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Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell?by Vivian CookISBN 0743270991 (0-7432-7099-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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American Languageby H. L. MenckenISBN 0394400755 (0-394-40075-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United Statesby H. L. MenckenISBN 0394733150 (0-394-73315-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Basic English Usageby M. SwanISBN 0194311872 (0-19-431187-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby NISBN 1579124909 (1-57912-490-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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C. The New Cambridge English Course: Practice 1 + Keyby Michael Swan, Catherine WalterISBN 0521664918 (0-521-66491-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Chambers 21st Century Dictionaryby Mairi Robinson, George W. DavidsonISBN 0550106251 (0-550-10625-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chambers 21st Century Dictionary'Book summary:Comprehensive, up-to-date, and above all easy-to-use, this dictionary is concise, free of jargon, and emphasizes the written and spoken English of everyday situations. [via]
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Chambers Dictionaryby Chambers EditorsISBN 0550101055 (0-550-10105-5)
Hardcover, Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chambers Dictionary'Book summary:The Chambers Dictionary is one of the oldest single-volume dictionaries of its kind, and draws on a 166 year-old tradition of dictionary writing. Hailed as the most comprehensive and current single-volume dictionary of international English, this newly revised edition contains over 215,000 references and 300,000 definitions. With its bold headwords and clear type, this new edition has the all the advantages of a modern, streamlined layout and makes information on words, phrases, and expressions easier to find, easier to read, and easier to understand. An official reference source for the board game Scrabble - its wide range of vocabulary provides unrivalled coverage for word game players, crossword solvers, and crossword compilers, as well as a treasure-trove of lexical delights for word lovers. The Chambers Dictionary has long been the choice of the discerning user of English and the preferred single-volume dictionary of academics, and professionals for its coverage of the English language from the Bible and Shakespeare, to present day scientific and technological vocabulary. Many new words and meanings have been added from today's world of information sciences, business, alternative medicine, and everyday life, including cybercafe, alpha-decay, browser, road rage, birthing pool, and reiki. Etymological nesting of words show derivations, emphasizes linguistic links between words, and increases overall coverage. Prefaces include: A Short History of English, and Rules of English Spelling. Selected phrases and quotations from Latin, Greek, and modern languages. Appendices include: pronunciation guide, grammar and usage guide, punctuation, symbols, temperature, measurement and size conversions, Roman numerals, and chemical elements.[via]-
The Chambers Dictionaryby Not AvailableISBN 055014000X (0-550-14000-X)
Softcover, Ediciones Larousse Sa De Cv
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The Chambers Dictionaryby C. M. SchwarzISBN 0550102558 (0-550-10255-8)
Hardcover, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
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Chambers Dictionaryby Ian BrooksISBN 055010013X (0-550-10013-X)
Hardcover, Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chambers Dictionary'Book summary:This edition of the "Chambers Dictionary" combines the long-established virtues of its predecessors with a modern design and updated content. It offers coverage of English vocabulary, ranging from rare and archaic words to the latest slang and technical terms, and contains appendices with information from chemical elements to first names, and the plays of Shakespeare to the Greek and Hebrew alphabets. [via]
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The Chicago Manual of StyleISBN 0226104036 (0-226-10403-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
Find This BookBook summary:What can we say? This weighty tome is the essential reference for all who work with words--writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, publishers, and students. Discover who Ibid is, how to deftly avoid the split infinitive, and how to format your manuscripts to impress any professor or editor (no, putting it in a blue plastic folder is just not enough). [via]
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The Chicago Manual of Style: For Authors, Editors, and Copywritersby University of ChicagoISBN 0226103900 (0-226-10390-0)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Clement Wood's Unabridged Rhyming Dictionaryby Clement WoodISBN 0671530984 (0-671-53098-4)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
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The Concise Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good Englishby Eric PartridgeISBN 0837124662 (0-8371-2466-2)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Concise Usage and Abusageby PartridgeISBN 185326346X (1-85326-346-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Crazy Englishby Richard Lederer, Elaine PfefferblitISBN 067168907X (0-671-68907-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crazy English'Book summary:One of the most unforgettable moments of my youth was learning the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I was in third grade. So what if Richard Lederer has come up with a chemical compound that consists of 1,913 letters? Owning a word like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is empowering at any age. If you have ever been completely wowed by the power you can have over language, or its power over you, Richard Lederer is your patron saint. His oft-reprinted introduction to Crazy English, which was originally published in 1989, claims that English is "the most loopy and wiggy of all tongues." And then he demonstrates: "In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? ... Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?" And so on. Lederer's pace is frenetic. He alights on oxymorons ("pretty ugly," "computer jock"), redundancies, confusing words (are you sure you know the meaning of enormity?), phobias, contronyms, heteronyms, retroactive terms (acoustic guitar, rotary phone), and a host of other linguistic delights.
