Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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Speed Reading For Dummies
$21.99 Add to cartCovering the latest speed-reading techniques and tips, this breakthrough guide will help people read quickly and successfully no matter what they read–books, newspapers, magazines, e-mails, or techni… [more below]
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Sutz, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0470457449
- Language: English
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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers
$18.00 Add to cart“The Forest for the Trees should become a permanent part of any writer’s or editor’s personal library.“ –The Seattle Times
Quickly established as an essential and enduring companion for aspiring write- Author: Lerner, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 05 2010
- ISBN10: 159448483X
- Language: English
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Writing Mysteries
$16.99 Add to cartHere’s your ticket to the greatest mystery-writing workshop ever!
In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can- Author: Grafton, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 22 2002
- ISBN10: 1582971021
- Language: English
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Chinese Writing Practice Book for Thousand Character Classic with Stroke Order（千字文田字格练习
$16.99 Add to cartThe “Thousand Character Classic”（《千字文》）, also known as the “Thousand Character Text”, is a renowned Chinese poem that has served as a fundamental learn… [more below]
- Author: Comtebarcelona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 8412643984
- Language: English
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The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr’s Fresh Air
$16.99 Add to cartThis engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America’s best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and
- Author: Nunberg, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0618116036
- Language: English
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Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar
$34.95 Add to cart“Stands alone as the definitive reference work on Hebrew grammar.” — Ancient Hebrew Studies Center
For almost a century, Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar has proven to be one of the most comprehensive works o… [more below]- Series: Dover Books on Language
- Author: Gesenius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: January 06 2006
- ISBN10: 0486443442
- Language: English
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone who enjoys reading memoirs–or is thinking about writing one–this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors, including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and others.
The … [more below]
- Author: Baker, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395901502
- Language: English
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Writing Alone and with Others
$23.99 Add to cartFor more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds–the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silence… [more below]
- Author: Schneider, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: August 28 2003
- ISBN10: 019516573X
- Language: English
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McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook
$18.00 Add to cartExpert advice to perfect your proofreading skills
McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arm
- Author: Anderson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 007145764X
- Language: English
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Bringing Our Languages Home: Language Revitalization for Families
$27.00 Add to cartThroughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a … [more below]
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 159714200X
- Language: English
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Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style
$25.95 Add to cartAmitava Kumar’s Every Day I Write the Book is for academic writers what Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life and Stephen King’s On Writing are for creative writers. Alongside Kumar’s interviews with an ar… [more below]
- Author: Kumar, Amitava
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1478006277
- Language: English
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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the pre
- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0063292300
- Language: English
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Writing in Small Groups: The 4color Way
$7.99 Add to cartWriting in Small Groups the 4color Way lays out how to build a Cooperative Inquiry group to create a super support group of writers. Conceived by pioneers in the field of participatory research, Coope
- Author: Gillam, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: July 29 2017
- ISBN10: 0985883871
- Language: English
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The Elements of Grammar in 90 Minutes
$6.95 Read moreAn eminent scholar explains the essentials of English grammar to those who never studied the basics as well as those who need a refresher course. Inspired by Strunk & White’s classic The Elements of S… [more below]
- Author: Hollander, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 20 2011
- ISBN10: 048648114X
- Language: English
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Writing Without Teachers
$19.98 Add to cartIn Writing Without Teachers, well-known advocate of innovative teaching methods Peter Elbow outlines a practical program for learning how to write. His approach is especially helpful to people who get… [more below]
- Author: Elbow, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 25 1998
- ISBN10: 0195120167
- Language: English
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APA Style & Citations for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartWrite right in for scholarly success
While world-renowned for the precision and clarity it lends to scholarly writing, keeping track of APA style’s exacting standards can be demanding (at times even
- Author: Giampalmi, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1119716446
- Language: English
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It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences
$15.00 Add to cartIn this wickedly humorous manual, language columnist June Casagrande uses grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great–and other sentences suck.
Great writing isn’t born, it’s b- Author: Casagrande, June
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 158008740X
- Language: English
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Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
$30.00 Add to cartThe nation’s premier communications expert shares his wisdom on how the words we choose can change the course of business, of politics, and of life in this country In Words That Work, Luntz offers a b… [more below]
- Author: Luntz, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: November 28 2012
- ISBN10: 1401302599
- Language: English
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Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book
$18.99 Add to cartTop book coach Jennie Nash teaches you how to define a winning idea, pin it to the page, and pitch it to the people who can bring your book to life.
“Jennie Nash may just be the best nonfiction book co
- Author: Nash, Jennie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1733251146
- Language: English
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Chinese Writing Practice Book with Pinyin: Tian Zi Ge Notebook: Tian Zi Ge Notebook with Pinyin: Tian Zi Ge
$8.99 Add to cartChinese Writing Practice Book with Pinyin – Tian Zi Ge Character with Pinyin Exercise Book
This elegant workbook follows a traditional notebook style and offers 101 pages of Tian Zi Ge paper, designed
- Author: Comtebarcelona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: May 31 2023
- ISBN10: 8412643941
- Language: English
