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201 Russian Verbs; Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses, Alphabetically Arranged.by Patricia Anne DavisISBN 0812002717 (0-8120-0271-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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The Art of Styling Sentences: 20 Patterns for Successby Marie L. Waddell, K. D. Sullivan, Ann LongknifeISBN 0764121812 (0-7641-2181-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Barron's Pocket Guide to Correct Grammarby Cedric Gale, Vincent F. Hopper, Ronald C. FooteISBN 0764126903 (0-7641-2690-3)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Biblical Hebrew: Step-By-Stepby Menahem MansoorISBN 0801060419 (0-8010-6041-9)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Big Red Book of Spanish Verbs: 555 Fully Conjugated Verbsby Ronni L. Gordon, David M. StillmanISBN 0658014870 (0-658-01487-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introductionby Vivian Cook, Mark NewsonISBN 0631197966 (0-631-19796-6)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Cliffs Quick Review Writing: Grammar, Usage & Styleby Jean Eggenschwiller, Emily Dotson BiggsISBN 0764563939 (0-7645-6393-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffsquickreview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style'Book summary:CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.
Whether you're new to nouns, verbs, and prepositions or just brushing up on your grammar, CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style can help. This guide not only helps you understand grammar concepts, but it also gives you clear explanations of sentence structure, as well as advice on how to write well. As you work your way through this guide, you'll find out about
- Nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
- Propositions, conjunctions, and interjections
- Sentence construction and variety, as well as punctuation
- Words: compound words, idioms, clichés, and jargon
- The different types of writing and organizing a writing assignment
CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style is an invaluable reference for those who want to improve their writing, whether at the high school level or in college. Here are just a few of the things you'll learn about how to bring your writing up to snuff:
- Understanding your writing assignment
- Writing a thesis statement
- Quoting and paraphrasing, and avoiding plagiarism
- Creating an outline for your paper
- Writing your first draft, and polishing up your final draft
With titles available for all the most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are a comprehensive resource that can help you get the best possible grades. [via]
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Colloquial Turkishby Yusuf MardinISBN 0710084153 (0-7100-8415-3)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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The Complete Japanese Verb GuideISBN 080481564X (0-8048-1564-X)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Complete Stylist and Handbookby Sheridan BakerISBN 0690008015 (0-690-00801-5)
Hardcover, Crowell
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Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Languageby Jan GondaISBN 0817300724 (0-8173-0072-4)
Softcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: With Exercises, Reading Selections, And a Glossaryby J. Gonda, Gordon B. FordISBN 0817352619 (0-8173-5261-9)
Softcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabularyby Dennis BaronISBN 0814110738 (0-8141-1073-8)
Softcover, Natl Council of Teachers
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Easy Access: The Reference Handbook for Writersby Michael L. Keene, Katherine H. AdamsISBN 0767421892 (0-7674-2189-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Egyptian Language Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics 1910by E.A. Wallis BudgeISBN 0766133001 (0-7661-3300-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!by Ruth HellerISBN 0698118758 (0-698-11875-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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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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French Grammarby Christopher KendrisISBN 0764113518 (0-7641-1351-8)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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German Grammarby Paul G. GravesISBN 0812042964 (0-8120-4296-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading Germanby April WilsonISBN 0820467596 (0-8204-6759-6)
Softcover, Peter Lang Pub Inc
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A Grammar for New Testament Greekby A. K. M. AdamISBN 0687016770 (0-687-01677-0)
Hardcover, Abingdon Press
