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American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Dictionaryby Martin L. A. SternbergISBN 0060140976 (0-06-014097-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Dictionary'Book summary:Appearing first in 1981, this dictionary remains the largest and most comprehensive book of sign language ever published. Now, completely revised and expanded, American Sign Language features:
- More than 7,000 sign entries, plus cross-references
- More than 12,000 illustrations
- 2,000 more signs than any other ASL dictionary, including dozens of signs that have only recently come into usage
- Arranged alphabetically to enhance usability
Other features include a pronunciation guide for English language glosses and a foreword to the original edition by the late Mary E. Switzer, United States Commissioner of Vocational Rehabilitation.
American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most frequently used language in the United States after English and Spanish. ASL has its own distinct grammar and syntax. The entries appearing herein represents signs, not words, and the illustrations of the hand, arm, and facial expressions will aid the reader in forming the signs.
This book is indispensable to deaf people and their relatives, friends, and associated. Social workers, otologists, hearing and speech therapists, audiologists, and rehabilitation workers have long considered this book a major addition to their libraries. [via]
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Angry Young Snigletsby Rich HallISBN 002012600X (0-02-012600-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Cassell's Spanish-english, English-spanish Dictionary / Diccionario Espanol-ingles, Ingles-espanolby Edgar A. Peers, Anthony Gooch, Angel Garcia de ParedesISBN 0025229109 (0-02-522910-9)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Hardcover, Cassell
- Cassell's Spanish-english, English-spanish Dictionary / Diccionario Espanol-ingles, Ingles-espanol: ISBN 0025229001 (0-02-522900-1)
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Collins Gem Latin Dictionary: Latin-English English-LatinISBN 000470763X (0-00-470763-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This BookBook summary:With over 60,000 references and 80,000 translations, this new edition of Collins Gem Latin Dictionary provides extensive coverage of Latin and English and offers indepth treatment of all the vocabulary students need to take them through their exams.
- Extensive coverage of exam vocabulary
- Clear, attractive typography for quick and easy access
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Collins Spanish Dictionary: Thumb-Indexed Editionby Colin SmithISBN 000433535X (0-00-433535-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionaryby Colin Smith, Manuel Bermejo Marcos, Eugenio Chang-RodriguezISBN 000433471X (0-00-433471-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary = Collins Diccionario Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-EspanolISBN 0007163339 (0-00-716333-9)
Hardcover, HarperResource
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Japaneseby Naoya FujitaISBN 0028641795 (0-02-864179-5)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Styleby Laurie RozakisISBN 0028619560 (0-02-861956-0)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style'Book summary:The jokey, conversational style of the Complete Idiot's Guide series is better suited to some of its many subjects than to others, but for the Guide to Grammar and Style, it works. This book might not be appropriate for professional proofreaders in search of the definitive use of the en dash, but it is a solid, amusing volume for those who daydreamed through grade school and would like to brush up on the fundamentals. Puns, silly humor, and hyperbole abound, but so do the entertaining quotations from beloved masters of the English language that author Laurie E. Rozakis has managed to dig up. For every "The rules of standard written English are ... more frightening than a sail on the Titanic," there is an amusing tidbit such as this one, courtesy of Calvin Trillin: "Whom is a word invented to make everyone sound like a butler. Nobody who is not a butler has ever said it out loud without feeling just a little bit weird." For every "Like my thighs, the distinction between that and which is becoming less firm," we have someone such as James Thurber to show us how to break a rule in style. "When I split an infinitive," Thurber is said to have admonished a meddlesome editor, "it is going to damn well stay split!" The text is highly energetic, and Rozakis cuts to the chase. For instance, she summarizes one chapter this way: "Don't be a sexist pig; ditch doublespeak; end euphemisms; can clichés." And she offers us these wise words, from Thomas Jefferson: "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." [via]
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Comprehensive Worksheets for the Greeg Reference Manualby William A. SabinISBN 0028032896 (0-02-803289-6)
Softcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Post Secondary
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Inventionby Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiISBN 0060171332 (0-06-017133-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive Youby William LutzISBN 0060161345 (0-06-016134-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalistsby Arthur PlotnikISBN 0020474105 (0-02-047410-5)
Softcover, Macmillan
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Softcover, Pearson P T R - The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists: ISBN 0025977008 (0-02-597700-8)
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experienceby Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiISBN 0060162538 (0-06-016253-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience'Book summary:You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is "flow," an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that flow is a singularly productive and desirable state. But the implications for its application to society are what make the book revolutionary. [via]
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A Glossary of Literary Termsby M. H. AbramsISBN 0030119537 (0-03-011953-7)
Softcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Glossary of Literary Terms'Book summary:"A Glossary of Literary Terms, International Edition," will deepen your understanding of and insights into the literature you love - whether it's classic Greek, modern mysteries, cutting-edge drama, or any other form - and it will open the worlds of literary forms you have yet to discover. [via]
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The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelieversby Stephen MitchellISBN 006016641X (0-06-016641-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Gregg Reference Manualby William A. SabinISBN 0028040481 (0-02-804048-1)
Hardcover, Irwin Professional Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gregg Reference Manual'Book summary:The Gregg Reference Manual 9e by William Sabin is intended for anyone who writes, edits, or prepares material for distribution or publication. For nearly fifty years, this manual has been recognized as the best style manual for business professionals and for students who want to master the on-the-job standards of business professionals. . [via]
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Softcover, McGraw-Hill College - The Gregg Reference Manual: ISBN 0028199219 (0-02-819921-9)
Softcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill - The Gregg Reference Manual: ISBN 0028199227 (0-02-819922-7)
Softcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill - The Gregg Reference Manual: ISBN 002803287X (0-02-803287-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College - The Gregg Reference Manual: ISBN 0028199200 (0-02-819920-0)
Hardcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill - The Gregg Reference Manual: ISBN 0028040481 (0-02-804048-1)
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The Gregg Reference Manual/Indexedby William A. SabinISBN 0028032853 (0-02-803285-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gregg Reference Manual: Indexed'Book summary:"The Gregg Reference Manual" is intended for anyone who writes, edits, or prepares final copy for distribution or publication. It presents the basic rules that apply in virtually every piece of writing, as well as the fine points that occur less often but cause no less trouble when they do. This manual offers an abundance of examples and computer-generated illustrations so that you can quickly find models on which to pattern a solution to the various problems you encounter in your communications - from e-mail messages to formal reports. It also provides the rationale underlying specific rules so that you can manipulate the principles of style with intelligence and taste. [via]
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A Handbook to Literatureby C. Hugh Holman, William HarmonISBN 0025534408 (0-02-553440-8)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Handbook to Literature'Book summary:For undergraduate/graduate-level literature courses. This comprehensive text is the definitive reference text on literature and literary criticism in English. The text itself is an alphabetical listing of the terms that pertain to literature in English. Now in its eighth edition, it has been used by more than one million students. [via]
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Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usageby William Morris, Mary Morris, Publishers Harper & RowISBN 0060130628 (0-06-013062-8)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Linesby Thomas C. FosterISBN 006000942X (0-06-000942-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines'Book summary:What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surfacea symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a characterand there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you.
In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest; a shared meal may signify a communion; and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.
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How to Speak, How to Listenby Mortimer Jerome AdlerISBN 0025005707 (0-02-500570-7)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principlesby Peter Ferdinand DruckerISBN 0060154284 (0-06-015428-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Is There a Cow in Moscow?: More Beastly Mispronunciations and Sound Advice Another Opinionated Guide for the Well-Spokenby Charles Harrington ElsterISBN 0020283717 (0-02-028371-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Societyby Raymond WilliamsISBN 000654021X (0-00-654021-X)
Softcover, Fontana Paperbacks
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Mene, Mene, Tekelby Eugene Ehrlich, David H. ScottISBN 0060164565 (0-06-016456-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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More Sniglets: Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, but Shouldby Rich HallISBN 0020125607 (0-02-012560-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets Handbookby Burges JohnsonISBN 0060122056 (0-06-012205-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The New York Public Library Desk ReferenceISBN 0028621697 (0-02-862169-7)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Find This BookBook summary:If time is of the essence, you can find what you seek in a jiffy (an actual unit of time meaning 1/100 of a second) in the New York Public Library Desk Reference's chapter 1: "Time and Dates." Once there, however, beware. You may begin by looking up what time it is in Addis Ababa when it's 12 noon in New York (8 p.m. is what you'll discover), but ere long you'll be browsing the perpetual calendar (1775 to 2098), refreshing your memory as to what fortnightly means (once every two weeks, just as you thought), and skimming the lists of major holidays worldwide. But "Times and Dates" is just the beginning. Section I--"The Physical World"--also contains vast data pertaining to weights and measures, biology, the physical sciences, mathematics, and technology, plus inventions and scientific discoveries. Delving therein you can find how many cubic inches are in a pint, how to diagnose and treat constipation in your pet, which plants are poisonous, what tropism means, when the next total eclipse of the sun will take place, the URLs for major Internet search engines, and the toll-free phone numbers for major national Internet service providers.
