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The Joy of Lex by Gyles Brandreth

Currently out of print, this fabulous book, and its sequel More Joy of Lex, are definitely worth a trip to your local library or used book store. I found a used copy of The Joy of Lex listed as available online from Yahoo! Books.

The full titles for each are:

The Joy of Lex
how to have fun with 860,341,500 words
by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
ISBN:068801397X
paperback published: 10/01/1983
310 pp

More Joy of Lex
an amazing and amusing Z to A and A to Z of words
by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
ISBN: 0688013384
hardback published: 10/01/1982

The Word Circus

Richard Lederer is the reigning American master of word play. Read this book and allow him to dazzle you. His web site is also a joy.

For the latest lists of currently available books of word games, see the online booksellers via the links below.

barnesandnoble.com

amazon.com - this link takes you to their search page. From there type WORD GAMES into the search by subject box, then click on the Search button.

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