Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols

by Barry J. Blake

Book Overview

With revelations on every page, and sample codes and puzzles for the reader to crack, Secret Language will entertain everyone with an urge to know more about the most arcane and curious uses of language. From backmasking to the Enigma Machine, from magic words to literary symbols, here is a lively, engaging tour of languages that hide their meanings from all but a chosen few. Blake explains the difference between ciphers and codes and shows how secret...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199691622
• ISBN13: 9780199691623
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"