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Recommendations... Essential English Grammar
by Philip Gucker
Logical, developmental presentation includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension and features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
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| |  The Elements of Style: The Original Edition
by William Strunk, Jr.
This is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, and other essentials. In concise terms, it identifies the principal requirements of proper style and common errors.
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 Say It in Japanese
by Dover
Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations.
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| |  Essential Portuguese Grammar
by Alexander da R. Prista
Logical, developmental presentation includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension and features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
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 German: How to Speak and Write It
by Joseph Rosenberg
Filled with dialogues, grammar and idiom studies, and practical exercises, this is probably the most delightful, useful, and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written German. 330 illustrations.
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| |  First French Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book
by Stanley Appelbaum
This anthology introduces 50 legendary writers — Voltaire, Balzac, Baudelaire, Proust, more — through passages from The Red and the Black, Les Misérables, Madame Bovary, and other classics. Original French text plus English translation on facing pages.
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 1001 Most Useful Spanish Words
by Seymour Resnick
Definitions of Spanish words arranged by category, such as foods, numbers, seasons, family. Also includes a dictionary with each word used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation).
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| |  Eleven Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book
by Luigi Pirandello
Masterly stories include "Little Hut," "With Other Eyes," "A Voice," "Citrons from Sicily," "A Character's Tragedy," six more. Presented in the original Italian with English translations on the facing pages.
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 An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 1
by E. A. Wallis Budge
Volume 1 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words and terms from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 600. Each entry consists of a transliteration, the word in hieroglyphs, and the English meaning.
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Products in Languages and Linguistics | | |  | Damn the Man!: Slang of the Oppressed in America
by Tom Dalzell
Original hardcover publication conducts a fascinating exploration of the role of language in the culture of resistance. Hundreds of colorful examples include slang from communities of African Americans, immigrants, gay men, military, prisoners, and more.
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|  | The Elements of Grammar in 90 Minutes
by Robert Hollander
An eminent scholar assembled this user-friendly guide. Intended to teach students of any age the parts of speech and their logical arrangement in sentence form, it also serves those wishing to refresh their skills.
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|  | Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang
by Tom Dalzell
Entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans from the end of the 19th century to the present. Alphabetical listings for each decade, plus fascinating sidebars about language and culture.
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|  | Gangway!: Sea Language Comes Ashore
by Joanna Carver Colcord, Paul Dickson
This readable dictionary of maritime vernacular traces the roots of sea jargon, with alphabetical entries for "catspaw," "kick the bucket," "palaver," "three sheets in the wind," and other curious lingo.
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| |  | Making Ads Pay: Timeless Tips for Successful Copywriting
by John Caples
A veteran copywriter offers advice on how to spark ideas and capture them in print, write headlines, hold readers' attention, and more. Discover principles, procedures, and practical suggestions for every form of advertising.
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|  | The Making of English
by Henry Bradley
Deeply educational yet not overwhelming, this compact culmination of a philological life uses nontechnical terms to explain the links between English and other tongues — Greek, Latin, German, Spanish, and French.
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|  | Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations
by James H. Billington, Library of Congress
A treasury of thought-provoking declarations and observations features a splendid variety of political, scientific, social, and literary voices. Quoted historical figures include Paine, Milton, Emerson, Marx, Napoleon, Dickens, and Churchill.
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|  | Selected Readings on Transformational Theory
by J. P. B. Allen, Noam Chomsky, Paul Van Buren
These concise, scholarly essays explore the distinguished philosopher's influential concept of generative grammar. Topics include syntactic structure, features, and categories; phonology, syntax, and semantics; language acquisition; and language teaching.
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| |  | Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults
by Ambrose Bierce, Paul Dickson
Amusing A-to-Z compendium by a celebrated literary wit outlines common gaffes. Times and usages have changed, rendering this 1909 volume a fascinating historical curiosity rather than a guide for modern writers.
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