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100			_aShashi Tharoor _9243409
245			_aWonderland of Words : Around the Word in 101 Essays
260			_aNew Delhi _bAleph Book Company _c2024
300			_a442 p. _bHB _c22x15 cm.
365			_a3641 _b₹799.00 _c₹ _d₹999.00 _e20% _f05-09-2024
520			_aWords are power. Words are magic. Words are fun. Words are sexy. Words can move you to tears. Words can make you laugh. And words can show you the world and everything in it with clarity and depth as few other things can. In this gloriously entertaining book, one of our greatest wordsmiths (and self-proclaimed bibliophile) Shashi Tharoor takes us on a tour of the words, concepts, and particularities that constitute the sublime (and sometimes mystifying) wonderland of the English language. He demystifies punctuation, guides us through the arcane rules of spelling and grammar, and explains a wide array of essential components of the language including acronyms, bacronyms, contronyms, oxymorons, kennings, metaphors, similes, idioms, euphemisms, palindromes, and much much more. He delves into the history and evolution of English, delights in its quirks, embraces its geographical variants, provides hilarious examples of its misuse around the world, is awed by the way in which the masters of literature use it, and revels in its beauty and grandeur. Passionate, learned, funny, and brilliantly readable, A Wonderland of Words is a book that will enchant and educate all those who delight in the English language.
650			_aNon-fiction _9179173
650			_aEnglish language _9179174
650			_aEssays _9179175
650			_aWords _9179176
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