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All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America
All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America John McWhorter 9781592403745 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House The bestselling commentator, hailed for his frank and fearless arguments on ...
Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black America
Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis In Black America John McWhorter 9781592402700 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House In his first major book on the state of black America since the New York Times b...
Woke Racism
Woke Racism John McWhorter 9780593423066 Nonfiction Portfolio Penguin Random House Acclaimed linguist and award-winning writer John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracis...
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever John McWhorter 9780593188798 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House Nine Nasty Words is a deeply intelligent celebration of language that...
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation Of Language And Music And Why We Should, Like, Care
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation Of Language And Music And Why We Should, Like, Care John McWhorter 9781592400164 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House A rousing polemic in defense of the written ...
Losing The Race: Self-Sabotage In Black America
Losing The Race: Self-Sabotage In Black America John McWhorter 9780684836690 Nonfiction Free Press Free Press Is school a "white" thing? If not, then why do African-American students from comfortable ...
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words John McWhorter 9780593713280 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts ...
Words on the Move: Why English Won’t - and Can’t - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
Words on the Move: Why English Won’t - and Can’t - Sit Still (Like, Literally) John McWhorter 9781627794718 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A bestselling linguist takes us on a...
The Language Hoax
The Language Hoax John McWhorter 9780190468897 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark an...
What Language Is: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be
What Language Is: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be John McWhorter 9781592407200 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House A love letter to languages, celebrating their curiosities and smashing as...
