a moon. There are “Eureka!” moments in every chapter. An ingenious idea, and only David Crystal could have pulled it off. He’s a marvel (but then we knew that already)."--Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman, authors ofOrigins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language, and bloggers at Grammarphobia.com