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Grammar Is a Gentle, Sweet Songby Moishe Black, Erik OrsennaISBN 0807615315 (0-8076-1531-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grammar Is a Gentle, Sweet Song'Book summary:At the heart of its message is an impassioned plea for the magic and power of words. Jeanne, the tough-minded ten-year-old narrator, and Thomas, fourteen, are traveling to America on an ocean liner to visit their mother when a violent storm sinks their ship and tosses them up on an island. They are unhurt, but the shock of the experience leaves them without the ability to speak. Taken into the care of Monsieur Henri, an elderly islander, Jeanne and Thomas discover that the island is unlike any place they've ever been. There is the Word Market, where Monsieur Henri visits the Poets' and Song-Writers' Corner to see if they have any rhymes for sweet and mom. At town hall, pairs of words are married by the mayor. And Jeanne sneaks off to the Vocabulary of Love Shop, where a woman whose husband has left her wants to buy "a word that will make him understand how hurt I am, a mighty word that will make him ashamed." A celebration of language in all its forms, Grammar Is a Sweet, Gentle Song will delight confirmed word-lovers and inspire the uninitiated with the pleasures of the spoken and written word. [via]
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Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Researchby Archibald T. RobertsonISBN 0805413081 (0-8054-1308-1)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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Grammar Powerby Jane SchwartzISBN 0684841576 (0-684-84157-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language and Lifeby Jeremy CampbellISBN 0671440624 (0-671-44062-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Grammatically Correct Handbook: A Lively and Unorthodox Review of Common English, for the Linguistically Challengedby Ellie GrossmanISBN 0786881690 (0-7868-8169-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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A Greek Grammar of the New Testament: A Workbook Approach to Intermediate Grammarby Curtis Vaughan, Virtus E. GideonISBN 0805413782 (0-8054-1378-2)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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The Handbook of Good Englishby Edward D. JohnsonISBN 0816027110 (0-8160-2711-0)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Hebrew Syntax an Outlineby R. WilliamsISBN 0802022189 (0-8020-2218-9)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situationby Rosalie MaggioISBN 0735202346 (0-7352-0234-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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How to Say It: Style Guideby Rosalie MaggioISBN 073520313X (0-7352-0313-X)
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I Stand Corrected : More on Languageby William Safire, Kimble MeadsISBN 0812910974 (0-8129-1097-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Introducing Biblical Hebrewby Allen P. RossISBN 0801021472 (0-8010-2147-2)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group
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Irish Grammar: A Basic Handbookby Noel MogonagleISBN 0781806674 (0-7818-0667-4)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Irish Grammar: A Basic Handbook'Book summary:This volume has articles on the following contents: Religious Traditions and Innovations; Social Meaning and Cultural Context; Adaptive Strategies and Economic Process; Political Leadership and Mobilisation; and Methods and Sources for Ethnographers. Please see photos of the table of contents for exact articles and authors in each section. 340 page soft cover. [via]
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Kaplan Grammar Powerby Jane SchwartzISBN 0743241126 (0-7432-4112-6)
Softcover, Kaplan
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Languageby Steven PinkerISBN 0688121411 (0-688-12141-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Languages of Chinaby S. Robert RamseyISBN 069101468X (0-691-01468-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Languages of China'Book summary:"In producing a book on China as a linguistic area, the ideal is a comprehensive and accurate account that places China's linguistic diversity in a meaningful historical, geographical, and social context. Ramsey has succeeded admirably in achieving this end."--Jerome L. Packard, The Journal of Asian Studies ". . . a unique and brilliant work. . . . Ramsey integrates nearly all of the gains of modern research on the Chinese language and skillfully presents the results in a concise, interesting, and comprehensible manner."--Charles N. Li, American Anthropologist ". . . I find The Languages of China a pleasure in virtually all respects. It is extremely easy to read, full of useful information, and beautifully produced."--Victor H. Mair, Pacific Affairs [via]
Latin Grammarby W.G. Hale, Carl Darling BuckISBN 0817303502 (0-8173-0350-2)
Softcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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The Leaning Tower of Babel: And Other Affronts by the Underground Grammarianby Richard MitchellISBN 0671639269 (0-671-63926-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applicationsby David Alan BlackISBN 0801020166 (0-8010-2016-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Mastering Arabicby Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud GaafarISBN 0781810426 (0-7818-1042-6)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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New Irish Grammarby Brothers of the Christian SchoolsISBN 0714403156 (0-7144-0315-6)
Softcover, Books Britain
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New Irish Grammarby Christian BrothersISBN 0714412988 (0-7144-1298-8)
Softcover, C.J. Fallon
