Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages
$17.00 Add to cartWhether you’re a frequent visitor to Europe or just an armchair traveler, the surprising and extraordinary stories in Lingo will forever change the way you think about the continent, and may even make… [more below]
- Author: Dorren, Gaston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0802125719
- Language: English
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Audiobook Acting: A Masterclass in the Art and the Business
$23.95 Read moreAudiobook Acting: A Masterclass in the Art and the Business is the roadmap to compelling audiobook storytelling. Written as if you are in a personal coaching session with Taro Meyer, each chapter focu… [more below]
- Author: Meyer, Taro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1935247301
- Language: English
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27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park
$21.99 Add to cart“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”–Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing
A mast- Author: Rubin, Daniel Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1523507160
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose
$30.00 Read moreDo your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer’s Diet is for you It’s a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost y… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Sword, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 02 2016
- ISBN10: 022635198X
- Language: English
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Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
$34.95 Add to cartA scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods
From the advent of fake news to climate-science denial and Bernie Madoff’s appeal to inve- Author: Levine, Timothy R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0817359680
- Language: English
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Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
$26.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS … [more below]- Author: Dreyer, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0812995708
- Language: English
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How to Write a Book Proposal: The Insider’s Step-By-Step Guide to Proposals That Get You Published
$19.99 Read moreTHE ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR SELLING YOUR BOOK
If you want to publish a book, you must present it to agents and publishers with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Whether you’re seeking a traditional pre- Author: Rein, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1440348170
- Language: English
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The Art of Attention: A Poet’s Eye
$16.00 Add to cartThe Art Of series is a new series of brief books by contemporary writers on important craft issues. Each book investigates an element of the craft of fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry by discuss
- Series: Art Of… (Revell)
- Author: Revell, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974740
- Language: English
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Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing
$20.00 Read more“These are the rules I’ve picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I’m writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what’s taking place in the story.”–Elmore Leonard
For aspiring w
- Author: Leonard, Elmore
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0061451460
- Language: English
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Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartLinguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Beginning at the ‘arts’ end of the subject with… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Matthews, P. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 26 2003
- ISBN10: 0192801481
- Language: English
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The Art of Description: World Into Word
$16.00 Add to cartIt sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see, Mark Doty begins. But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very b
- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Doty, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: July 20 2010
- ISBN10: 1555975631
- Language: English
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Painless Grammar
$16.99 Read moreWhether you’re a student or an adult looking to refresh your knowledge, Barron’s Painless Grammar provides review and practice in an easy, step-by-step format.
An essential resource for:- Virtual Learn
- Series: Barron’s Painless
- Author: Elliott, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1506268102
- Language: English
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
$19.99 Read more“A literate exploration of why we use–or mangle–our native tongue.”–USA Today
Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western ha
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0380713810
- Language: English
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Words on the Move: Why English Won’t – And Can’t – Sit Still (Like, Literally)
$20.99 Add to cartLanguage is always changing, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean “figuratively,” or the way young people use LOL or business ja
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1250143780
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us
$19.00 Add to cartA surprising and entertaining explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don’t notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.
In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologis- Author: Pennebaker, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1608194965
- Language: English
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Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creative Nonfiction
$20.00 Read moreLearn how to write creative nonfiction alongside some of the brightest minds in the genre.
Inspired by Hippocampus Magazine’s annual conference, Getting to the Truth: The Craft and Practice of Creativ
- Author: Pagliarulo, Rae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 099942999X
- Language: English
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The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism Are Transforming the Way We Communicate
$32.67 Add to cartWill language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives?
Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future o- Author: Seargeant, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1350278858
- Language: English
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Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
$15.95 Read moreMary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experien
- Author: Norris, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352145
- Language: English
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The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
$30.00 Read moreForget the language instinct–this is the story of how we make up language as we go
Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity–and one that remains poorly understood.- Author: Christiansen, Morten H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1541674987
- Language: English
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Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published
$17.95 Read moreOver 50,000 books are published in America each year, the vast majority nonfiction. Even so, many writers are stymied in getting their books published, never mind gaining significant attention for the
- Author: Rabiner, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 17 2003
- ISBN10: 0393324613
- Language: English
