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Land of Invented Languages72

Land of Invented Languages

I recently read a book published earlier this year: In the Land of Invented Languages, by Arika Okrent (Spiegel & Grau, New York 2009). In general, there seems to be two main attitudes to "artificial"...

11 comments    fantasy language english
Lulu.com and the freedom of expression58

Lulu.com and the freedom of expression

 Some years ago, I dicovered an enterprise called Lulu, which proved to be a quite useful way for self-publishing. I went ahead and published some of my books through them. You can find them at ...

6 comments    politics facebook war
The Giant to End All Giants56

The Giant to End All Giants

 This is part of a book I wrote and self-published. If you want to read it all, click at http://tinyurl.com/msk8kd Free at screen, or for pay at paper. I've also written a non-fiction book about Old...

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City of Invented Languages?47

City of Invented Languages?

 In an earlier hub - http://hubpages.com/hub/Land-of-Invented-Languages - I reviewed Arika Okrent's book In the Land of Invented Languages. I have recently been informed that the author will appear in New York at December 15th, at 2:30...

1 comment    education new york united nations
Alfred Nobel, the Silenced Playwright68

Alfred Nobel, the Silenced Playwright

In October every year, we are informed who are to receive the Nobel prizes of the year. All five of them, plus the parasitic prize of economics "in memory of Alfred Nobel", which isn't Nobel's prize at all,...

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