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Euphemania

Our Love Affair with Euphemisms

by Ralph Keyes ...

A delightful look at euphemisms—where they come from, why we need them, and why they tell us about who we are."Whether you're looking for information or just browsing, Euphemania is a classic. It is beautifully written, uniformly delightful, and a pleasure to read. Keyes has spread a broad net and offers the tastiest morsels to his readers. I love this book!" ―Rosalie Maggio, author of How t... ... Read more

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A delightful look at euphemisms—where they come from, why we need them, and why they tell us about who we are."Whether you're looking for information or just browsing, Euphemania is a classic. It is beautifully written, uniformly delightful, and a pleasure to read. Keyes has spread a broad net and offers the tastiest morsels to his readers. I love this book!" ―Rosalie Maggio, author of How t...
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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

by Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign
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Unfinished Business

Writing the 5 Essential Letters of Your Life

by Frish Brandt ...

An inspiring and eminently useful guide to the art of letter writing, including prompts and exercises to help deepen our most important connections and heal old wounds, by a beloved “letter midwife.”“A pragmatic, empathetic, urgent call to stop avoiding the hardest conversations and start enjoying the world beyond hurt and regret . . . A true service to readers.”—Kelly Corrigan, New York Times ... Read more

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An inspiring and eminently useful guide to the art of letter writing, including prompts and exercises to help deepen our most important connections and heal old wounds, by a beloved “letter midwife.”“A pragmatic, empathetic, urgent call to stop avoiding the hardest conversations and start enjoying the world beyond hurt and regret . . . A true service to readers.”—Kelly Corrigan, New York Times
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

by George Saunders ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.**LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.**LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire,
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The Way of the Fearless Writer

Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life

by Beth Kempton ...

An award-winning entrepreneur offers a mindful approach to the writing life.In a radical departure from standard advice about creative success, effort, critique, and competition, The Way of the Fearless Writer will show you that there is another way to thrive—a writing path of ease, trust, wonder, and joy.You are invited to embark on a sacred writing journey. Along the way, author Beth Kempton ... Read more

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An award-winning entrepreneur offers a mindful approach to the writing life.In a radical departure from standard advice about creative success, effort, critique, and competition, The Way of the Fearless Writer will show you that there is another way to thrive—a writing path of ease, trust, wonder, and joy.You are invited to embark on a sacred writing journey. Along the way, author Beth Kempton
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Writing at the Wellspring: Tapping the Source of Your Inner Genius

by Matt Cardin ...

"[An] intimate journey into the mystery of creativity and spirit." — BookLife review (Publishers Weekly)What if understanding your creative life means reconsidering who you are, and where creativity comes from?Have you ever felt that your truest creative work comes from somewhere beyond your conscious control? That in your best moments, you're not so much writing as be... ... Read more

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"[An] intimate journey into the mystery of creativity and spirit." — BookLife review (Publishers Weekly)What if understanding your creative life means reconsidering who you are, and where creativity comes from?Have you ever felt that your truest creative work comes from somewhere beyond your conscious control? That in your best moments, you're not so much writing as be...
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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

by Jessica Brody ...

Series series Save the Cat!
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a ... Read more

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The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing. Revealing the 15 "beats" (plot points) that comprise a
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Revised and Expanded Edition

by J.R.R. Tolkien ...

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The ... Read more

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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The
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made in america

An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson ...

“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA TodayBill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.” ... Read more

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“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA TodayBill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.”
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The Art of Character

Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

by David Corbett ...

Former private investigator and New York Times notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization-from initial inspiration to realization-with special insights into the power of ... Read more

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Former private investigator and New York Times notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization-from initial inspiration to realization-with special insights into the power of
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Moderna Gramática Portuguesa - 40º edição

by Evanildo Bechara ...

Com mais de meio milhão de exemplares vendidos apenas nas duas últimas edições, a Moderna Gramática Portuguesa alcança a 40.a edição com acréscimos e atualizações em todo o seu conteúdo, para retratar como a língua está sendo usada nos dias de hoje, no universo dos concursos, da vida escolar e acadêmica, dentro do ambiente de trabalho e em diversos espaços sociais. Como confiável obra de consulta ... Read more

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Com mais de meio milhão de exemplares vendidos apenas nas duas últimas edições, a Moderna Gramática Portuguesa alcança a 40.a edição com acréscimos e atualizações em todo o seu conteúdo, para retratar como a língua está sendo usada nos dias de hoje, no universo dos concursos, da vida escolar e acadêmica, dentro do ambiente de trabalho e em diversos espaços sociais. Como confiável obra de consulta
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Inside Science Fiction

by James Gunn ...

