Linguistics

Lady Windermere's Fan is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage....

Kept in the Dark is a probing psychological portrait of the near destruction of a marriage....

The Island of Yew is divided into five kingdoms, the central of which, Spor, is a place ravaged by crimes and robbers. One day, a young girl, Sesely, living in the nicer kingdom of Heg, is enjoying a picnic with some companions....

The plot follows a crew of 10 trying to hunt the Snark, an animal that may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. The only one of the crew to find the Snark quickly vanishes....

Both an entertaining send-up of linguistic oddities and a deeply researched history of English, Highly Irregular is essential for anyone who has paused to wonder about our marvelous mess of a language....

Mary Louise is a young girl, very honest and wise beyond her years. This, at times put her at odds with her classmates at school, but she is mature enough to not be bothered by their attitudes for the most part....

From the instance of its first publication, in 1766, Oliver Goldsmith's novel of Christian piety and endurance has stood the test of time....

This audiobook makes learning French easy for children. This is done through explaining why language skills are useful, in a way children can understand....

Though we're known as a nation of English speakers, the linguistic map of the United States is hardly monochromatic....

A demented scientist discovers how to create human life - not perfect but improving steadily with each attempt....

Anyone who has experienced learning English as a second language knows the many challenges that conversational English presents....

This amazing collection of poetry from the famous Greek Anthology spans over 1,500 years of ancient Greek and Byzantine history. The selections in this recording were chosen and translated by famed classicist J. W. Mackail....

The paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price....

"The Damned Thing" tells of the horrifying slaughter of a man by a supernatural and invisible "Thing"....