The Wordspotter's Guide by Olivia Swarthout Memoir I loved every minute

I loved every minute

the blurrier the line between ambition and morality becomes—until she crosses it

Guls can be brutal

Tracing the evolution of architecture from the late Enlightenment to the postwar twentieth century

continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began

The Wordspotter's Guide by Olivia Swarthout Memoir I loved every minuteA rollicking, beautifully illustrated adventure through the history of the English languagefrom social media star Olivia Swarthout English is, by many measures, the largest language in the worldand doubtless the unruliest. Over the last millennium, weve borrowed, stolen, conquered, and invented our way to a massive lexicon (a million words by some counts), filled with numerous untold stories. Enter The Wordspotters Guide, a delightful tour through our