ON JOURNALISM, WRITING, BOOKS and GREEN CULTURE

 Some “wrap-worthy” recent language books reviewed (Present tense) by The Boston Globe columnist Jan Freeman.

“The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?” (Oxford, $19.95), by Deborah Cameron.

 ”How Language Works” (Avery, $17.95), by David Crystal.

 ”Carpe Diem” (Hyperion, $19.95), by Harry Mount.

 ”Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic” (Melville House, $21.95), Elizabeth Little.

“Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing” (Morrow, $14.95), Elmore Leonard.