Name: The Language Lover’S Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums From Across the Globe
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Author: Alex Bellos
ISBN: 9781783352180

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The Language Lover’S Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums From Across the Globe

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alex Bellos

Publisher

Guardian Faber Publishing

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781783352180

The Language Lover’S Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums From Across the Globe

Alex Bellos (Author) · Guardian Faber Publishing · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Language Lover’S Puzzle Book: Lexical Perplexities and Cracking Conundrums From Across the Globe "

From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes. 'The only puzzle book I've seen that manages to befuddle both sides of the brain at the same time.' DARA Ó BRIAIN 'Such fun, full of unexpected ideas and charmingly written.' TIM HARFORD The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language. Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children. Whether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind. 'For all the language and puzzle fans in your life!' GRETCHEN McCULLOCH 'A cornucopia of ingenious and insightful challenges.' DAVID CRYSTAL 'This compendium of puzzles is a great idea.' MICHAEL ROSEN 'You'll love what Alex Bellos has done here.' GYLES BRANDRETH 'Tantalisting.'THE ECONOMIST 'The perfect way to pass the time.' BBC SCIENCE FOCUS

Alex Bellos

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Alex Bellos has worked as a reporter for The Guardian, first at the London office and later as a correspondent in Rio de Janeiro. In 2003, he began freelancing for this newspaper, and also for other prestigious dailies such as The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, The Financial Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Mirror, and News of the World. Bellos has also published articles in non-English speaking newspapers, such as El País, Libération, or Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, among others.

Based in London, he also works as a broadcaster and his short films have been aired by prestigious networks such as the BBC and Al Jazeera International. His previous books were a biography of Pelé and an essay on football in Brazil.

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