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Old 12-11-2018, 02:31 AM   #7
stuartjmz
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From Indic to Italic

My goal for 2019 is 104 books, including all the non-English books I have, in Urdu, Italian, French and Hindi

Hindi
Jungle Book - translation by Ajay Anand

Urdu
Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry - Khushwant Singh
The Taste of Words - An Introduction to Urdu Poetry - Raza Mir READ

Italian
La forma dell'acqua - Andrea Camilleri (also audiobook)
Il Gattopardo - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (also audiobook)
Il commissario Bordelli - Marco Vichi (also audiobook)
San Marino - la storia in miniatura - Pierluigi Taddei

French
Le Petit Prince (Avec les dessins de l'auteur) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


In addition to the above, I'm adding eight specific books all in a "linguistics" collection on my Kobo, 7 from David Crystal, one from Nicholas Ostler.

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel – Nicholas Ostler READ
The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language – David Crystal READ
The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works – David Crystal READ
Making Sense – David Crystal
You Say Potato – Ben Crystal and David Crystal READ
Making a Point – David Crystal
Sounds Appealing – David Crystal
The Fight for English – David Crystal READ

Last edited by stuartjmz; 02-16-2019 at 06:05 AM. Reason: addition
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