Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
$24.95 Add to cartAn entertaining tour of Old English words for animals, from the author of The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, which Neil Gaiman called “a marvelous book”
Many of the animals we encounter in ever- Author: Videen, Hana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0691260001
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
$15.99 Add to cartThe founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history’s best words.
This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern- Author: Gillard, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0399582673
- Language: English
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How to Speak How to Listen
$19.99 Add to cartPractical information for learning how to speak and listen more effectively.With over half a million copies in print of his “living classic” How to Read a Book in print, intellectual, philosopher, and… [more below]
- Author: Adler, Mortimer J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0684846470
- Language: English
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Speak With No Fear: Go from a nervous, nauseated, and sweaty speaker to an excited, energized, and passionate presenter
$19.99 Add to cartPublic speaking is the #1 fear in America.
Millions of people are terrified at the prospect of going up on stage and addressing a crowd even more than they’re afraid of death. And yet, it’s an unavo
- Author: Acker, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: May 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1733980008
- Language: English
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Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author
$16.99 Add to cart“All aspiring authors know the value of a great literary agent, but few know how to get one. Lucinda Halpern has written the definitive guide to attracting an agent and laying the groundwork for a boo… [more below]
- Author: Halpern, Lucinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1401975143
- Language: English
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Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
$22.00 Add to cartStein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for all writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether they are newcomers or old hands, students or instructors, amateurs or professionals. As the alway… [more below]
- Author: Stein, Sol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 25 2000
- ISBN10: 0312254210
- Language: English
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Dateline: World-20 Dispatches from the Earth & One from Hell
$14.95 Add to cart“A favorite shelf in my bookcase leads with By-Line: Ernest Hemingway, a compendium of journalism the great novelist wrote to support himself as he worked on his fiction. Right next to it is Ernie’s W… [more below]
- Author: Nieuwsma, Milton J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: August 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1899694161
- Language: English
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There’s Something Strange about My Brain: Writing Horror for Kids
$25.00 Read moreCalling all literary enthusiasts and aspiring authors! R.L. Stine, the maestro of fright and a creative genius, has finally unveiled his secrets to the world of storytelling in his latest masterpiece.
- Author: Stine, Rl Stine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1955690537
- Language: English
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Core Skills Writing Workbook Grade 2
$12.49 Add to cartThese all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.
- Series: Steck-Vaughn Core Skills Writing
- Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: December 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0544268466
- Language: English
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A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
$35.00 Read moreFrom the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, S
- Author: Salo, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0874809126
- Language: English
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How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Revised Edition): The Inner Movie Method
$17.99 Add to cartIn this classic bestselling screenwriting guide–now revised and updated–author and film consultant Viki King helps screenwriters go from blank page to completed manuscript through a series of clever
- Author: King, Viki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0062995839
- Language: English
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The Secrets of Words
$18.95 Add to cartTwo distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries.
In The Secrets of Words, influential linguist Noam Chomsky a- Author: Chomsky, Noam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0262046717
- Language: English
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Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers
$19.95 Add to cartEvery comic book writer brings their own format and style to the task. Here’s examples from some of the top names showing how they do it, including a Neil Gaiman script for Miracleman, a drawn script … [more below]
- Series: Panel One Scripts by Top Comics Writers Tp (New Prtg)
- Author: Gertler, Nat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0971633800
- Language: English
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Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 7 Teacher Edition
$29.99 Add to cartGive your seventh graders scaffolded, focused writing practice with Daily 6-Trait Writing!
Each of the 25 weekly units provides trait-based writing activities that cover the essential traits of strong
- Series: Daily 6-Trait Writing
- Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1609638794
- Language: English
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The Craft of Science Writing: Selections from The Open Notebook
$0.00 Read moreScience journalism has perhaps never been so critical to our world–and the demands on science journalists have never been greater. On any given day, a science journalist might need to explain the det
- Author: Carpenter, Siri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: February 01, 2020
- ISBN10: 1734028009
- Language: English
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The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation
$49.00 Add to cartFew people can write on the English language with the authority of Bryan A. Garner. The author of The Chicago Manual of Style‘s popular “Grammar and Usage” chapter, Garner explains the vagaries of Eng… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Garner, Bryan A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: May 16 2016
- ISBN10: 022618885X
- Language: English
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Land of the Dead: Lessons from the Underworld on Storytelling and Living
$27.99 Read moreFrom Brian McDonald, an expert on the narrative arts, comes a remarkable non-fiction graphic novel about the art of storytelling.
There is wisdom in the land of the dead, for it is the place that all s- Author: McDonald, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1626727317
- Language: English
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Oxford Modern English Grammar
$34.99 Read moreWritten by Bas Aarts, one of Britain’s leading grammarians, Oxford Modern English Grammar is a brand new and definitive guide to English grammar. This indispensable handbook covers both British and Am… [more below]
- Author: Aarts, Bas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0199533199
- Language: English
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How to Write a Thesis
$22.95 Add to cartThe wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose–now published in English for the first time.
Learn the art of the thesis from a giant o… [more below]- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0262527138
- Language: English
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
$20.00 Add to cartIn his first book since the bestselling Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, n… [more below]
- Author: Singh, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 29 2000
- ISBN10: 0385495323
- Language: English
