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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Wordsby Bill Bryson
Broadway Books 2002; US$ 9.99One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; [and] where ‘colonel,’ ‘freight,’ ‘once,’ and ‘ache’ are strikingly... more...
Spelling Steps 1by Laurel and Associates
Saddleback Educational Publishing 2006; US$ 27.95Binders Contain: Answer keys, Master Spelling Lists, Self-Checking and Class Progress Charts, Self-Explanatory Lessons, Review Lessons, Rules to Remember, Spelling Steps. more...
Spelling Steps 3by Laurel and Associates
Saddleback Educational Publishing 2006; US$ 29.95Binders Contain: Answer keys, Master Spelling Lists, Self-Checking and Class Progress Charts, Self-Explanatory Lessons, Review Lessons, Rules to Remember, Spelling Steps. more...
Fiske 250 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Knowby Edward B Fiske; Jane Mallison; Dave Hatcher
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2009; US$ 8.99This must-have book contains the 250 most important words students need to know to be successful in college and beyond, with each entry containing information on the the word origin, a complete definition, and example sentences. more...
Teenage as a Second Languageby Barbara Greenberg
F+W Media 2010; US$ 14.95You woke up one day and your cheerful, friendly kid had morphed into a sarcastic, sullen adolescent who can't?or won't?talk to you. That's when you know it's time to learn to speak a second language?teen. Teenage as a Second Language reveals the secrets to talking to teenagers?one dialogue at a time. With these groundbreaking strategies, you'll maintain good communication, healthy interaction, and a strong connection to your teen, no matter how rocky the road to puberty becomes. You will learn how to: Let your teens help set the rules?and the consequences for breaking them; Realize that "me, me, me!" is actually age-appropriate; Put honesty above all else; Try not to criticize, judge, or become angry. Based on the latest research, this book... more...
Vocabulary 4000by Jeff Kolby
Nova Press 2001; US$ 9.95English offers perhaps the richest vocabulary of all languages, in part because its words are culled from so many languages. It is a shame that we do not tap this rich source more often in our daily conversation to express ourselves more clearly and precisely. Many a vocabulary book lists esoteric words we quickly forget or feel self-conscious using. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Vocabulary 4000 brings these words to the fore. more...
Exploring the Language of Dramaby Jonathan Culpeper; Mick Short; Peter Verdonk
Routledge 1998; US$ 45.95This collection introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors employ a variety of language analysis techniques. more...
The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrasesby Mary Varchaver; Frank Ledlie Moore
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 24.95"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages... more...
No Uncertain Termsby William Safire
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 10.99There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist William Safire. For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine, then to compose a "Gotcha" letter to the Times. Each of his books on language is a classic, to be read, re-read and fought over. Safire is the beloved, slightly crotchety guru of contemporary vocabulary, speech, language, usage and writing, as close as we are likely to get to a modern Samuel Johnson. Fans, critics and fellow language mavens eagerly await his books on language. This one is no exception. William Safire has written the weekly New York Times Magazine column... more...
Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literateby Eugene Ehrlich
HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 9.99Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual -- or is it recondite? --words for each entry. more...