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  • Smart Words

    Vocabulary for the Erudite

    par Mim Harrison ...
    How and where to use 500 of the words that make you sound more cultured, worldly, and downright smart.Whoever said sounding smart had to be painful? It's all in how you acquire the "ten-dollar words" of English. Smart Words makes fast and smooth learning of words such as prelapsarian, sedulous, sybaritic and draconian. How? By sticking to ultra-simple definitions, then offering a memorable--and ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $12.99 CAD Maintenant $9.99 CAD

  • Wicked Good Words

    From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms

    par Mim Harrison ...
    How to sound like you're from here, no matter where you are in America"Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again."-Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED"As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $12.99 CAD Maintenant $9.99 CAD

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  • The Right Word!

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  • Latin

    The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Juergen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present. ... En savoir plus

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  • Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart

    par Mignon Fogarty ...
    Collections series Quick & Dirty Tips
    Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one smart word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart.Are you often stumped for the perfect way to say or write something? Do you find ... En savoir plus

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  • The Elements of Expression

    Putting Thoughts into Words

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    More than ever in this completely updated edition, The Elements of Expression helps word users "light up the cosmos or the written page or the face across the table" as they seek the radiance of expressiveness—the vivid expression of thoughts, feelings, and observations. Nothing kills radiance like the murky, generic language dominating today's talk, airwaves, and posts. It tugs at our every ... En savoir plus

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  • The Weight of Blood - 101 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know

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    Did you know that The Weight of Blood is Laura McHugh's first published novel?Or, did you know that one of the main characters of the novel is seventeen year old Lucy. Lucy is the youngest narrator of the story, and Laura said that Lucy’s voice is the first that came to her?What are the amazing facts of The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh? Do you want to know the golden nuggets of facts readers ... En savoir plus

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  • How to Not Write Bad

    The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them

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  • Grammar Girl's 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know

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    Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 30 million times. Now she's turning her attention to improving our vocabulary—one word at a time—with Grammar Girl's 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know.Not sure whether your post-high school vocabulary is up to snuff ... En savoir plus

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