Though English may be one of the crazier languages--Lederer claims that about 80 percent of our words are not spelled phonetically--they are all, he says, a little crazy. "That's because language is invented ... by boys and girls and men and women, not computers. As such, language reflects the creative and fearful asymmetry of the human race, which, of course, isn't really a race at all." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Languageby Richard LedererISBN 1417616989 (1-4176-1698-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Though English may be one of the crazier languages--Lederer claims that about 80 percent of our words are not spelled phonetically--they are all, he says, a little crazy. "That's because language is invented ... by boys and girls and men and women, not computers. As such, language reflects the creative and fearful asymmetry of the human race, which, of course, isn't really a race at all." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionaryby Henry HitchingsISBN 0312426208 (0-312-42620-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary'Book summary:By the early eighteenth century, France and Italy had impressive lexicons, but there was no authoritative dictionary of English. Sensing the deficit, and impelled by a mixture of national pride and commercial expedience, the prodigious polymath Samuel Johnson embraced the task, turning over the garret of his London home to the creation of his own giant dictionary.[via]
Johnson imagined that he could complete the job in three years. But the complexity of English meant that his estimate was wildly inadequate. Only after he had expended nearly a decade of his prime on the task did the dictionary finally appear - magisterial yet quirky, dogmatic but generous of spirit, and steeped in the richness of English literature. It would come to be seen as the most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century, and its influence fanned out across Europe and throughout Britain's colonies - including, crucially, America.
Brilliantly entertaining and enlightening, Defining the World is the story of Johnson's heroic endeavor, 250 years after the first publication of the Dictionary. In alphabetically sequenced chapters, Henry Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure - his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way, and his ultimate triumph.More editions of Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary:
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Dic New Shorter Oxford English on Historical PrinciplesISBN 0191958042 (0-19-195804-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby E. C. BrewerISBN 1853263001 (1-85326-300-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'Book summary:Explains the origins of the familiar and unfamiliar in phrase and fable. [via]
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The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tellby Ebenezer Cobham BrewerISBN 0517259214 (0-517-25921-4)
Hardcover
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Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the Worldby Henry HitchingsISBN 0719566312 (0-7195-6631-2)
Hardcover, John Murray
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr Johnson's Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World'Book summary:By 1700, France and Italy already had dictionaries of their own, and it became a matter of national pride that England should rival them. Dr Johnson rose to the challenge, turning over the garret of his London home to the creation of his Dictionary. He imagined it would take three years. Eight years later it was finally published, full of idiosyncrasies, but complete nevertheless. It would become the most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century. This is the story of Johnson's attempt to define each and every word. In wonderfully engaging chapters, Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure -- his ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he made along the way and his ultimate triumph. [via]
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The Elements of Grammarby Margaret D. ShertzerISBN 058505987X (0-585-05987-X)
Softcover, Macmillan
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The English Language: A Historical Introductionby Charles BarberISBN 0521785707 (0-521-78570-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Language: A Historical Introduction'Book summary:The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its remote Indo-European origins to the present day. It provides substantial information about the English language at different periods, and introduces the main theoretical and technical concepts of historical linguistics. Chapters on the nature of language and on language change are followed by a chronological survey, beginning in the Prehistoric age and working down from Anglo-Saxon times to the twentieth century. Topics covered include vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, semantics, attitudes to language, and English as a world language. Short passages of English are used to illustrate the state of the language in different periods and all over the world, in a range of contexts. This thoroughly updated edition of Charles Barber's The Story of Language is the ideal introduction to the subject for students of English language and linguistics, accessible to all readers who are curious about language. [via]
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An Exaltation of Larks: Or, The Venereal Gameby James LiptonISBN 0140045368 (0-14-004536-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Exaltation of Larks: Or, The Venereal Game'Book summary:For word lovers everywhere, a classic anthology of collective nouns--now vastly expanded and with a new introduction. Infectious in spirit, beautifully illustrated with over 250 witty engravings by Granville, Durer, and other artists, this work is a word lover's garden of delights. [via]
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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Editionby James LiptonISBN 0140170960 (0-14-017096-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition'Book summary:For word lovers everywhere, a classic anthology of collective nouns--now vastly expanded and with a new introduction. Infectious in spirit, beautifully illustrated with over 250 witty engravings by Granville, Durer, and other artists, this work is a word lover's garden of delights. [via]
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Forgotten Englishby Jeffrey KacirkISBN 0688166369 (0-688-16636-9)
Softcover, Quill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forgotten English'Book summary:Some think that the obsolescing of words from the English language is a sorry indication of its constant decline. Not so, argues Jeffrey Kacirk, the author of this charming collection of quirky antiquated words and the stories behind them. "In fact," he writes in his introduction, "the richness and maturity of a language may be gauged by the volume and quality of words it can afford to lose." The wonderful sounds these forgotten words make--nimgimmer, tup-running, mocteroof, frubbish, grog-blossom, wayzgoose, galligaskin, sockdolager--are half the fun. Their fabulous meanings, particularly those that seem inevitable once you learn them, make up the rest. And as the history of the words unfolds, so does history itself. Among the many strange and outmoded folk Kacirk introduces are the bird-swindler, a 19th-century "purveyor of expensive, exotic-looking birds that, upon closer inspection, were found to be one of several common varieties of local birds that had been trimmed and dyed"; the eye-servant, "a devious domestic or other employee ... who was too lazy to efficiently perform duties except when 'within eyeshot' of his or her master"; the prickmedainty, a 16th-century "man-about-town who coifed himself in an overly careful manner, frequently seeking the services of his barber"; and the dog-flogger, "a minor church official ... whose duty it was to supervise and discipline the unruly canines that traditionally accompanied their owners to English church services." [via]
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The Good Grammar Bookby Michael Swan, Catherine WalterISBN 0194315207 (0-19-431520-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Grail Treeby Jonathan GashISBN 0140230157 (0-14-023015-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A History of the English Languageby Albert C. Baugh, Thomas CableISBN 0130151661 (0-13-015166-1)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the English Language'Book summary:The standard work on the history of the English language, written primarily for university students. [via]
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How English Works: A Grammar Practice Bookby Michael SwanISBN 0194314561 (0-19-431456-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book'Book summary:This book makes grammar practice interesting by presenting rules that are easy to understand and remember, with exercises that entertain as they teach. [via]
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The King's Englishby F. G. Fowler, Henry Fowler, Matthew ParrisISBN 0198605072 (0-19-860507-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The King's English'Book summary:In this classic reference book the Fowler brothers illustrate by example all the commonly-made blunders of English usage and guide the reader to improved expression and style. If Dickens had owned a copy of The King's English for example, he would not have written "your great ability and trustfulness;" he would have recognized the malapropism and realized that the context demanded trustworthiness.
Written with the good sense and liveliness that is characteristic of the Fowlers, this work has given generations of students, scholars, and professional writers the solutions to problems of grammar and style.
In print since its publication in 1906, this book is still an essential guide to written English and an ideal companion to Fowler's Modern English Usage. [via]More editions of The King's English:
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Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problemsby Bernard Smith, Michael SwanISBN 0521779391 (0-521-77939-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problems'Book summary:This updated edition is a practical reference guide which compares the relevant features of a student's own language with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. Learner English has chapters focusing on major problems of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and other errors as well as new chapters covering Korean, Malay/Indonesian and Polish language backgrounds. [via]
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The Little, Brown Handbookby H. Ramsey Fowler, Jane E. Aaron, Brown and Company LittleISBN 0673522032 (0-673-52203-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little, Brown Handbook'Book summary:The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Handbook,11/e is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. It also includes exercises so you can practice skills. This edition offers the latest information on writing with computers, writing online, analyzing visuals, and researching effectively on the Internet. With clear explanations, a wealth of examples, and quick reference checklists and boxes, The Little, Brown Handbook will makes it easy to find what you need and use the information you find. [via]
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- The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673398595 (0-673-39859-5)
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Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 067352132X (0-673-52132-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins College Div - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673523136 (0-673-52313-6)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673524841 (0-673-52484-1)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673522032 (0-673-52203-2)
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchersby Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Kate L. TurabianISBN 0226823377 (0-226-82337-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers'Book summary:Dewey, Bellow, Strauss, Friedman--the University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate L. Turabian literally wrote the book on the successful completion and submission of the student paper. Her Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, created from her years of experience with research projects across all fields, has sold more than seven million copies since it was first published in 1937. Now, with this seventh edition, "Turabian's Manual" has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every level--from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers apprehensively submitting final manuscripts, to senior scholars who may be old hands at research and writing but less familiar with new media citation styles. Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the late Wayne C. Booth--the gifted team behind The Craft of Research--and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff combined their wide-ranging expertise to remake this classic resource. They preserve Turabian's clear and practical advice while fully embracing the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the age of the Internet. [via]
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchersby Kate L. Turabian, Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. ColombISBN 0226823369 (0-226-82336-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers'Book summary:Dewey. Bellow. Strauss. Friedman. The University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate Turabian literally wrote the book on the successful completion and submission of the student paper. Her Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, created from her years of experience with research projects across all fields, has sold more than seven million copies since it was first published in 1937.Now, with this seventh edition, Turabian's Manual has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every level-from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers apprehensively submitting final manuscripts, to senior scholars who may be old hands at research and writing but less familiar with new media citation styles. Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the late Wayne C. Booth-the gifted team behind The Craft of Research-and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff combined their wide-ranging expertise to remake this classic resource. They preserve Turabian's clear and practical advice while fully embracing the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the age of the Internet.Booth, Colomb, and Williams significantly expand the scope of previous editions by creating a guide, generous in length and tone, to the art of research and writing. Growing out of the authors' best-selling Craft of Research, this new section provides students with an overview of every step of the research and writing process, from formulating the right questions to reading critically to building arguments and revising drafts. [via]
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A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertationsby Kate L. Turabian, John Grossman, Alice BennettISBN 0226816273 (0-226-81627-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'Book summary:Newly revised to conform with the Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian's Manual for Writers provides comprehensive, detailed, superior guidance to writers of research papers. From "Parts of the Paper" (including the niceties of copyrights and dedications) to "Sample Layouts," everything to do with format is covered. Mechanics of style (abbreviations to quotations) are reviewed, there's help on tables and illustrations, and chapters on bibliographies, parenthetical references, note taking, and citations. There are suggestions for manuscript preparation, hints on word-processing software, and formatting for research papers' more complex features. When you're up to your eyebrows in research data, it's a vast relief to have quick, accessible, reliable answers to your questions of structure, scholarly propriety, and academic style. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: ISBN 0226816257 (0-226-81625-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: ISBN 0226816206 (0-226-81620-6)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press - A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: ISBN 0226816214 (0-226-81621-4)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press - A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: ISBN 0226816249 (0-226-81624-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr - A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: ISBN 0226816265 (0-226-81626-5)
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A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages...Especially Englishby Anthony BurgessISBN 068813789X (0-688-13789-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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New Cambridge English Course 1by Michael SwanISBN 0521376378 (0-521-37637-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Cambridge English Course 1'Book summary:The New Cambridge English Course, complete in four levels, provides teachers of adult and young adult learners with the most thorough and comprehensive modern course available, for beginner through to upper-intermediate level.Levels 1 and 2 have firmly established The New Cambridge English Course as the one course which provides the wide range of features needed for successful achievement and steady progress at the beginner and low-intermediate stages: - a multi-syllabus approach, systematically covering all aspects of language from grammar, notions and functions through to pronunciation, skills and vocabulary - effective development of fluency through controlled and freer activities, as well as thorough grounding in accuracy - wide range of topics, exercises and tasks, providing stimulus and variety for both teachers and learners - very clear organisation of teaching material, explicit aims for each lesson, high quality of page design, and detailed notes for teachers in the Teacher's Book (interleaved with the student's pages) - carefully-paced lessons, providing a minimum of 72 hours class work at each level - opportunities for self-study and learner choice in the Practice Books; frequent revision, informal testing in the Student's Books, with more formal testing in the additional Test Books for the teacher The New Cambridge English Course Level 3-Intermediate and Level 4-Upper-intermediate can be used by learners who have studied Levels 1 and 2, or as intermediate and upper-intermediate courses in their own right. The organisation and structure of the course has particular benefits at these levels, enabling learners to make clearly-marked progress through the " intermediate plateau", deepening their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary and at the same time developing their fluency and communication skills. The overall approach of the series ensures variety, personal involvement, stimulation and growth at this all-important level. Level 4 takes learners up to First Certificate standard, where they can take this or an equivalent exam with confidence, given suitable exam skills practice. [via]
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The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionaryby Lesley Brown, William LittleISBN 019861134X (0-19-861134-X)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles'Book summary:For the past sixty-five years, the massive Oxford English Dictionary has offered the last word on the English language. Now, Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a landmark new dictionary--The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary--that brings the authority of the Oxford Dictionary Department and the vast scholarship of the OED itself within the reach of individuals.
This completely new dictionary covers virtually every word or phrase in use in English--worldwide--since 1700. Not strictly an abridgment of the OED, the New Shorter draws on the OED's ongoing revision as well as its own independent research program. Each entry provides all the information you would expect from a leading unabridged dictionary: it identifies each word's various meanings, origins, part of speech, pronunciation (in the International Phonetic Alphabet), and combinations in which the word is often found, as well as cross-references to related words. The New Shorter, however, offers something that no competitor can match: the historical, literary approach made justly famous by the OED. Thousands upon thousands of changing meanings are followed through history, illustrated by more than 83,000 quotations, from Ben Franklin to Lord Byron, from Jane Austen to Kazuo Ishiguro. The changing emphasis in the meaning of fiend, for instance, is shown by quotes ranging from Milton ("The Gates...belching outrageous flame...since the Fiend pass'd through") to J.D. Salinger ("Old Brossard was a bridge fiend, and he started looking around the dorm for a game").
The historical approach of The New Shorter offers a true feel for our rich, subtly textured language. Words are a palimpsest: along with their current meanings, many words contain the shadows of their past definitions. Understanding a word's history can help writers and speakers charge their language with nuance as well as precision. The New Shorter offers a delightful introduction to the fruits of etymology, providing a fascinating guide to the evolution of language--for both scholars and those who need a practical aid to contemporary usage.
In addition, The New Shorter offers truly international--and up-to-date--coverage. Every year, the Oxford Dictionary Department receives more than 200,000 notices of new words and meanings. These notices come from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India--everywhere English is spoken. As a result, this two-volume work boasts an unprecedented range of headwords and meanings, drawn from the arts and humanities as well as the sciences and technology. From molecular biology to computer software, from human anthropology to theoretical physics, the subjects covered in this dictionary make it a useful resource for scientific professionals--and for the unscientific struggling with technical terms.
The result is the world's most comprehensive, thorough, up-to-date dictionary of English. A fascinating and endlessly browsable reference, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary provides the definitive resource for scholars, professionals, general readers--for anyone, in fact, who wants the wealth of language available only in an unabridged dictionary.
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· The immense scholarship of the Oxford English Dictionary-- Brought within reach of everyone:
* 2 Volumes
* 500,000 definitions
* 7.5 million words
* 4,000 pages
* 97,600 headwords
* 25,250 variant spellings
* 87,400 illustrative quotations
* 7,333 sources of quotations
(including 5,519 individual authors)
· Combines information from the OED with the work of a massive research project, offering thousands of fresh entries and new definitions
· Up-to-the-minute coverage of English--reaching back to 1700--with thousands of new words from a worldwide monitoring program
· Thorough, completely current scientific coverage
· Traces the etymology and evolution of thousands of worlds (candidate, for instance, stems from a Latin word meaning "clothed un white," as Roman candidates for public office dressed in white togas)
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Origins and Development of the English Languageby Thomas PylesISBN 015500168X (0-15-500168-X)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Origins and Development of the English Language: ISBN 015500168X (0-15-500168-X)
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Our Marvelous Native Tongue: The Life and Times of the English Languageby Robert ClaiborneISBN 0812916352 (0-8129-1635-2)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Practical English Usageby Michael SwanISBN 0194420981 (0-19-442098-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical English Usage'Book summary:This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
· Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
· Entries on "kinds of English," covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change. [via]More editions of Practical English Usage:
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Softcover, Oxford University Press - Practical English Usage: ISBN 019431197X (0-19-431197-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Practical English Usage: ISBN 0194311864 (0-19-431186-4)
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Rediscover Grammarby David CrystalISBN 0582002583 (0-582-00258-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Roots of Englishby Robert ClaiborneISBN 0385414277 (0-385-41427-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryby Jack LynchISBN 0802714218 (0-8027-1421-8)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samuel Johnson's Dictionary'Book summary:[via]Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, Samuel Johnsons Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers.
Johnsons Dictionary would define the language for the next 150 years, until the arrival of the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnsons was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. Modern dictionaries owe much to Johnsons work.
This new edition, created by Levenger Press, contains more than 3,100 selections from the original, including etymology, definitions, and illustrative passages in their original spelling. Bristling with quotations, the Dictionary offers memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. It also features three new indexes created out of entries in this edition: words found in Shakespeares works, words from other great literary works, and piquant terms used in eighteenth-century discussions of such topics as law, medicine, and the sexes.