Other sections of the desk reference include music, literature, and the visual arts, religions, philosophy, and museums around the world, alphabets, grammar, and daily etiquette. Life-saving first-aid procedures are described, as are cooking tips, stain-removal advice, personal-finance details, and legal information, plus useful addresses and phone numbers relating to adoption, disabilities, and domestic violence, alcoholism, family planning, and television networks. With sections on travel, sports and games, as well as the United States and the political world, this is an irreplaceable reference of great scope and value. It is the mark of a great reference that the information you desire be readily accessible when deadlines threaten, and endlessly entertaining in your leisure hours; the New York Public Library Desk Reference flawlessly passes both tests. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional Englishby Eric Partridge, Paul BealeISBN 0026053500 (0-02-605350-0)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'Book summary:The English language is in a state of perpetual change and "Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and unconventional English" presents a snapshot of its state into the nineties. In this concise edition, Paul Beale continues the tradition begun in Eric Partridge's "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", while making it particularly relevant to our understanding of the language of the present day. More than 1500 new terms have been added - coinages of the 1980s that had not yet come to light when the unabridged edition last went to press in 1983. Like its parent volume, the concise edition provides a account of the vivid, racy, and informative elements of our language, documenting the living history of English and social history of the twentieth century. [via]
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The Portable English Handbook: An Index to Grammar, Usage and the Research Paperby William HermanISBN 0030021375 (0-03-002137-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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The Queen's Hinglish: How to Speak Pukkaby Baljinder K. MahalISBN 0007241127 (0-00-724112-7)
Hardcover, Harper Uk
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A Second Browser's Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Languageby John CiardiISBN 0060151250 (0-06-015125-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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There Is No Zoo in Zoology: And Other Beastly Mispronounciations an Opinionated Guide for the Well-Spokenby Charles Harrington ElsterISBN 0025352806 (0-02-535280-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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There Is No Zoo in Zoology: And Other Beastly Mispronunciationsby Charles Harrington ElsterISBN 0020318308 (0-02-031830-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Thesaurus of American Slangby Robert L. ChapmanISBN 006016140X (0-06-016140-X)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Understanding English Grammarby Martha KollnISBN 0023658509 (0-02-365850-9)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Webster's New World College Dictionaryby Michael Agnes, Webster, Websters New WorldISBN 0028631188 (0-02-863118-8)
Hardcover, Websters New World
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Webster's New World College Dictionary'Book summary:While the text edition of this dictionary has collected kudos from numerous newspapers throughout its previous editions, many users may find that the CD-Rom replaces the book as a handy quick-reference instrument. The disk loads in a matter of minutes, and offers a linked thesaurus with the dictionary--you can choose one or both reference tools, and you can customize both with your particular notes. Kids who are told to "look it up" when they ask mom how to spell a word will love the Misspeller's Dictionary included on the disk, which can easily translate spellings like "wierd" and "anoy". Using the thesaurus while using the dictionary allows you to click easily between words, using the former to extend your vocabulary while checking the specific definitions in the latter to ensure precise usage.
