Item 582397Mystery Writer's Handbook
Writers Digest Books, April 1982. Trade Paperback.
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Item 495410Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories That are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing, and Often Incredible
Readers Digest, July 1981. Hardcover.
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Item 582166Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Strikingly True (8) (ANNUAL)
Ripley Publishing, September 2011. Hardcover. The newest title in the Ripley's Annual series is a compendium of new and bizarre stories, pictures and interviews all of which are packaged nicely within a vibrant red foil and lenticular cover. For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, and anyone else on the.....
Item 581928Quora Anthology 2014 (3 Paperbacks in a Slipcase)
Quora. Trade Paperback. Vol. I: Sciences; Vol. II: Humanities; Vol. III: Life. Vol. I: Sciences; Vol. II: Humanities; Vol. III: Life.
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Item 581869Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things
FLATIRON BOOKS (mps), NA. Hardcover. From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious--curious about the.....
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Item 581853The Elements of Style (with Index)
MacMillan Publishing Co., January 1979. Mass Market Paperback.
Item 201868Webster's New World Dictionary: 2nd College Edition, Indexed
Simon and Schuster, January 1982. Hardcover.
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Item 581603The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong
Crown, October 2011. Hardcover. From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought that.....
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Item 410487Elements of the Writing Craft: Robert Olmstead
Story Pr, March 1997. Hardcover. Never before have the elements of the writing craft - and the challenge of extracting knowledge from the work of great writers - been presented in such an intelligent and accessible format. Elements of the Writing Craft offers more than 150 inventive lessons that focus.....
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Item 312825Beginning Writer's Answer Book
Writers Digest Books, February 1994. Hardcover. Completely revised and updated for the 90s, this book provides answers to the nearly 900 questions writers most often ask the staff of Writer's Digest magazine, handily organized into specific subject areas for quick reference.
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Item 470267The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
Pocket Books, March 1990. Mass Market Paperback. In this streamlined and updated edition of Dale Carnegie's communications classic, learn how to achieve greater success and have maximum impact as a speaker in every situation that requires convincing others of your point of view. Good public speakers are made, not born--as.....
Item 581427Dictionary of Psychology, The Penguin (Dictionary, Penguin)
Puffin, March 1986. Paperback. Water-damaged. Water-damaged.
Item 581297Hammond's World Atlas Classics Edition
Hammond Incorporated. Hardcover. No jacket. Red cover gold decorative spine. No jacket. Red cover gold decorative spine.
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Item 112640Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Harmony, August 2014. Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. "A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages."--Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero.....
Item 580582Dic Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary
Riverside Publishing Company, 1984. Hardcover.
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Item 580510The Quotable A**hole: More than 1,200 Bitter Barbs, Cutting Comments, and Caustic Comebacks for Aspiring and Armchair A**holes Alike
Adams Media, October 2011. Paperback. Whoever said, "sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you" never met an a**hole. Here, you'll find more than 1,200 of the most biting quotes, comments, and comebacks ever uttered, including: "I would like to take you seriously, but to.....
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Item 580504Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists
Bloomsbury USA, October 2007. Hardcover. Both an expert and a collector, James Geary has devoted his life to aphorisms-and the last few years to organizing, indexing, and even translating them. The result is Geary's Guide, featuring aphorists like Voltaire, Twain, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dickinson, and Mae.....
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Item 580383Wit & Wisdom of Music
Prion, March 2012. Paperback. A bible of carefully selected quotations from the mouths of the music industry None of the new generation can ever be the Godfather. The only people that qualify are myself and Sinatra. It's God's business that nobody can fill my shoes. --James Brown AC/DC's Highway to.....
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Item 580355Forbes Book of Quotations: 10,000 Thoughts on the Business of Life
Black Dog & Leventhal, May 2016. FLEX. Revised and updated, this bestselling collection of business wit and wisdom is the ultimate desk reference for the cube and corner office, by one of the world's most popular business publications. Forbes is one of the world's most trusted, recognizable, and growing brands.....
Item 580235The Quotable Chesterton: A Topical Compilation of the Wit, Wisdom and Satire of G. K. Chesterton
Image Books, September 1987. Paperback.
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Item 580234The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
Villard Books, July 1998. Paperback. Did you ever have the uneasy feeling the experts are not...well, expert? "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." -- Irving Fisher, professor of economics at Yale University, October 17, 1929 "Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.".....
Item 580196Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context
Heinemann, February 1998. Paperback. With Teaching Grammar in Context, thousands of teachers discovered why students achieve better results when they learn grammar during the process of writing. In Lessons to Share, Connie Weaver's promised sequel, she focuses on the practical, offering valuable "lessons" from educators at all levels. The first.....
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Item 580186English in Its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Oxford University Press, April 1992. Paperback. The essays in this volume address each of the traditional periods of the English language. Topics discussed include the social status and use of English, the relationship between English and co-existent languages, language as a political instrument and attitudes towards varieties of English.
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Item 15445Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Harper Perennial, January 2000. Paperback. How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this original and totally entertaining book written in the same engaging style that illuminated his bestselling classics.....
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Item 580158How to Write What You Love and Make a Living at It
Shaw Books, October 2000. Paperback. A writers' writer shares his secrets The author of 49 books and over 3,000 articles, Dennis Hensley shares his secrets for making it as an author. He discusses how to find a distinctive style, how to make time to write, and how to negotiate contracts.....