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How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell Our Greatest Ideas
by John Pollack 2014 256 pages
3.72
289 ratings
Business
Psychology
Communication
Woe Is I Summary
Woe Is I
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
by Patricia T. O'Conner 1996 240 pages
3.94
4.5K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
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
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
164 ratings
Reference
Language
Language Hacking Guide Summary
Language Hacking Guide
by Benny Lewis 2010 129 pages
3.64
166 ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
Becoming a Translator Summary
Becoming a Translator
An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation
by Douglas Robinson 1997 320 pages
3.68
122 ratings
Linguistics
Language
Korean Made Simple Summary
Korean Made Simple
A beginner's guide to learning the Korean language
by Billy Go 2014 348 pages
4.41
234 ratings
Language
Textbooks
Reference
The Psychology of Language Summary
The Psychology of Language
From Data to Theory
by Trevor A. Harley 1995 624 pages
3.78
131 ratings
Linguistics
Psychology
Language
Grammar for a Full Life Summary
Grammar for a Full Life
How the Ways We Shape a Sentence Can Limit or Enlarge Us
by Lawrence Weinstein 2020 213 pages
3.90
637 ratings
Writing
Language
Personal Development
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom"
The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017 311 pages
3.72
485 ratings
Language
Writing
Reference
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
Fundamentals of English Grammar Summary
Fundamentals of English Grammar
by Betty Schrampfer Azar 1985 398 pages
4.18
619 ratings
Language
Education
Reference
The Meaning of Everything Summary
The Meaning of Everything
The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 2003 288 pages
3.99
5.2K ratings
History
Language
Biography
A Brief History of the Spanish Language Summary
A Brief History of the Spanish Language
by David A. Pharies 2007 248 pages
3.86
146 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
The Third Ear Summary
The Third Ear
by Chris Lonsdale 2006 184 pages
3.75
139 ratings
Language
Psychology
Linguistics
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
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause
Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages
3.99
1.1K ratings
Language
Writing
Linguistics
Damn Fine Story Summary
Damn Fine Story
Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative
by Chuck Wendig 2017 240 pages
4.37
1.3K ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences Summary
It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences
A Writer's Guide To Crafting Killer Sentences
by June Casagrande 2010 226 pages
4.14
1.6K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Between You & Me Summary
Between You & Me
Confessions of a Comma Queen
by Mary Norris 2015 240 pages
3.61
6.4K ratings
Memoir
Writing
Language
But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"? Summary
But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?
Advice from the Chicago Style Q&A
by University of Chicago Press 2016 112 pages
4.27
127 ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
The Secret Life of Words Summary
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
by Anne Curzan 2012 36 pages
4.37
498 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
by Valerie Fridland 2023 336 pages
3.84
832 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Writing
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes Summary
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
by Jack M. Bickham 1992 117 pages
3.78
1.0K ratings
Writing
Reference
How To
How to Write a Sentence Summary
How to Write a Sentence
And How to Read One
by Stanley Fish 2011 165 pages
3.48
3.3K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Spanish for Dummies Summary
Spanish for Dummies
by Susana Wald 1999 397 pages
3.64
446 ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Reference
Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in French for Beginners
by Olly Richards 2018 252 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
France
Short Stories
Language
Beginnings, Middles & Ends Summary
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
by Nancy Kress 1992 149 pages
3.99
2.5K ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Plot Summary
Plot
by Ansen Dibell 1988 170 pages
3.89
879 ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts Summary
1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts
by Ryan Andrew Kinder 2014 111 pages
3.72
412 ratings
Writing
Reference
Self Help
Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch Summary
Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch
Let Verbs Power Your Writing
by Constance Hale 2012 400 pages
3.97
262 ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
The Writer's Idea Thesaurus Summary
The Writer's Idea Thesaurus
An Interactive Guide for Developing Ideas for Novels and Short Stories
by Fred White 2014 320 pages
3.88
114 ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
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