ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Fiction
Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life
Contemporary & Classic Fiction Crime & Mystery Fantasy Graphic Novels & Comics Browse more Fiction categories
Non-fiction
Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Essays, Memoir & Biography Nature & Travel History & Archaeology Science & Technology Browse more Non-fiction categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational
These stories for children and young adults will pique imaginations and inspire young readers
Children's Fiction Children's Non-Fiction Board Books, Picture Books & Activity Books Children's Poetry & Anthologies Browse more Children’s, Teenage & Educational categories
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David Lightfoot Author, Translator & Editor

David Lightfoot is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation.

Lamentation for 77,297 Victims cover

Lamentation for 77,297 Victims

Jiri Weil - Paperback

£10.00

Verb Movement cover

Verb Movement

2 contributors - Paperback

£38.00

How New Languages Emerge cover

How New Languages Emerge

David Lightfoot - Hardback

£61.00

How New Languages Emerge cover

How New Languages Emerge

David Lightfoot - Paperback

£42.00

Natural Logic and the Greek Moods cover

Natural Logic and the Greek Moods

David Lightfoot - Hardback

£100.00