The Wordspotter's Guide
Autor Olivia Swarthouten Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 noi 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798217184811
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group
Notă biografică
Olivia Swarthout is a German-American author from Montana, USA who currently resides in London. A lifelong aficionado for all things strange and obscure, Olivia's work centres around unearthing the most unexpected and entertaining stories from the annals of human history. In so doing, she hopes to help her audience connect with the distant past and share in her sense of kinship with its inhabitants - who were, after all, not so different from us. Olivia is also the author of Weird Medieval Guys, a love letter to the creativity, hilarity, and timeless appeal of art from the Middle Ages.Olivia is a name that arose as a variation of the Latin Oliva, meaning "olive", popularised in the English-speaking world by the heroine of William Shakespeare's play, Twelfth Night. Swarthout is a surname of Middle Dutch origin that roughly translates to "Black Forest." It probably originated near a Frisian forest of the same name, but neither the woods nor their inhabitants are around to say for sure.
Recenzii
Swarthout is a warm, knowledgeable tour guide of the English language, taking you on a thought-provoking stroll through history
An insanely original exploration of where our words come from, and how much historical power they contain. But proceed with care: your newfound authority may just make you insufferable
Immensely readable, full of learning and very entertaining. Olivia Swarthout shows how words are a source of stories and of knowledge across time and across human society. With energy, humour and learning she demonstrates that words have inner lives, often surprising, wayward and ambiguous. This is an enjoyable and readable book that will teach readers something about the language we use every day
Every word tells a story, and Swarthout has scooped up some of the best. From internal anatomy to outer space, her light-hearted joyride through English etymology will enrich your appreciation of the lore beneath our language
Part field guide, part bestiary - a joyful hunt through the weird and wonderful world of the English language
Hugely enjoyable. Reading The Wordspotter's Guide was like following a plough as it unearths the fossils of the English language
Praise for WEIRD MEDIEVAL GUYS
A gently fascinating insight into the marginalia of a lost era
The best gift book there is ... I genuinely struggle to think of a person who might not love it
Full of illuminating snippets that is sure to brighten up the darkest of times ... we love this book
Brilliantly funny ... Olivia celebrates the wonderful weirdness of the past in this gleeful book
Weird Medieval Guys is a riot ... it is enticingly re-readable and will remain a favourite for the non-expert, while also being enjoyable to the specialist
An insanely original exploration of where our words come from, and how much historical power they contain. But proceed with care: your newfound authority may just make you insufferable
Immensely readable, full of learning and very entertaining. Olivia Swarthout shows how words are a source of stories and of knowledge across time and across human society. With energy, humour and learning she demonstrates that words have inner lives, often surprising, wayward and ambiguous. This is an enjoyable and readable book that will teach readers something about the language we use every day
Every word tells a story, and Swarthout has scooped up some of the best. From internal anatomy to outer space, her light-hearted joyride through English etymology will enrich your appreciation of the lore beneath our language
Part field guide, part bestiary - a joyful hunt through the weird and wonderful world of the English language
Hugely enjoyable. Reading The Wordspotter's Guide was like following a plough as it unearths the fossils of the English language
Praise for WEIRD MEDIEVAL GUYS
A gently fascinating insight into the marginalia of a lost era
The best gift book there is ... I genuinely struggle to think of a person who might not love it
Full of illuminating snippets that is sure to brighten up the darkest of times ... we love this book
Brilliantly funny ... Olivia celebrates the wonderful weirdness of the past in this gleeful book
Weird Medieval Guys is a riot ... it is enticingly re-readable and will remain a favourite for the non-expert, while also being enjoyable to the specialist