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Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay

Practical Advice For The Grammatically Challenged

Richard Lederer and Richard Dowis St. Martin's Griffin

For years Richard Lederer has entertained fans of the English language with his keen insights, commonsense advice, and witty patter. Now Lederer and Richard...

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Hardcover : $22.95 Buy	Dog Days and Dandelions A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everyday Words Martha Barnette St. Martin's Press From apian (like a bee) to zodiac (little-animals circle), a word book that spots the animal origins of words and names There are mice in your muscles, and...

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The Bride of Anguished English

A Bonanza of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos

Richard Lederer St. Martin's Griffin

Fans of Richard Lederer's Anguished English series will cherish this newest installment of the author's latest chronicle of the gifts and gaffes of our oddball...

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Hardcover : $27.95 Buy	The Reporter's Handbook An Investigator's Guide To Documents and Techniques Steve Weinberg; Third Edition St. Martin's Press Reporters, editors, and journalists will find this third edition of The Reporter's Handbook an even more impressive resource than prior editions. This...

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English as a Second F*cking Language

How to Swear Effectively, Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken From Everyday Life

Sterling Johnson St. Martin's Griffin

America swears by it! In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social...

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Hardcover : $26.00 Buy	The Power of Babel A Natural History of Language John McWhorter W. H. Freeman There are approximately 6000 languages on earth today, the descendants of the tongue first spoken by homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. How did they all...

Trade Paperback : $15.99 Buy	ZOUNDS! A Browser's Dictionary of Interjections Mark Dunn with Cartoon Commentary by Sergio Aragones St. Martin's Griffin From Geronimo! to gesundheit to haminahamina to holy mackerel, and from abracadabra to zoinks, Mark Dunn and Sergio Aragonés show you interjections like...

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The Story of French

Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow St. Martin's Griffin

Imagine a language watched over by a group of “Immortals” wearing Napoleonic hats and brandishing swords, one with rules so complex that mastery is a farce,...

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Trade Paperback : $18.00 Buy	The Unfolding of Language An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention Guy Deutscher A Metropolitan/Holt Paperbacks Book Blending the spirit of Eats, Shoots & Leaves with the science of The Language Instinct, an original inquiry into the development of that most essential-and...

Board Book : $16.95 Buy	300 First Words and Pictures Roger Priddy Priddy Books • Soft cloth pages and a rustling cover. • Plush character with squeaker. • Teether corners for babies to chew. • Packaged in a high-quality bag. ...

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Things That Make Us (Sic)

The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World

Martha Brockenbrough St. Martin's Press

This book is for people who experience heartbreak over love notes with subject-verb disagreements...for anyone who’s ever considered hanging up the phone on...

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Alphabet Juice

The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory

Roy Blount Jr. Sarah Crichton Books

“If everybody’s first English teacher were Roy Blount Jr., we might still be trillions in debt, but we would be so deeply in love with words and their magic ....

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The Secret Life of Words

How English Became English

Henry Hitchings Picador

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the...

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The Language Wars

A History of Proper English

Henry Hitchings Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter, and have always really been about...

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I Love It When You Talk Retro

Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech

Ralph Keyes St. Martin's Griffin

Today’s eighteen-year-olds may not know who Mrs. Robinson is, the size of a breadbox, or why going postal refers to a major uproar. Such “retroterms” are words...

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The Accidents of Style

Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly

Charles Harrington Elster St. Martin's Griffin

Fasten your seat belt for a crash course in careful usage.... Just like automobile accidents, accidents of style occur all over the English-speaking world, in...

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Grammar Girl's 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again

Mignon Fogarty St. Martin's Griffin

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded...

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

Mignon Fogarty St. Martin's Griffin

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded...

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Grammar Girl's 101 Words to Sound Smart

Mignon Fogarty St. Martin's Griffin

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded...

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Trade Paperback : $5.99 Buy	Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time Mignon Fogarty St. Martin's Griffin Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded...

Trade Paperback : $12.95 Buy	The King's English A Guide to Modern Usage Kingsley Amis St. Martin's Griffin A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of...

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Literary Terms A Dictionary Karl Beckson and Arthur Ganz Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks For all those who have become entangled in the ever-burgeoning sphere of confusing literary terminology, Professors Karl Beckson and Arthur Ganz provide clear...

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The Cunning Linguist

Ribald Riddles, Lascivious Limericks, Carnal Corn, and Other Good, Clean Dirty Fun

Richard Lederer St. Martin's Griffin

Have some fun with your native tongue! In The Cunning Linguist, renowned language expert Richard Lederer shows us the naughtier side of wordplay, revealing...

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Word Wizard

Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic

Richard Lederer St. Martin's Griffin

After a multi-decade career of stimulating readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our English language, beloved language maven Richard...

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