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Babel-17

Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language

By Samuel R. Delany

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Hardcover:

9780839823285 | Gregg Pr, June 1, 1978, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a super-sophisticated language

Paperback:

9780553201567 | Bantam Books, February 1, 1982, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language

9780441045952 | Ace Books, April 1, 1978, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Author of the bestselling Dhalgren and winner of four Nebulas and one Hugo, Samuel R.

Words Are Like Faces

Rhyming text points out the many uses of words and the different emotions and concepts they can convey.

By Edith Baer

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Hardcover:

9781595721082 | Star Bright Books, October 15, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Rhyming text points out the many uses of words and the different emotions and concepts they can convey.

9780394840284 | Random House Childrens Books, April 1, 1980, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Rhymes demonstrate the many uses and meanings of words printed, penned, or mailed to a friend

Library:

9780394940281 | Random House Childrens Books, April 1, 1980, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Rhymes demonstrate the many uses and meanings of words printed, penned, or mailed to a friend

B. J. and the Language of the Woodland

A frog named Bernadette Juliana Frigby, feeling a kinship with all the animals of the woodland, sets out to learn their various languages, ultimately bringing about changes which make forest life better for everyone.

By Alvin N. Deibert

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Paperback:

9780877437017 | Bahai Pub Trust, June 1, 1983, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A frog named Bernadette Juliana Frigby, feeling a kinship with all the animals of the woodland, sets out to learn their various languages, ultimately bringing about changes which make forest life better for everyone.

Writing Essays: A Process Approach

By Quentin L. Gehle and Duncan J. Rollo

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Paperback:

9780312894917 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, February 1, 1987), cover price $25.32 | also contains How Hippo Says Hello!: An Adventure in Eight Languages

The Faculty of Letters

By Richard S. Pittman

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Paperback:

9780883121795 | Summer Inst of Linguistics, February 1, 1991, cover price $10.00

Native Tongue

Product Description: Called "fascinating" by the New York Times upon its first publication in 1984, Native Tongue won wide critical praise and cult status, and has often been compared to the futurist fiction of Margaret Atwood. Set in the twenty-second century, the novel tells of a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights and banned from public life...read more

By Suzette Haden Elgin

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Hardcover:

9781558612556 | 1 edition (Feminist Pr, November 1, 2000), cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Called "fascinating" by the New York Times upon its first publication in 1984, Native Tongue won wide critical praise and cult status, and has often been compared to the futurist fiction of Margaret Atwood.

Paperback:

9780886774592 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, February 1, 1994), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: The 'weaker' sex discovers a new weapon for liberation that could free women from the cold war between the sexes that resulted from the passage, in 1991, of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, which assured male supremacy

Archangel: A Novel

While in Moscow, historian Fluke Kelso is approached by someone claiming to have been present when Stalin died, but a simple check into the old man's story turns into a murderous chase into the dark forests of northern Russia near the White Sea port of Archangel. (Adventure & Suspense).

By Robert Harris

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Paperback:

9780375704123 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, February 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | also contains How Penguin Says Please!: An Adventure in Eight Languages | About this edition: While in Moscow, historian Fluke Kelso is approached by someone claiming to have been present when Stalin died, but a simple check into the old man's story turns into a murderous chase into the dark forests of northern Russia near the White Sea port of Archangel

Last Chance in France

Arriving in France with her Grandma Zoe, Hannah Martin is suspected of being a smuggler, and when her grandmother disappears Hannah must clear her name without her grandmother's help

By Linda Lowery Keep

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Paperback:

9780375801136 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Arriving in France with her Grandma Zoe, Hannah Martin is suspected of being a smuggler, and when her grandmother disappears Hannah must clear her name without her grandmother's help

Last Chance in France

Arriving in France with her Grandma Zoe, Hannah Martin is suspected of being a smuggler, and when her grandmother disappears Hannah must clear her name without her grandmother's help

By Linda Lowery Keep

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Prebinding:

9780613218818 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $11.80 | About this edition: Arriving in France with her Grandma Zoe, Hannah Martin is suspected of being a smuggler, and when her grandmother disappears Hannah must clear her name without her grandmother's help

Native Tongue

By Suzette Haden Elgin and Susan Squier (other contributor)

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Paperback:

9781558612464 | Reprint edition (Feminist Pr, November 1, 2000), cover price $17.95

A Is for Aarrgh!

Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history .

By William J. Brooke

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Hardcover:

9780060233938 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history

Paperback:

9780064408899 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, October 1, 2000), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history .

Library:

9780060233945, titled "A Is for Aarrgh" | Harpercollins, September 1, 1999, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history

Reinforced:

9780606199612, titled "A Is for Aarrgh" | Demco Media, March 1, 2001, cover price $14.04 | About this edition: Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history .

A Is for Aarrgh

Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history .

By William J. Brooke

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Prebinding:

9780613299923 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $14.25 | About this edition: Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history .

Babel-17: Empire Star

Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, is asked to break a code used by an enemy government, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, in a new edition of the classic Nebula Award-winning novel, which is accompanied by the short novel Empire Star, in which a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a distant world. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

By Samuel R. Delany

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Paperback:

9780375706691 | Vintage Books, December 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In 'Babel-17,' Rydra Wong, a poet and code expert, must break an enemy government's code, but discovers that the code is really a supersophisticated language, while in 'Empire Star,' a simple-minded teenager is entrusted to carry a vital message to a dist

Grandfather Counts

When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

By Andrea Cheng

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Paperback:

9781584301585 | Reprint edition (Lee & Low Books, April 1, 2003), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

School and Library:

9781584300106 | Lee & Low Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

Reinforced:

9780606279765 | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $15.80 | About this edition: When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

Prebinding:

9780613656924 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language differences.

