Language Book Summaries

Swearing Is Good for You Summary
Swearing Is Good for You
The Amazing Science of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne 2017 240 pages
3.48
2.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Language
Murder Your Darlings Summary
Murder Your Darlings
And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser
by Roy Peter Clark 2020 352 pages
4.01
592 ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
The Elements of Eloquence Summary
The Elements of Eloquence
How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
by Mark Forsyth 2013 205 pages
4.36
7.1K ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
The Language Game Summary
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
by Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 pages
4.03
394 ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
How to Write Short Summary
How to Write Short
Word Craft for Fast Times
by Roy Peter Clark 2013 272 pages
3.77
1.2K ratings
Writing
Reference
Communication
The Power of Language Summary
The Power of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
by Viorica Marian 2023 288 pages
4.09
840 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Science
The Perfect English Grammar Workbook Summary
The Perfect English Grammar Workbook
Simple Rules and Quizzes to Master Today's English
by Lisa McLendon 2017 270 pages
4.14
144 ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
Because Internet Summary
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 327 pages
4.05
12.1K ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies Summary
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies
by Michelle Maxom 2009 400 pages
3.61
127 ratings
Reference
Teaching
Linguistics
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page Summary
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page
by Sam Leith 2017 288 pages
3.71
184 ratings
Writing
Reference
Leadership
Legal Writing in Plain English Summary
Legal Writing in Plain English
A Text With Exercises
by Bryan A. Garner 2001 227 pages
4.25
734 ratings
Law
Writing
Reference
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019 269 pages
4.34
9.2K ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
English Grammar For Dummies Summary
English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods 2001 359 pages
3.83
624 ratings
Reference
Writing
Language
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller 1987 102 pages
3.42
125 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Reference
Body Language For Dummies Summary
Body Language For Dummies
by Elizabeth Kuhnke 2007 309 pages
3.51
534 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Summary
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
by Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages
4.13
269 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard 2012 307 pages
3.54
1.5K ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
The Art of Slow Writing Summary
The Art of Slow Writing
Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity
by Louise DeSalvo 2014 336 pages
4.26
665 ratings
Writing
Crafts
Self Help
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs Summary
Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs
by Marcia Riefer Johnston 2013 270 pages
4.13
245 ratings
Writing
Business
Communication
Story Structure Architect Summary
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 pages
3.83
885 ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Writing Is Designing Summary
Writing Is Designing
Words and the User Experience
by Michael J. Metts 2020 200 pages
4.32
482 ratings
Design
Writing
Business
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85.9K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
The Structure of Magic II Summary
The Structure of Magic II
by John Grinder 1975 198 pages
4.07
411 ratings
Psychology
Magic
Self Help
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami Summary
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
by David Karashima 2020 289 pages
3.73
463 ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
Nicely Said Summary
Nicely Said
Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
by Nicole Fenton 2014 192 pages
4.12
547 ratings
Writing
Design
Business
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2 Summary
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2
8 More Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!
by Olly Richards 2015 237 pages
4.28
289 ratings
Spanish Literature
Language
Short Stories
High School English Grammar and Composition Summary
High School English Grammar and Composition
by P.C. Wren 1935 431 pages
4.16
1.2K ratings
Writing
Education
Communication
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners Summary
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners
20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
by Lingo Mastery 2018 212 pages
3.72
248 ratings
Spanish Literature
Short Stories
Language
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Summary
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
by Nancy Kress 2005 232 pages
4.05
2.2K ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move
Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
by John McWhorter 2016 257 pages
4.14
1.9K ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive Summary
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive
Feel the Fear and 'Subjunctive ' Anyway!
by Gordon Smith-Durán 2015 323 pages
4.46
50 ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
588 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson 2019 213 pages
3.68
2.3K ratings
Language
Writing
History
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time Summary
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time
by Mignon Fogarty 2012 144 pages
4.12
179 ratings
Reference
Writing
Language
How to Read Better and Faster Summary
How to Read Better and Faster
by Norman Lewis 1951 239 pages
4.10
720 ratings
Self Help
Language
Writing
Philosophical Investigations Summary
Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 pages
4.26
15.4K ratings
Philosophy
Language
Classics
English Grammar Summary
English Grammar
100 Tragically Common Mistakes
by Sean Williams 2019 184 pages
4.17
138 ratings
Writing
Language
Education
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 223 pages
3.67
844 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
Verbal Advantage Summary
Verbal Advantage
10 Steps to a Powerful Vocabulary
by Charles Harrington Elster 2000 459 pages
4.52
505 ratings
Language
Writing
Self Help
Thinking Like Your Editor Summary
Thinking Like Your Editor
How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published
by Susan Rabiner 2002 288 pages
4.10
499 ratings
Writing
Reference
How To
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
269 ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2.1K ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
The Everything Sign Language Book Summary
The Everything Sign Language Book
American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos!
by Irene Duke 2003 304 pages
3.96
166 ratings
Reference
Language
Education
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages
3.96
107 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.83
331 ratings
Parenting
Education
Language
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer
The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling
by J. Michael Straczynski 2021 288 pages
4.46
411 ratings
Writing
Crafts
Language
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
by David W. Anthony 2007 568 pages
3.99
3.7K ratings
History
Linguistics
Anthropology
The Art of X-Ray Reading Summary
The Art of X-Ray Reading
by Roy Peter Clark 2016 288 pages
4.04
963 ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Education
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi
Coming Awake in Another Language
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009 384 pages
3.11
1.2K ratings
India
Memoir
Travel
Clean Language Summary
Clean Language
Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds
by Wendy Sullivan 2008 160 pages
4.10
215 ratings
Leadership
Psychology
Communication
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