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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2023 by Sarah Janssen

Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things by Josh Clark

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Escape the Ordinary (19) (ANNUAL) by Ripley's Believe It or Not

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2022 by Sarah Janssen

The Ultimate Book of Pub Trivia by the Smartest Guy in the Bar: Over 300 Rounds and More Than 3,000 Questions by Austin Rogers

Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian by Ellen Jovin

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen

The Labyrinth of Curiosities: Journey Through Hundreds of Wild Facts and Fascinating Trivia--and Their Surprising Connections! by Fay Moss-Rider

Webster's New World Dictionary by David B. Guralnik

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris

Wild Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Natural World by Mike Higgins

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021 by Sarah Janssen

Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions by David McCandless

German - English Illustrated Dictionary: A Bilingual Visual Guide to Over 10,000 German Words and Phrases by DK

English Grammar All-in-One For Dummies (+ Chapter Quizzes Online) by Geraldine Woods

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