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- ↑ BNF 17086193b.
- ↑ 'A Q&A with Michael Erard, Author of “Babel No More”' (ShelfLife@Texas, 27 February 2012).
- ↑ Review in The New York Times , 24 August 2007.
- ↑ Review in The Wall Street Journal , 24 August 2007.
- ↑ Review in The Observer , 28 July 2013.
- ↑ Official Babel No More website.
- ↑ Review in The Economist , 31 December 2011.
- ↑ Review in The New York Times , 20 January 2012.
