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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
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Leadership
Body Language For Dummies Summary
Body Language For Dummies
by Elizabeth Kuhnke 2007 309 pages
3.51
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Reference
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
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Science
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2007 499 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
English Grammar For Dummies Summary
English Grammar For Dummies
by Geraldine Woods 2001 359 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Reference
Writing
Language
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
2k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Language
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
France
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller 1987 102 pages
3.42
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Reference
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
500+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Self Help
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019 269 pages
4.34
9k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
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
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
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
100+ ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary Summary
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
by Michael McCarthy 1999 170 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Language
Reference
Story Structure Architect Summary
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
The Structure of Magic II Summary
The Structure of Magic II
by John Grinder 1975 198 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Psychology
Magic
Self Help
Nicely Said Summary
Nicely Said
Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
by Nicole Fenton 2014 192 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Writing
Design
Business
The Elements of Eloquence Summary
The Elements of Eloquence
How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
by Mark Forsyth 2013 205 pages
4.36
7k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
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
2k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
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
100+ ratings
Reference
Writing
Language
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Anthropology
Psychology
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move
Why English Won'tβ€”and Can'tβ€”Sit Still
by John McWhorter 2016 257 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
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
100+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Language
Short Stories
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
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Writing Is Designing Summary
Writing Is Designing
Words and the User Experience
by Michael J. Metts 2020 200 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Design
Writing
Business
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
100+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Short Stories
Language
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive Summary
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive
Feel the Fear and 'Subjunctive ' Anyway!
by Gordon Smith-DurΓ‘n 2015 323 pages
4.46
50+ ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson 2019 213 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Language
Writing
History
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Summary
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
by Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The Art of X-Ray Reading Summary
The Art of X-Ray Reading
by Roy Peter Clark 2016 288 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Education
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
100+ 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
100+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me
Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2019 240 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Greece
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Language
Legal Writing in Plain English Summary
Legal Writing in Plain English
A Text With Exercises
by Bryan A. Garner 2001 227 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Law
Writing
Reference
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers Summary
Roget's Thesaurus of Words for Writers
Over 2,300 Emotive, Evocative, Descriptive Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Terms Every Writer Should Know
by David Olsen 2013 450 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Dictionaries
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
100+ ratings
Reference
Language
Education
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Clean Language Summary
Clean Language
Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds
by Wendy Sullivan 2008 160 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Leadership
Psychology
Communication
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
China
Language
Travel
Philosophical Investigations Summary
Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 pages
4.26
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Language
Classics
The Unfolding of Language Summary
The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
by Guy Deutscher 2005 368 pages
4.22
3k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
History
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
100+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Language
Verbal Advantage Summary
Verbal Advantage
10 Steps to a Powerful Vocabulary
by Charles Harrington Elster 2000 459 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Language
Writing
Self Help
Shortcut Summary
Shortcut
How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas
by John Pollack 2014 256 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Communication
Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Summary
Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses
by Frederick William Hamilton 2011 47 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Reference
Language
Becoming a Translator Summary
Becoming a Translator
An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation
by Douglas Robinson 1997 320 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
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