John McWhorter

57 books

The Creole Debate by John McWhorter

The Creole Debate

John McWhorter

178 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art historical informative medium-paced
Defining Creole by John McWhorter

Defining Creole

John McWhorter

444 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art historical informative medium-paced
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter

Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care

John McWhorter

304 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction music informative reflective slow-paced
False Black Power? (New Threats to Freedom Series) by Jason L. Riley

False Black Power? (New Threats to Freedom Series)

Jason L. Riley

129 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole by John McWhorter, Jeff Good

A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole

John McWhorter, Jeff Good

257 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art historical informative medium-paced
The Language Hoax by John McWhorter

The Language Hoax

John McWhorter

208 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science informative reflective slow-paced
Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? by John McWhorter

Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress?

John McWhorter

342 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art historical informative reflective medium-paced
The Missing Spanish Creoles: Recovering the Birth of Plantation Contact Languages by John McWhorter

The Missing Spanish Creoles: Recovering the Birth of Plantation Contact Languages

John McWhorter

292 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

John McWhorter

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

John McWhorter

352 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced