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The Glamour of Grammar Summary
The Glamour of Grammar
A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
by Roy Peter Clark 2010 292 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
You Are What You Speak Summary
You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
by Robert Lane Greene 2011 336 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Politics
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2008 512 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
Story Structure Architect Summary
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff 2003 242 pages
4.1
6k+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Psychology
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences
Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2013 592 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller 1991 102 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard 2012 320 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
Fluent Forever Summary
Fluent Forever
How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
by Gabriel Wyner 2014 336 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Language
Self Help
Linguistics
The Sense of Style Summary
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
by Steven Pinker 2014 368 pages
4.04
8k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Linguistics
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies Summary
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies
by Michelle Maxom 2012 400 pages
3.60
100+ ratings
Reference
Teaching
Linguistics
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 240 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant! Summary
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
by George Lakoff 2014 192 pages
3.96
6k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
On Language Summary
On Language
by Noam Chomsky 1998 269 pages
3.82
500+ ratings
Linguistics
Philosophy
Language
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
Effortless English Summary
Effortless English
Learn To Speak English Like A Native
by A.J. Hoge 2014 192 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Self Help
Language
Education
The Myth of Mars and Venus Summary
The Myth of Mars and Venus
Do Men and Women Really Speak Different Languages?
by Deborah Cameron 2009 196 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Feminism
Linguistics
Gender
Dreyer's English Summary
Dreyer's English
An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
by Benjamin Dreyer 2019 320 pages
4.35
8k+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon
How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life
by Cecelia Watson 2019
3.67
2k+ ratings
Language
Writing
History
How to Speak Any Language Fluently Summary
How to Speak Any Language Fluently
Fun, stimulating and effective methods to help anyone learn languages faster
by Alex Rawlings 2017 194 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Self Help
Swearing Is Good for You Summary
Swearing Is Good for You
The Amazing Science of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne 2018 240 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Language
Word Power Made Easy Summary
Word Power Made Easy
The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary
by Norman Lewis 2014 779 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Writing
Language
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue
My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish
by Christine Gilbert 2016 333 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Travel
Memoir
Language
Moral Politics Summary
Moral Politics
How Liberals and Conservatives Think
by George Lakoff 2016 512 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Becoming Fluent Summary
Becoming Fluent
How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language
by Roger J. Kreuz 2015 248 pages
3.6
1k+ ratings
Language
Science
Linguistics
Pragmatics of Human Communication Summary
Pragmatics of Human Communication
A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies and Paradoxes
by Paul Watzlawick 2011 304 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Philosophy
Reframing Summary
Reframing
Neuro-linguistic Programming and The Transformation of Meaning
by Richard Bandler 1982 208 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Fluent in 3 Months Summary
Fluent in 3 Months
How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
by Benny Lewis 2014 259 pages
3.65
5k+ ratings
Language
Self Help
Linguistics
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Parenting
Language
Education
The Language Game Summary
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
by Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Anthropology
You Just Don't Understand Summary
You Just Don't Understand
Women and Men in Conversation
by Deborah Tannen 2007 342 pages
3.87
6k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language Summary
Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2011 240 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Language
The Linguist Summary
The Linguist
A Personal Guide to Language Learning
by Steve Kaufmann 2003 146 pages
3.5
100+ ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Linguistics
The Structure of Magic I Summary
The Structure of Magic I
A Book about Language and Therapy
by Richard Bandler 2005 225 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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