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Bill Bryson
made in america [EPUB ebook]
An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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A literate exploration of why we useor mangleour native tongue.USA Today Bill Bryson celebrates Americas magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywoodand exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap Macaroni.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 480 ● ISBN 9780062417411 ● Maison d’édition HarperCollins ● Publié 2015 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 4856905 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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