Lexplorers Book Reviews

Lexplorers Book Reviews

From time to time, the Lexplorers will share our thoughts on books that we have read.

 

“What Were They Thinking?” Travel Adventures

 

The Rory Stewart Crazy Train Trilogy by Rory Stewart

 

 

 

The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee

 

 

 

Couchsurfing Im Iran: Meine Reise hinter verschlossene Türen (“Couchsurfing in Iran: My Travels Behind Closed Doors”) by Stephan Orth

 

 

My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth by Wendy E. Simmons

 

 

Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks

 

Language Learning and Linguistics

Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner

 

 

 

Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard