Thomas Hardy

Title: Thomas Hardy
Author: Claire Tomalin
Rating: ★★

Mother Tongue

Title: The Mother Tongue, English and How It Got that Way
Author: Bill Bryson

Rating: ★★★

Quote:

"just nine [words] account for fully one quarter of all the words in almost any sample of written English. Those nine are: and, be, have, it, of, the, to, will, and you."

Street Gang

Title: Street Gang, the Complete History of Sesame Street
Author: Michael Davis
Rating: ★★★½