The Best Language History - November 2020

Based on the analysis of 2,154 reviews.

Rank		Manufacturer	Product	Score
1	Score: 8.2 Price: $$ The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language	John McWhorter	The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language By John McWhorter 110 reviews	8.2	$$ View Product
2	Score: 7.8 Price: $$$ Empires of the Word: A Language History of the ...	Nicholas Ostler	Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World By Nicholas Ostler 116 reviews	7.8	$$$ View Product
3 Top Choice Best Seller Best Value	Score: 9.2 Price: $ Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition	Bruce L. Shelley	Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition By Bruce L. Shelley 146 reviews	9.2	$ View Product
4	Score: 8.8 Price: $$ The Adventure of English: The Biography of a La...	Melvyn Bragg	The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language By Melvyn Bragg 209 reviews	8.8	$$ View Product
5	Score: 9 Price: $$ Secret Language of Color: Science, Nature, Hist...	Arielle Eckstut	Secret Language of Color: Science, Nature, History, Culture, Beauty of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green... By Arielle Eckstut 81 reviews	9.0	$$ View Product
6	Score: 8.6 Price: $$ Made in America: An Informal History of the Eng...	William Morrow Company	Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States By William Morrow Company 224 reviews	8.6	$$ View Product
7	Score: 9 Price: $$$ Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of Mo...	Visit Amazon's John Ayto Page, search results, Learn about Author Central, John Ayto,	Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words By Visit Amazon's John Ayto Page, search results, Learn about Author Central, John Ayto, 37 reviews	9.0	$$$ View Product
8	Score: 9.6 Price: $$$ Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Clas...	Jan Swafford	Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music By Jan Swafford 13 reviews	9.6	$$$ View Product
9	Score: 8.2 Price: $$ A History of the English Language	Albert C. Baugh	A History of the English Language By Albert C. Baugh 17 reviews	8.2	$$ View Product
10	Score: 8.8 Price: $$$ Church History In Plain Language	Bruce L. Shelley	Church History In Plain Language By Bruce L. Shelley 250 reviews	8.8	$$$ View Product

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John McWhorter

John McWhorter writes for various publications on language difficulties and race issues such as CNN, the Wall Street Journal, the Beast, Time, and the Atlantic, and educates music history, philosophy, and linguistics at Columbia University. He told his mother he wanted to be an "publication writer" if he was five, and so is glad that it worked out.

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