Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
John Ayto
Bagels, Bumf & Buses
Simon Horobin
The Story of Be
David Crystal
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Jennifer Speake
Wordsmiths and Warriors
David Crystal
The English Language
Simon Horobin
Highly Irregular
Arika Okrent
The Art of Language Invention
David J. Peterson
Index, a History of the
Dennis Duncan
Kingdom of Characters
Jing Tsu
Horrible Words
Rebecca Gowers
Two Girls, One on Each Knee
Alan Connor
The King's English
Kingsley Amis
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
Charles Timoney
The Stories of English
David Crystal
How Language Works
David Crystal
The English Language
David Crystal
Through the Language Glass
Guy Deutscher
The Unfolding of Language
Guy Deutscher