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Beautiful Words: A Celebration for Word Lovers (2023) by Cider Mill Press When a word power book includes words like breakfast, listen, October, newspaper and library I quickly fling it where it belongs: the trashcan. After browsing through the book for about 30-minutes, I wondered if Beautiful Words: A

Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases (2024) by Maia Lee-Chin To speak and write good English is a nice skill to possess. But to be able to sprinkle Latin into your conversation, a college admission essay or a speech you’re asked to write for your boss

Grandiloquent Words: A Pictoric Lexicon of Ostrobogulous Locutions (2023) by Jason Travis Ott My antenna is always up for new word power books in English. You could even say I scent ‘em before I see ‘em. They’re like our fabulous Indian curries. You smell the masala before you reach

Pig Butchering was not to be found in either the Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary when I looked for the term in early March 2026. But the expression is popular in the United States. Dozens of media reports on online scams, including in NYT, Wall

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (2013) by Mason Currey Is there some peculiar madness to the method of great writers, I had always wondered. As if in response to my ceaseless prayers for clues to achieving fame and fortune via the pen, Mason Currey has put out Daily Rituals: How

A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in 101 Essays (2024) by Shashi Tharoor Most Indian readers are familiar with Shashi Tharoor, the diplomat, writer and politician. For those not familiar with the man, Shashi Tharoor is the rare Indian politician who can articulate his thoughts in English without sounding