The text edition has many special features that make it a useful complement to the disk, as well as a star in its own right. Several pages of simple colored maps show the placement of everything from Colorado to Cameroon. There are anatomical illustrations, historical photographs, and a 40-page reference supplement that covers everything from the rules of punctuation to the periodic table of elements. Word definitions are clear, and with 163,000 entries, chances are you'll find the word you're hunting for. Synonyms for many words are included in shaded areas near the original word (you'll find pious, religious, and sanctimonious alongside devout), which is a big help when you're searching for the perfect word. --Jill Lightner
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- Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028631196 (0-02-863119-6)
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Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028634713 (0-02-863471-3)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John - Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028634748 (0-02-863474-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028631188 (0-02-863118-8)
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Webster's New World College Dictionaryby Victoria Neufeldt, David B. Guralnik, David Bernard GuralnikISBN 0028603338 (0-02-860333-8)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Webster's New World College Dictionary/Thumb Indexed'Book summary:Is "legislator" pronounced with an "er" sound at the end or an "or"? Is the Jewish festival of lights spelled "Chanukah," "Hanuka," or "Hanukkah"? With Webster's New World College Dictionary, which promises to describe rather than prescribe, you can take your pick. The dictionary includes more than 150,000 entries, including brief biographical and geographical notes and useful drawings and diagrams (depictions of four kinds of buoys, for example). The guide to pronunciation and symbols is given on every other page, handy for those who don't like to refer to the inside cover each time they forget how to pronounce the sound of the schwa (of course, the guides on the inside and front covers are more extensive). Starred words refer to Americanisms, which number more than 11,000, such as "hornswoggle" and "Hopi" and "kitchenette." The definitions themselves are clear and simple and seldom have you scurrying to another page for a definition of the definition. Easy to use and understand, Webster's New World College Dictionary is a fine addition to any high school or college student's desk set. --Rebecca A. Staffel [via]
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- Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028616731 (0-02-861673-1)
Hardcover, Pocket Books - Webster's New World College Dictionary - Leather Kraft, Thumb-Indexed: The Definitive Guide American English, Internationally Renowned for Clarity, Precision and Ease of Use: ISBN 002861674X (0-02-861674-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Webster's New World College Dictionary - Plain-Edged: The Definitive Guide American English, Internationally Renowned for Clarity, Precision and Ease of Use: ISBN 0028616758 (0-02-861675-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Webster's New World College Dictionary/Thumb Indexed: ISBN 0028603338 (0-02-860333-8)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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Webster's Unafraid Dictionaryby Leonard L. LevinsonISBN 0020405405 (0-02-040540-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Whose What: Aaron's Beard to Zorn's Lemmaby Dorothy Rose BlumbergISBN 0030685257 (0-03-068525-7)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Word Gamesby Sunday TimesISBN 0007127480 (0-00-712748-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Word Traps: A Dictionary of the 5,000 Most Confusing Sound-Alike and Look-Alike Wordsby Jordan L. Linfield, Joseph Krevisky, Joe KayISBN 0020527519 (0-02-052751-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Writing Lifeby Annie DillardISBN 0060161566 (0-06-016156-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writing Life'Book summary:Annie Dillard has spent a lot of time in remote, bare-bones shelters doing something she claims to hate: writing. Slender though it is, The Writing Life richly conveys the torturous, tortuous, and in rare moments, transcendent existence of the writer. Even for Dillard, whose prose is so mellifluous as to seem effortless, the act of writing can seem a Sisyphean task: "When you write," she says, "you lay out a line of words.... Soon you find yourself deep in new territory. Is it a dead end, or have you located the real subject? You will know tomorrow or this time next year." Amid moving accounts of her own writing (and life) experiences, Dillard also manages to impart wisdom to other writers, wisdom having to do with passion and commitment and taking the work seriously. "One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place.... Something more will arise for later, something better." And, if that is not enough, "Assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients," she says. "That is, after all, the case.... What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?"
This all makes The Writing Life seem a dense, tough read, but that is not the case at all. Dillard is, after all, human, just like the rest of us. During one particularly frantic moment, four cups of coffee and not much writing down, Dillard comes to a realization: "Many fine people were out there living, people whose consciences permitted them to sleep at night despite their not having written a decent sentence that day, or ever." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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