Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word Children's Mammal Books The stakes rise and so

The stakes rise and so does the deadpan humor

into a world of absurd personalities

serves as a field guide to the fairy species on the cards

subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables

Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word Children's Mammal Books The stakes rise and soAre you a word person? A curiosity seeker? An explorer? Take a look at these twenty six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an extreme sport. Step right up and read the genuine stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sound of language that they collected, dissected, and constructed verbal wonders of the most extraordinary kind. Jean Dominique Bauby wrote his memoirs by blinking his left eyelid, unable to move the rest of