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  • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

    'The Elements of Style' (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes. This edition of 'The Elements of Style' details eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart

    Series series Quick & Dirty Tips
    Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one smart word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart.Are you often stumped for the perfect way to say or write something? Do you find ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Writer's Lexicon: Descriptions, Overused Words, and Taboos

    Series series The Writer's Lexicon
    You just read your manuscript and discovered that your characters nod like marionettes in every chapter. When they’re not nodding, they roll their eyes.Time to slash the Pinocchio strings and turn them into real people. Award-winning author Kathy Steinemann provides the tools. She cuts through the so-called rules and offers simple solutions.Too many repetitions of “little”? There’s a cure for that ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Finding the Right Words

    Perfect Phrases to Personalize Your Greeting Cards

    Showing someone you care begins withFindingtheRight WordsHere you'll find: More than three dozen ways to say "Happy Birthday" Welcoming words for new family members...even pets Thoughtful condolences for personalizing sympathy cards Congratulatory wishes for weddings and anniversaries Helpful hints to simplify card-sending A monthly calendar for birthdays and anniversaries...and more, in this book ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Fiske 250 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know

    Learn the words you need to succeed in collegeApplying to colleges and preparing for the next leg of your academic career is a stressful and chaotic time for everyone. But knowing these 250 words will help you prepare for a new world of academic rigors.Using this book as a key learning tool in your college prep process, you will...expand your toolkit of words for standardized tests and application ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • 500 frases en alemán para aprender en 5 días

    El método Wilson le presenta una guía de conversación imprescindible con el vocabulario y las frases esenciales que debe conocer si va de viaje. Se trata de un método serio, lúdico y agradable, adecuado para todos. La organización por grupos de contenidos, en función de las necesidades que se puedan presentar, facilitará el aprendizaje y la rápida consulta: * en el aeropuerto, en la estación, en ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fiske 250 Words Every High School Freshman Needs to Know

    Learn the words you need to succeed in high schoolHigh school opens a world of new ideas and experiences—along with more challenging and sophisticated concepts. Knowing these 250 words will give students the gift of reduced stress, greater academic achievement, and a head start that will last for years to come.Using this book as a key learning tool, upcoming high school freshmen can...prepare for ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

    A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

    With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • 501 Portuguese Verbs

    Series series Barron's 501 Verbs
    Barron’s 501 Portuguese Verbs teaches you how to use the 501 most common and useful Portuguese verbs. Fluency starts with knowledge of verbs, and the authors provide clear, easy-to-use guidance. Each verb is listed alphabetically in easy-to-follow chart form—one verb per page with its English translation.This comprehensive guide to is ideal for students, travelers, and adult learners. It includes ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Collins Rhyming Dictionary

    If it’s time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.The most accessible way to find the rhyme you need. Other rhyming dictionaries are characterised by the use of obscure words for padding, subsections for disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, and reverse phonetic order – but we avoid such complications and, as a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Happiness Passport

    A World Tour of Joyful Living in 50 Words

    by Megan Hayes ...
    Fifty words from cultures around the world that capture the secrets of living well, from craic to yang sheng and hygge to ubuntu: “A pure joy to read.” —*FlowMagazine***The Happiness Passport is a collection of wonderfully evocative words from around the globe whose definitions resonate with us all. Though the words themselves often seem untranslatable, the meaning behind each expression will stir ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Around the World in 80 Words

    A Journey through the English Language

    “A fabulous and erudite survey of words inspired by place names . . . Logophiles will have a ball.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones is your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language.You’ll discover why the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Human Emotions

    From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel

    A thoughtful, gleeful encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world.How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok or filled with nakhes? Recent research suggests there are only ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities

    A Yearbook of Forgotten Words

    A day-by-day journey through 366 delightfully archaic words and quirky historical trivia.Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you’ll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event—and an equally curious or notable word—are explored.On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Writer's Body Lexicon: Body Parts, Actions, and Expressions

    Series series The Writer's Lexicon
    Ordinary writers describe the body in order to evoke images in readers’ minds. Extraordinary writers leverage it to add elements such as tension, intrigue, and humor.The Writer’s Body Lexicon provides tools for both approaches.Kathy Steinemann provides a boggling number of word choices and phrases for body parts, organized under similar sections in most chapters:•Emotion Beats and Physical ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One-Letter Words, a Dictionary

    by Craig Conley ...
    Merriam-Webster, move over!Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,000 surprising definitions associated with each letter in the English alphabet. For instance, Conley uncovers seventy-six distinct uses of the letter X, the most versatile, most printed letter in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Horologicon

    A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

    by Mark Forsyth ...
    From Mark Forsyth, the author of the #1 international bestseller, The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations. The Horologicon (or book of hours) contains the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to what hour of the day you might need them.Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you’re philogrobolized.Find yourself pretending to work? That’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Word Nerd

    More than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words

    Are You a Word Nerd?Did you know...Only a human (not an animal or thing) is "able" to do somethingThe five on dice is called cinque"K" for strike-out in baseball comes from the last letter of "struck"To skice is to frisk about like squirrels in springFor word lovers everywhere, Word Nerd is a rich—and fun—compendium of more than 17,000 fascinating facts about words. Bestselling author Barbara Anne ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • GRE Test Prep Word Roots Review--Exambusters Flash Cards--Workbook 3 of 6

    GRE Exam Study Guide

    Series Book 3 - Exambusters GRE
    "GRE Prep Flashcard Workbook 3: VOCABULARY WORD ROOTS" A unique collection of 380 essential Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, each with up to ten derivative word examples and definitions. Interpret new words without a dictionary. You'll view language from an entirely new perspective, and raise your GRE-General test score too! [==================] ADDITIONAL WORKBOOKS: "GRE Prep Flashcard ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scottish Words: A wee guide to the Scottish language

    This guide to Scots is a perfect buy for anyone who is intrigued by the expressive Scots language. Besides explaining the meaning of Scottish words and phrases, it also contains features about aspects of Scottish culture from the bagpipes to William Wallace.This wee guide to Scots is essential for those interested in one of the UK’s most fascinating dialects, and is a lively introduction for those ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Language Visible

    Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z

    by David Sacks ...
    Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions--the alphabet.The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Sloth

    A Dictionary for the Lazy

    by Adams Media ...
    The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends.Sloth: A Dictionary for the LazyThe real dictionary? Yawn. Too long. Don't bother tirelessly working ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Greed

    A Dictionary for the Selfish

    by Adams Media ...
    The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends.Greed: A Dictionary for the SelfishSurprisingly, it didn't claim every word in the OED (although if ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Geektionary

    From Anime to Zettabyte, An A to Z Guide to All Things Geek

    "The last WoW module was clunky and a bit slow on my rig but it had a great toolset for building adventures for my avatar. Now I'm at sixtieth level! Awesome!"Whether it's about science fiction, Star Trek, sports, comics, or computers, geekspeak is full of mysterious words and phrases. But now there's an easy way to understand what it's all about.With this book you can dork out with the best of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD