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Recs if you like Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global...

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linguistics, language, and the wild world of words

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31 books
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Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious MindsFriends with Words: Adventures in LanguagelandThe Language-Lover's Lexipedia: An A-Z of Linguistic CuriositiesEnough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious MindsFriends with Words: Adventures in Languageland

Get those hands dirty: archaeology, soil and earth

by tasmetu
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58 books

WHAT LIES BENEATH US LIES BEFORE US

Books about digging, the ground we walk on and the stories buried underneath our feet. From dinosaurs / paleontology, anthropology, ancient history, archaeology to the soil and geology and all its wonders. Non-fiction only

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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient EgyptWhen Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of EgyptSoil: The Story of a Black Mother's GardenSPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient EgyptWhen Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

So you’re interested in linguistics

by vulpix
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12 books

Linguistics is one of my special interests so I’ve read TONS of linguistics books and am going to round up the good ones here for anyone who might be interested in dipping their toes into this pond! I’m defining linguistics very loosely here and am also including books generally about language!

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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English LanguageBabel: Around the World in Twenty LanguagesThe Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any LanguageLingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English LanguageBabel: Around the World in Twenty Languages

Early Civilization Non-Fiction

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusBabylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of CivilizationThe Rise and Fall of Ancient EgyptAgainst the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusBabylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

The Non-fiction I Listen to in the Car/Before Bed

by MadMags614
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110 books

For when music just won't cut it and you need a new weird hyperfixation.

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost WorldPathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight PlaguesFall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and DeclineBitch: On the Female of the Species
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost WorldPathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

History in Trade

by A.Rose_1117
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50 books

Books observing how trade and multicultural interactions have shaped the past and present

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldThe Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldEmperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of ChinaCumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey (Volume 45)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World
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