Port Out, Starboard Home
by Michael Quinion | 
The Etymologicon
by Mark Forsyth | 
Semantic Antics
by Sol Steinmetz | 
The Word Museum
by Jeffrey Kacirk | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson | 
Six Frigates
by Ian W. Toll | 
102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer | 
The History of Jihad
by Robert Spencer | 
Five Days at Memorial
by Sheri Fink |
The Oregon Trail
by Rinker Buck | 
The History of Surfing
by Matt Warshaw | 
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell |
Seven Fallen Feathers
by Tanya Talaga | 
American Gun
by Chris Kyle | 
Mythos
by Stephen Fry | 
No Way Out
by Mitch Weiss | 
Swords and Swordsmen
by Mike Loades |
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England
by Gale R. Owen-Crocker |
This collection features some of the most interesting stories and fascinating origins behind more than 300 words, names, and terms. For any devoted philomath (a lover of learning), this anthology of entertaining etymology is an ideal way to have fun with language.