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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"Vastly informative and vastly entertaining...A scholarly and fascinating book." —Los Angeles Times
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the
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Language
English
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"From SoulCycle to Scientology, we're all obsessed with cults. Linguist Amanda Montell examines the language cults use to draw us in"--
What causes people to join-- and more importantly, stay in-- extreme groups? The answer, Montell believes, has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. She argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary is the most up-to-date compact Vietnamese dictionary available today. It is designed for English speakers who are studying the Vietnamese language, traveling to Vietnam, or using the language on a daily basis to interact with Vietnamese speakers. It has both Vietnamese to English and English to Vietnamese sections, with enough depth that it may also be used by Vietnamese speakers who are learning or using English....
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Series
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Finally, here is the dictionary that learners have been waiting for: one that specifically answers the needs of English speakers who are studying Korean. Designed for learners who are a elementary to intermediate level, it contains over 5,600 Korean headwords, including the most essential contemporary words, commonly used example phrases, and business and technical terms. Along with refreshingly clear English definitions, the entries are packed with...
Author
Language
English
Description
For those who have despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He did not learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he has discovered.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The original edition of the most trusted writer's guide to American English, this is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials. In brief and concise terms, author William Strunk, Jr., identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition. Originally published...
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 3
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Uses a combination of devices including rhyme, repetition, illustration, and phonics to introduce young readers to long vowel sounds.
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 4
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This volume explains such topics as long vowel sounds with consonant digraphs and inflectional endings by using comic, incongruous situations to get explain the points.
Author
Publisher
Gospel Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. This updated third edition provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1,500 signs are clearly illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Families...
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Do you think there's no more to know about homonyms and homophones? This book will prove you wrong! With dozens of laughs per second, the value of the lesson doesn't lessen the second time around. Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes and Martin Goneau's humorous illustrations creatively present fresh examples of homonyms and homophones for young...
Author
Series
Sounds like reading volume 7
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Uses rhyme, repetition, illustration, and phonics to introduce inflectional ending.
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