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The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage : The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaperby Allan M. Siegal, William G. ConnollyISBN 0812963881 (0-8129-6388-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage : The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper'Book summary:"A foolish consistency," Emerson insisted, "is the hobgoblin of little minds." That may well be, but editors have enough reasons to reject your work; don't let sloppy inconsistencies be one of them. The New York Times Manual of Style & Usage was written for the paper's editors and writers, but it is a fine, up-to-date resource for anyone's use. Our language is ever-mutating, and a guide such as this will ensure that you understand the impact your words might have before they reach print. Should you use Native Americans or American Indians? Debark or disembark? Did you know that thermos is no longer a trademark, but that Popsicle and Dumpster are? Writing, when you get down to it, is nothing more than the careful choosing of words. This style book will ensure that you don't choose carat when you mean karat, jury-rigged when you want jerry-built, chow chow when chowchow is called for, or V-8 when you could have had a V8. A naysayer may bridle against the strictures of such a rule book, but the authors believe "the rules should encourage thinking, not discourage it." Plus, "a rule," they say, "can shield against untidiness in detail that might make readers doubt large facts." We'd call the book "user-friendly," but that, we've learned, can be downright "reader-tiresome." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Mostauthoritative Newspaperby William G. Connolly, Allan M. SiegalISBN 081296389X (0-8129-6389-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Mostauthoritative Newspaper'Book summary:"A foolish consistency," Emerson insisted, "is the hobgoblin of little minds." That may well be, but editors have enough reasons to reject your work; don't let sloppy inconsistencies be one of them. The New York Times Manual of Style & Usage was written for the paper's editors and writers, but it is a fine, up-to-date resource for anyone's use. Our language is ever-mutating, and a guide such as this will ensure that you understand the impact your words might have before they reach print. Should you use Native Americans or American Indians? Debark or disembark? Did you know that thermos is no longer a trademark, but that Popsicle and Dumpster are? Writing, when you get down to it, is nothing more than the careful choosing of words. This style book will ensure that you don't choose carat when you mean karat, jury-rigged when you want jerry-built, chow chow when chowchow is called for, or V-8 when you could have had a V8. A naysayer may bridle against the strictures of such a rule book, but the authors believe "the rules should encourage thinking, not discourage it." Plus, "a rule," they say, "can shield against untidiness in detail that might make readers doubt large facts." We'd call the book "user-friendly," but that, we've learned, can be downright "reader-tiresome." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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On Languageby William SafireISBN 0812909372 (0-8129-0937-2)
Hardcover, Times Books
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craftby Stephen KingISBN 0671024256 (0-671-02425-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft'Book summary:Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King's On Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You're right there with the young author as he's tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London's. It's a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette Vickers from Attack of the Giant Leeches, not Sandra Dee. "I wanted monsters that ate whole cities, radioactive corpses that came out of the ocean and ate surfers, and girls in black bras who looked like trailer trash." But massive reading on all literary levels was a craving just as crucial, and soon King was the published author of "I Was a Teen-Age Graverobber." As a young adult raising a family in a trailer, King started a story inspired by his stint as a janitor cleaning a high-school girls locker room. He crumpled it up, but his writer wife retrieved it from the trash, and using her advice about the girl milieu and his own memories of two reviled teenage classmates who died young, he came up with Carrie. King gives us lots of revelations about his life and work. The kidnapper character in Misery, the mind-possessing monsters in The Tommyknockers, and the haunting of the blocked writer in The Shining symbolized his cocaine and booze addiction (overcome thanks to his wife's intervention, which he describes). "There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing."
King also evokes his college days and his recovery from the van crash that nearly killed him, but the focus is always on what it all means to the craft. He gives you a whole writer's "tool kit": a reading list, writing assignments, a corrected story, and nuts-and-bolts advice on dollars and cents, plot and character, the basic building block of the paragraph, and literary models. He shows what you can learn from H.P. Lovecraft's arcane vocabulary, Hemingway's leanness, Grisham's authenticity, Richard Dooling's artful obscenity, Jonathan Kellerman's sentence fragments. He explains why Hart's War is a great story marred by a tin ear for dialogue, and how Elmore Leonard's Be Cool could be the antidote.
