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Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology

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By Avantpop Bookstore, Jess Zafarris
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(Author) FORMAT Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conquest and colonialism. It wreaks merciless havoc upon grammar and spelling.
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False Offering a book by Rita Mookerjee

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By Avantpop Bookstore, Rita Mookerjee
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False Offering is equal parts rage and rebellion. Mookerjee deftly traces the outrage of a brown femme body in a world where 'white space would always be looming behind, ' where she chooses to be a 'gilded thistle, ' where her 'ashes will glitter, residue in a dragon's wake.' A rambunctious and important debut that everyone should read.
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Our Pool a book by Lucy Ruth Cummins and Lucy Ruth Cummins

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By Avantpop Bookstore, Lucy Ruth Cummins
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FORMAT Hardcover$18.99$17.66(English) Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Description On a hot day, people come from all over the city to spend the day at the pool in this joyful picture book that's a love song to summer, the city, community, and staying cool! Today is a pool day in the city! The sun is shining, so what are you waiting for? Friends and family. Kids and grandparents. Big bodies and small bodies.
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