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 | How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life
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 | In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language by Arika Okrent
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