Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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Literary Devices
$8.95 Add to cartWhat is the difference between literal and figurative writing? What are the top tricks used by the best authors to make their writing purr, crack and sizzle on the page? Why not use these tricks all t… [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Jones, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1952178142
- Language: English
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Writing on the Job: Best Practices for Communicating in the Digital Age
$14.95 Add to cartA practical and compact guide to writing for professionals
Writing is an essential skill in today’s workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memo- Series: Skills for Scholars
- Author: Coven, Martha B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 31, 2022
- ISBN10: 0691229953
- Language: English
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Basic English Grammar for Dummies
$24.99 Add to cartYour go-to guide for expressing yourself correctly in the most spoken language in the world
Basic English Grammar For Dummies is the bestselling grammar guide that’s perfect for readers who want to im
- Author: Woods, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 2, 2024
- ISBN10: 139424472X
- Language: English
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
$19.00 Add to cart“Charming and erudite,” from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, “The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” –Time.com
Why is so much writing- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 22, 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127799
- Language: English
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The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
$17.95 Add to cart“No other poet seems better suited to represent the United States as its Laureate in this era than Ted Kooser, and The Poetry Home Repair Manual should enhance his grip on our slumbering Republic.”–L
- Author: Kooser, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0803259786
- Language: English
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Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students
$19.00 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author and creator of the top ranked Grammar Girl podcast, Mignon Fogarty, comes her bestselling Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students.
This edit- Series: Quick & Dirty Tips
- Author: Fogarty, Mignon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 02, 2019
- ISBN10: 1250217512
- Language: English
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Write for Your Life
$26.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from “one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life” (The New York Times Book Review), #1 New York Times bestselling a… [more below]
- Author: Quindlen, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0593229835
- Language: English
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Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms
$22.95 Read moreThree centuries of English idioms–their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations
To pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. W- Author: Liberman, Anatoly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1517914124
- Language: English
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How to Write for Class: A Student’s Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Style
$26.95 Add to cartHow to Write for Class: A Student’s Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Style is a comprehensive guide to the concepts students need to know to write effectively for school. Rather than treat grammar a
- Author: Meltzer, Erica Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: August 9, 2019
- ISBN10: 1733589503
- Language: English
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Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals, 18th Edition
$69.95 Add to cartCommunication Technology Update and Fundamentals, now in its 18th edition, has set the standard as the single best resource for students and professionals looking to brush up on how communication tech
- Author: Grant, August E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: April 8, 2022
- ISBN10: 1884154441
- Language: English
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The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts
$19.00 Add to cartIn this exhilarating celebration of human ingenuity and perseverance–published all around the world–a trailblazing Italian scholar sifts through our cultural and social behavior in search of the ori
- Author: Ferrara, Silvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 125086299X
- Language: English
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Garner’s Modern English Usage
$63.00 Add to cartThe most original and authoritative voice of today’s English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary
When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictio- Author: Garner, Bryan A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1312
- Publish Date: November 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0197599028
- Language: English
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Who Wrote This?: How AI and the Lure of Efficiency Threaten Human Writing
$30.00 Add to cartWould you read this book if a computer wrote it? Would you even know? And why would it matter?
Today’s eerily impressive artificial intelligence writing tools present us with a crucial challenge: As
- Author: Baron, Naomi S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1503633225
- Language: English
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The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times
$30.00 Add to cartHow rhetoric–the art of persuasion–can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimony
The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for ov- Author: Reames, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603974
- Language: English
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Living Nonviolent Communication: Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation
$18.99 Add to cartYou’re about to have an uncomfortable meeting with your boss. The principal just called about your middle-schooler. You had a fight with your partner and it’s an hour before bed. You know your next mo
- Author: Rosenberg, Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1604077875
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life, Second Edition
$24.95 Add to cartDesigned to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer’s Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author’s twenty-plus years of teaching
- Author: Long, Priscilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 15 2018
- ISBN10: 082636005X
- Language: English
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Write It All Down: How to Put Your Life on the Page
$26.99 Read more‘Cathy is the person who first told me to write about my mental health when I was nervous to do so. She is a great writer herself and this is brilliant.’ – Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to
- Author: Rentzenbrink, Cathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1529056225
- Language: English
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction — From Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
$19.99 Add to cartFrom “the godfather behind creative nonfiction” (Vanity Fair) comes this indispensable how-to for nonfiction writers of all levels and genres, “reminiscent of Stephen King’s fiction handbook On Writin… [more below]
- Author: Gutkind, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0738215546
- Language: English
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All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
$29.99 Read moreFrom 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063292270
- Language: English
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Speaking of Blends…: A Book by a Speech Language Pathologist
$13.95 Add to cartThrough her experience of working with children on speech sounds, Iman noticed a gap between parents, educators, and speech-language therapists. This book was created to bridge that gap as it generali
- Author: Salam, Iman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 20
- Publish Date: March 03 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
