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Woe Is I
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 15.00In this new edition of Woe Is I, Patricia T. O?Connerunties the knottiest grammar tangles and displays thesame lively humor that has charmed andenlightened grateful readers for years. With newchapters on spelling and punctuation, and freshinsights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes ofEnglish grammar and usage, Woe Is I offers down-to-earthexplanations... more...
Origins of Grammar
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 130.00The book examines the origins of language and grammar and also looks at the nature of being human. As a species, we have a long history of trying to find aspects of ourselves that are exclusively human. Some of the features of humanity thought to be solely the realm of the spiritual - for example cognition and emotion - are... more...
Choosing Civility
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 12.99Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-tasking. In Choosing Civility , P. M. Forni identifies the twenty-five rules that are most essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In clear, witty, and, well...civilized... more...
Reflexive Language
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 150.00These innovative essays represent a critique of those researchers in the humanities and social sciences who fail to take language seriously. more...
How to Sound Clever
A&C Black 2010; US$ 12.99How to Sound Clever explains the etymology of 600 key words you really ought to know, but haven't had the time to look up in the dictionary. Each entry features an etymological description as well as useful example phrases so that readers can quickly see the correct context for each word. Anecdotes and witty illustrations appear throughout to make... more...
The Language Wars
John Murray 2011; US$ 20.83The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values ? to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way... more...
The Language Wars
John Murray 2011; Not AvailableThe English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values ? to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way... more...
The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableThe Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics takes in all branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics. Invaluable for students at all levels, it is also a useful and versatile source book for economists, business people, engineers, technicians and scientists of all kinds who use mathematics in the... more...
The Word Lover's Delight
Kensington Publishing Corp. 2009; US$ 12.99Word Up!. From amusia to xerophagy, from the ephemeral to the vituperative, The Word Lover's Delight is chockablock with words that are not only fascinating and unusual but that you can use in your everyday speech--to jaw-dropping effect. With a wide range of words, from the moderately difficult to the somewhat ostentatious, The Word Lover's... more...
I Before E, Except After C
Kensington Publishing Corp. 2008; US$ 12.99Bad Spellers Of The World . . . Untie! Unite!. Are you a victim of text messaging, typing "CU L8R" instead of "See you later"? Do mysterious voices tell you to use "their" and "there" interchangeably? Don't know the difference between "its" and "it's"? Have you often had to deal with,... more...









