Books like Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?

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Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush? London’s Underground History of Tube Station Names

David Hilliam

Themes: Public Transportation • Historical & Comparative • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps

#2

Welsh Place-names Unzipped

Brian Davies

Themes: Etymology • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Linguistics

#3

Place-names of Scotland

Iain Taylor

Themes: Etymology • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Linguistics

#4

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

Calvert Watkins

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Trivia

#5

A Dictionary of Irish Place-names

Adrian Room

Themes: Etymology • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Linguistics

#6

All Aboard! Remembering Britain’s Railways

Julian Holland

Themes: Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Railroads • Transportation

#7

Brooklyn by Name How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names

Leonard Benardo

Themes: Etymology • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Linguistics

#8

The Place Names of New Mexico

Robert Julyan

Themes: Etymology • Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Linguistics

#9

The Old Dog and Duck The Secret Meanings of Pub Names

Albert Jack

Themes: Etymology • Linguistics • Great Britain

#10

The Little Book of Welsh Landmarks

Mark Rees

Themes: Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps • Trivia • Great Britain

#11

The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between Volume II

Patrick Foote

Themes: Etymology • Trivia • Linguistics

#12

City to the Lickeys Birmingham by Bus

D. R. Harvey

Themes: Public Transportation • Railroads • Transportation

#13

Blimey, I’m Knackered! An American’s Survival Guide to British English

Marshall Hall

Themes: Etymology • Linguistics • Great Britain

#14

The Blakeneys: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study

Lochlainn Seabrook

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Linguistics

#15

The Book of Random Oddities

Publications International Ltd

Themes: Etymology • Trivia • Linguistics

#16

Bright Underground Spaces The London Tube Station Architecture of Charles Holden

David Lawrence

Themes: Public Transportation • Railroads • Transportation

#17

Wordsmiths and Warriors The English-Language Tourist’s Guide to Britain

David Crystal

Themes: Historical & Comparative • Linguistics • Great Britain

#18

Green Men and White Swans The Folklore of British Pub Names

Jacqueline Simpson

Themes: Etymology • Linguistics • Great Britain

#19

A Word a Day 365 Words to Augment Your Vocabulary

Joseph Piercy

Themes: Etymology • Trivia • Linguistics

#20

Place Names in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Malcolm Llywelyn

Themes: Etymology • Linguistics • Great Britain

#21

How the Irish Invented Slang The Secret Language of the Crossroads

Daniel Cassidy

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Linguistics

#22

Words to Live by The Origins of Conventional Wisdom and Commonsense Advice

Charles Panati

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Linguistics

#23

Words from Hell Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology

Jess Zafarris

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Linguistics

#24

I Never Knew There Was a Word For It

Adam Jacot de Boinod

Themes: Etymology • Historical & Comparative • Linguistics