Mother Tongue: Popular Penguins Classical history / classical civilisation Four friends who'd do anything

Four friends who'd do anything for each other

an aunt mails a letter and a houseplant to her niece and

In the city streets

you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming

based on the true history and real experiences of Australian nurses in World War 1

Mother Tongue: Popular Penguins Classical history / classical civilisation Four friends who'd do anythingBill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks at, among other things, swearing, spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble. No self respecting English speaker should open his mouth without reading it.