Finally, Johnsons Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language, seldom seen in print, which he wrote eight years before the Dictionary, is reproduced in its entirety. For those who appreciate literature, interpret the law, and love language, this a browsers delightan encyclopedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages.More editions of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary:
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Languageby Samuel Johnson, Jack LynchISBN 1929154100 (1-929154-10-0)
Hardcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Strictly Speakingby Edwin NewmanISBN 0446355283 (0-446-35528-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Strictly Speaking: Will America Be the Death of Englishby Edwin NewmanISBN 0672519909 (0-672-51990-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strictly Speaking: Will America Be the Death of English'Book summary:Admiring colleagues have called Edwin Newman an antipollutant, sensibly sardonic, a rare bird, a genial intellect, a man nobody is going to fool anywhere, anytime, anyway. Here, in his first book, these qualities are joined. Newman focuses on the sorry state of the English language as a reflection of the sorry state of the society. He skewers stereotypes, clichés, errors, and jargon used by weather forecasters, presidents, vice-presidents, sportscasters, diplomats, senators, pollsters, convention nominators, corporation executives, newsmen, advertisers, Watergate defendants, social scientists, college presidents, foreign correspondents, youth. If words are devalued, he argues, so are ideas and so are human beings. Drawing upon his wealth of experience in newspapers, radio, and television, Newman contends with headwind components, game plans, bottom lines, out of sight, confidence factors, unsightly bulges, nitty gritty, and such. He deflates the pompous, the grandiose, the stilted, and the hollow. He rejoices in language that is lucid, graceful, direct, civilized. The reader rejoices with him. [via]
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Studies in Wordsby C. S. LewisISBN 0521398312 (0-521-39831-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Superior Person's Book of Wordsby Peter BowlerISBN 1567921590 (1-56792-159-0)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Superior Person's Books of Words'Book summary:The avowed purpose of this witty little book is to equip the reader to be the superior person of the title by expanding the vocabulary of the rare and arcane ("Secret, hidden. An excellent example of a Superior Word of the first order, ie, one that is on the margin of recognition for most people, is known to many, but used by few."). You can then indulge in the arts of parisology ("The deliberate pursuit of ambiguity in one's language") or charientism ("An elegantly veiled insult"), using terms such as fungible ("Replaceable by, or acceptable as a replacement for, a similar item ... Your sister's latest boyfriend could be referred to as 'one of Belinda's fungibles."). Or challenge the pretentious who insist on using terms such as matrix, parameter or paradigm ("Model, pattern, or example. A pretentious and unnecessary word, normally found only in psychology theses. Never use this word yourself, but be prepared, when it is used by another, to lean forward intently, narrow your eyes, and say, 'Just a moment--do you really mean "paradigm" in that context?' When, somewhat bemused, he avers that he does, you merely raise your eyebrows and remain silent..."). You will also have a remarkable collection of words for minor but serious-sounding illnesses to get you out of doing chores, and be able to drive Scrabble players wild with words ranging from aeaeae ("magic") to zaftig ("desirably plump").
A nicely produced hardback, just the right size for dipping into in bed, this would make an excellent present for your favourite word-lover or word-game fanatic. --Julia Cresswell [via]
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Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Originsby Charles Earle FunkISBN 0060513381 (0-06-051338-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins'Book summary:The Greek root of school means leisure.
A language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of every day words that originated or acquired their meaning in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell us all the mysteries, but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language.
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Thereby Hangs a Tale : Stories of Curious Word Originsby Charles E. FunkISBN 006272049X (0-06-272049-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Usage and Abusageby Eric Partridge, Janet WhitcutISBN 0140514422 (0-14-051442-2)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Usage and Abusage'Book summary:Eric Partridge was a master of linguistic scholarship. Author of A Dictionary of Cliches, Shakespeare's Bawdy, and many others, Partridge's Usage and Abusage, first out in 1942, was last updated by him in 1973, six years before his death. But life and language tick on, even without Partridge. Now, Janet Whitcut has revised his classic to keep up with the 1990s. One is reminded that "ablution is now intolerably pedantic" for "hand washing," that errata should be confined to corrections in books, and that precipitously (very steeply) should not be misused in the place of precipitately (violently hurried). The entry on punctuation runs for pages and is lucid, literate, and lively. The "Vogue Words" section is completely updated and provides today's connotations for words and phrases from academic to yuppie, rounding out a scholarly reference that maintains the Partridge standard. [via]
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A Word a Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in Englishby Anu Garg, Stuti GargISBN 0471230324 (0-471-23032-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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