Noise

Mike Hoani journeys to Kainui, a planet originally settled by Polynesians, to study the language, culture, and evolution of the colony since its original settlement, and finds an ocean world without a breathable atmosphere, with harsh and constant stormy weather, and without solid ground, whose population is scattered on cities built on artificial floating islands. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

By Hal Clement

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Hardcover:

9780765308573 | Tor Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Mike Hoani journeys to the planet Kainui to study the language, culture, and evolution of the settlement, and finds an ocean world without a breathable atmosphere, and whose cities are built on artificial floating islands.

Paperback:

9780765310323 | Reprint edition (Tor Books, August 1, 2004), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Mike Hoani journeys to Kainui, a planet originally settled by Polynesians, to study the language, culture, and evolution of the colony since its original settlement, and finds an ocean world without a breathable atmosphere, with harsh and constant stormy weather, and without solid ground, whose population is scattered on cities built on artificial floating islands.

My Father's Shop

While Mustafa strolls in Morocco's marketplace, a rooster starts to follow him and after he imitates the rooster, the nearby tourists all explain what sounds a rooster makes in their language.

By Satomi Ichikawa

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Hardcover:

9781929132997 | Kane Miller Book Pub, March 1, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Despite his father's wishes, a Moroccan carpet seller's son doesn't want to learn foreign languages, but when trying to make a rooster crow in a crowded, tourist-filled market, he inadvertently learns how roosters crow in many countries.

The Boy Who Loved Words

After helping a poet find just the perfect words for his latest work, Selig is excited about his new collection of words and so heads out to share them with everyone in town, in a celebration of the English language with full-color illustrations.

By Giselle Potter (illustrator) and Roni Schotter

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Hardcover:

9780375836015 | Schwartz & Wade Books, March 28, 2006, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose.

Library:

9780375936012 | Schwartz & Wade Books, March 28, 2006, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose.

Krong!

When a spaceship lands in his backyard, Jake and his dog try to communicate with the alien and alien dog that emerge using different languages, but without any luck, until his parents let him in on some astonishing news.

By Garry Parsons

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Hardcover:

9781589250611 | Tiger Tales, September 1, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When a spaceship lands in his yard, Jake and his dog try to communicate with the alien and alien dog that emerge using different languages.

The Moon Is La Luna: Silly Rhymes in English & Spanish

Easy-to-read text introduces Spanish words and rhymes them with English ones that are sometimes very different, as well as providing advice on using words that are much the same.

By Matthew Cordell (illustrator) and Jay M. Harris

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Miscellaneous:

9780547348612, titled "Moon Is La Luna: Silly Rhymes in English and Spanish" | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 2007, cover price $15.00

School and Library:

9780618646456 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 2007, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Easy-to-read text introduces Spanish words and rhymes them with English ones that are sometimes very different, as well as providing advice on using words that are much the same.

Everywhere the Cow Says "Moo"

Product Description: In English, the duck says, "Quack, quack!" But in French, the duck says, "Kwang, kwang!" Children love voicing sound words, and Ellen Slusky Weinstein's lively book introduces the sounds of a dog, a frog, a duck, and a rooster as pronounced in English, Spanish, French, and Japanese...read more

By Kenneth Andersson (illustrator)

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9781590784587, titled "Everywhere the Cow Says "Moo!"" | Boyds Mills Pr, March 1, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In English, the duck says, "Quack, quack!

Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!

A.J. and his friends are in for a wild adventure when their school bus gets a flat tire and their driver, Mrs. Kormel, gets lost in the middle of nowhere.

By Dan Gutman

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Paperback:

9780060822293 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 2006, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A.

Miscellaneous:

9780061722974 | Harpercollins, March 5, 2009, cover price $3.99

Library:

9781424232109 | Fitzgerald Books, August 1, 2008, cover price $15.00 | also contains Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!

9780060822309 | Harpercollins, March 1, 2006, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A.

Reinforced:

9780606349703 | Demco Media, March 1, 2006, cover price $12.47

Say Hello!

By Rachel Isadora

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School and Library:

9780399252303 | Putnam Pub Group, April 15, 2010, cover price $16.99

I Speak Dinosaur!

By Jed Henry

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School and Library:

9781419702334 | Harry N Abrams Inc, April 1, 2012, cover price $15.95

Speak Up, Tommy!

Product Description: Tommys classmates tease him about his Israeli accent and the way he speaks English. But his knowledge of Hebrew makes him a hero when a policeman and his dog come to visit Tommys school.

By Deborah Melmon (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780761374985 | Kar-Ben Pub, September 1, 2012, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Tommys classmates tease him about his Israeli accent and the way he speaks English.

School and Library:

9780761374978 | Kar-Ben Pub, September 1, 2012, cover price $17.95

The Pledge

In the violent country of Ludania, the language you speak determines what class you are, and there are harsh punishments if you forget your place—looking a member of a higher class in the eye can result in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina (Charlie for short) can understand all languages, a dangerous ability she’s been hiding her whole life. Her only place of release is the drug-filled underground club scene, where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. There, she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy who speaks a language she’s never heard, and her secret is almost exposed. Through a series of violent upheavals, it becomes clear that Charlie herself is the key to forcing out the oppressive power structure of her kingdom….

By Kimberly Derting

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Hardcover:

9781442422018 | Margaret K McElderry, November 15, 2011, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In the violent country of Ludania, the language you speak determines what class you are, and there are harsh punishments if you forget your place—looking a member of a higher class in the eye can result in immediate execution.

Paperback:

9781442422025 | Margaret K McElderry, October 30, 2012, cover price $10.99

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