Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
$28.00 Read moreFrom the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible… [more below]
- Author: Perlin, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0802162460
- Language: English
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Core Skills Reading Comprehension Workbook Grade 1
$12.49 Add to cart- Series: Steck-Vaughn Core Skills Reading Comprehension
- Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 20, 2020
- ISBN10: 0544267656
- Language: English
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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
$15.00 Add to cartThe long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher
Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John Mc- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 04, 2018
- ISBN10: 0374537976
- Language: English
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Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
$17.95 Add to cartEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide written by an acclaimed author.
There are countless books on the market abou- Author: Maum, Courtney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1948226405
- Language: English
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
$27.00 Add to cartImmensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, Stephen King’s critically lauded, “one of a kind” (Wall Street Journal) classic bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions th
- Series: Scribner Classics
- Author: King, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 06, 2010
- ISBN10: 1439193630
- Language: English
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The Perfect English Grammar Workbook: Simple Rules and Quizzes to Master Today’s English
$16.99 Add to cartGrammar greatness–with simple rules, exercises, and quizzes.
Mastering English grammar has never been easier. The Perfect English Grammar Workbook is a complete explanation of standard American Engli- Author: McLendon, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: January 10 2017
- ISBN10: 162315796X
- Language: English
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Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares about Words
$29.00 Add to cartA kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Cur
- Author: Curzan, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 26, 2024
- ISBN10: 0593444094
- Language: English
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Barron’s American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Guide to ASL 1 and 2 with Online Video Practice
$29.99 Add to cartBarron’s American Sign Language is a brand-new title on ASL that can be used in the classroom, as a supplemental text to high school and college courses, or for anyone who wants to learn proper ASL.
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- Author: Stewart, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1506263828
- Language: English
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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill
$28.99 Read moreMore than 30 acclaimed writers–including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy–reflect
- Author: Brown, Jericho
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063278197
- Language: English
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
$18.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues cu
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593421388
- Language: English
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Core Skills Reading Comprehension Workbook Grade 4
$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: Core Skills Reading Comp
- Author: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 20, 2020
- ISBN10: 0544267680
- Language: English
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Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself
$18.00 Add to cartFinally–a book of writing advice that accounts for all of the messy, perverse, practical, and inexplicable parts of being a human who writes
The truth is that all of the “writing rules” you’ve learne- Author: Wendig, Chuck
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1440301204
- Language: English
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A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think
$27.95 Read more“An assured guide” (New Scientist) to the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such fundamentals of experience as time, space, color, and smells.
We tend to assume that al- Author: Everett, Caleb
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0674976584
- Language: English
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Skill with People
$5.99 Add to cartAre you having problems with the boss? Wishing you could be a better spouse? Not communicating well with your employees? Having trouble building business relationships? Or would you just like to impro… [more below]
- Author: Giblin, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 33
- Publish Date: January 01 1968
- ISBN10: 0961641606
- Language: English
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Core Skills Writing Workbook Grade 7
$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: 0544268512
- Language: English
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Write Yourself Out of a Corner: 100 Exercises to Unlock Creativity
$20.00 Add to cartWhen you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt–for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green'” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”–can get
- Author: Laplante, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0393541843
- Language: English
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The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
$30.00 Add to cart“Sparkles with insight.”–Daniel Pink
A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2023
A New Scientist Best Science Book
A Publishers Weekly Summer Read 2023 Recommendation
One of Next Big Idea Club’s “7 Boo- Author: Marian, Viorica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593187075
- Language: English
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Plot: The Art of Story
$8.95 Add to cartWhy do some books grab you from the very first line? What did Aristotle have to say about the art of telling stories? Is there a secret structure to stories known by all the best writers? In this neat… [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Jones, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1952178177
- Language: English
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The Associated Press Guide to News Writing, 4th Edition
$16.99 Add to cartThe Associated Press Guide to News Writing, is the standard professional resource for both novice and experienced news writers. This practical handbook is the ideal writing style guide for all report
- Author: Peterson’s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0768943736
- Language: English
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The MLA Style Sheet: Revised Edition
$9.99 Add to cartA classic tool for humanities scholars…essential for every high school and post-secondary library.
- Author: Modern Language Association
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: December 28, 2011
- ISBN10: 1607963981
- Language: English