King isn't just a writer, he's a true teacher. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: ISBN 0671024256 (0-671-02425-6)
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Outline of Classical Chinese Grammarby Edwin G. PulleyblankISBN 0774805412 (0-7748-0541-2)
Softcover, Univ of British Columbia Pr
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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style : The Ultimate Guide to Usage and Style for Writers and Speakersby Paul W. LovingerISBN 0670891665 (0-670-89166-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?by Brian P. Cleary, Brian GableISBN 0822568772 (0-8225-6877-2)
Softcover, First Avenue Editions
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The Play of Words: Fun and Games for Language Loversby Richard Lederer, Bernie CootnerISBN 0671689096 (0-671-68909-6)
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Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrewby Todd J. MurphyISBN 0830814582 (0-8308-1458-2)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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The Practical Stylistby Sheridan BakerISBN 0690008732 (0-690-00873-2)
Hardcover, Crowell
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Primer of Ecclesiastical Latinby John F. CollinsISBN 0813206677 (0-8132-0667-7)
Softcover, Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
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Russian Grammarby Natalia LusinISBN 0812049020 (0-8120-4902-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Short Russian Reference Grammarby . I.M PulkinaISBN 082851612X (0-8285-1612-X)
Hardcover, Firebird Pubns
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Slide And Slurp, Scratch And Burp: More About Verbsby Brian P. Cleary, Brian GableISBN 0822562073 (0-8225-6207-3)
Hardcover, Millbrook Pr
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Spanish Grammarby Christopher KendrisISBN 0764116150 (0-7641-1615-0)
Softcover, Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
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Spread the Wordby William SafireISBN 067945781X (0-679-45781-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Spread the Word : Further Writings from the Popular "On Language" Column in the New York Times Magazineby William SafireISBN 0812932536 (0-8129-3253-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Story of Englishby Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeilISBN 0670804673 (0-670-80467-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Syntax: A Generative Introductionby Andrew CarnieISBN 0631225447 (0-631-22544-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Two Hundred and One Latin Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tensesby Joseph WohlbergISBN 0812002113 (0-8120-0211-3)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice: Mastering Spanish Grammar for Confident Communicationby Ronni L. Gordon, David M. StillmanISBN 0658000756 (0-658-00075-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Webster's Dictionary of Word OriginsISBN 0765107554 (0-7651-0755-4)
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Welsh in Three Monthsby Phylip Brake, Mair Ap MyrddinISBN 0789444313 (0-7894-4431-3)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Word Detective in Englishby KingISBN 0746003986 (0-7460-0398-6)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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The Word Lover's Dictionary : Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Wordsby Josefa HeifetzISBN 0806517204 (0-8065-1720-4)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Word Power Made Easy : The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabularyby Norman LewisISBN 067174190X (0-671-74190-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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- Can You Pronounce It -- and Spell It -- Correctly?
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If the answer to any of these questions is NO, you ought to read Word Power Made Easy. Now thoroughly revised to eliminate outmoded references and to to reflect current idioms, it remains the best and quickest means to a better vocabulary in the English language.
Each chapter ends with review. Each section ends with a progressive check. Numerous tests will help you increase and retain the knowledge you acquired. Word Power Made Easy does more than just ass words to you vocabulary. It teaches ideas and a method of broadening knowledge as an integral part of the vocabulary building process. [via]
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Write Source 2000: A Guide to Writing, Thinking and Learningby Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, Verne MeyerISBN 066946774X (0-669-46774-X)
Softcover, Great Source Education Group Inc
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Write Source 2000 a Guide to Writing, Thinking, & Learning: A Guide to Writing, Thinking & Learningby Patrick Sebranek, Dave Kemper, Verne MeyerISBN 0669386251 (0-669-38625-1)
Softcover, Great Source Education Group Inc
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Writing Good Sentences: A Functional Approach to Sentence Structure, Grammar, and Punctuationby Claude Winston FaulknerISBN 068441242X (0-684-41242-X)
Hardcover, Charles Scribner's Sons
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Welshby Christine Jones, Julie BrakeISBN 0658011669 (0-658-01166-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Teach Yourself Beginner's Latinby G. D. A. SharpleyISBN 0658021591 (0-658-02159-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Teach Yourself Irish: A Complete Course in Understanding Speaking and Writingby Diarmuid O Se, Joseph SheilsISBN 0658021257 (0-658-02125-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Complete Japanese Verb Guideby Hiroo Japanese CenterISBN 0804834245 (0-8048-3424-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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