SFWA Grandmaster James Gunn had a long and distinguished career in science fiction. In addition to his stories and novels, he wrote extensively about the reading, writing, and criticism of science fiction. This collection of essays, Inside Science Fiction, was originally published in 1992, and is now available in this revised, updated, and expanded edition. With the addition of five new articles ... Read more

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SFWA Grandmaster James Gunn had a long and distinguished career in science fiction. In addition to his stories and novels, he wrote extensively about the reading, writing, and criticism of science fiction. This collection of essays, Inside Science Fiction, was originally published in 1992, and is now available in this revised, updated, and expanded edition. With the addition of five new articles
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The Lede

Dispatches from a Life in the Press

by Calvin Trillin ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin“The Lede contains profiles . . . that are acknowledged classics of the form and will be studied until A.I. makes hash out of all of us.”—Dwight Garner, The New York ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin“The Lede contains profiles . . . that are acknowledged classics of the form and will be studied until A.I. makes hash out of all of us.”—Dwight Garner, The New York
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How To Be Right

… in a world gone wrong

by James O'Brien ...

The voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James’s daily LBC show such essential listening – and has made James ... Read more

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The voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James’s daily LBC show such essential listening – and has made James
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The Interaction Engine

Language in Social Life and Human Evolution

by Stephen C. Levinson ...

Communicative interaction forms the core of human experience. In this fascinating book Levinson, one of the world's leading scholars in the field, explores how human communicative interaction is structured, the demands it puts on our cognitive processing, and how its system evolved out of continuities with other primate systems. It celebrates the role of the 'interaction engine' which drives our ... Read more

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Communicative interaction forms the core of human experience. In this fascinating book Levinson, one of the world's leading scholars in the field, explores how human communicative interaction is structured, the demands it puts on our cognitive processing, and how its system evolved out of continuities with other primate systems. It celebrates the role of the 'interaction engine' which drives our
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Good Writing

36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences

by Neal Allen, Anne Lamott ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER36 ways to improve your writing**Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive language work on any type of writing, and anyone can learn them quickly.Each ... Read more

$15.99 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER36 ways to improve your writing**Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script. These essential rules for persuasive language work on any type of writing, and anyone can learn them quickly.Each
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Doing digital history

A beginner’s guide to working with text as data

by Jonathan Blaney, Jane Winters, Sarah Milligan, Martin Steer ...

Series Book 4 - IHR Research Guides
This book is a practical introduction to digital history. It offers advice on the scoping of a project, evaluation of existing digital history resources, a detailed introduction to how to work with large text resources, how to manage digital data and how to approach data visualisation.Doing digital history covers the entire life-cycle of a digital project, from conception to digital outputs. It ... Read more

$13.69 USD

This book is a practical introduction to digital history. It offers advice on the scoping of a project, evaluation of existing digital history resources, a detailed introduction to how to work with large text resources, how to manage digital data and how to approach data visualisation.Doing digital history covers the entire life-cycle of a digital project, from conception to digital outputs. It
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文化地圖（暢銷增訂版）：八個面向的文化量表，讓你精確掌握文化交鋒的真相，避免淪為「國際文盲」

The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

by 艾琳．梅爾, ErinMeyer ...

Translated by 李康莉, 唐岱蘭 ...

跨國、跨地域、跨文化的合作指南⇨對你而言的「遲到」，可能不是「遲到」？⇨對你而言的「讚美」，可能不是「讚美」？⇨「講話比較直」的問題，外國人也有？⇨「隨和」，可能也是「缺乏領導力」？溝通──是最難的事　　　八個面向的文化量表（the eight-scale model）　　‧溝通：低情境，或高情境？　　‧評估：直接否定回應，或是間接否定回應？　　‧說服：原理優先，或應用優先？　　‧領導：平權式，或更看重階級？　　‧決策：重視共識，或是由上而下？　　‧信任：任務導向，或是關係導向？　　‧歧異：不怕對峙，或是避免對峙？　　‧時程：線性時間，或是彈性時間？　　讓你精確掌握文化交鋒的真相，避免淪為「國際文盲」！　　「你有兩隻眼睛，兩隻耳朵，一張嘴，你應該按照比例使用他們」，這句中國俗諺，不只對中國的孩子們來說很睿智，對所有希望突破文化藩籬、改... ... Read more

$9.97 USD

跨國、跨地域、跨文化的合作指南⇨對你而言的「遲到」，可能不是「遲到」？⇨對你而言的「讚美」，可能不是「讚美」？⇨「講話比較直」的問題，外國人也有？⇨「隨和」，可能也是「缺乏領導力」？溝通──是最難的事　　　八個面向的文化量表（the eight-scale model）　　‧溝通：低情境，或高情境？　　‧評估：直接否定回應，或是間接否定回應？　　‧說服：原理優先，或應用優先？　　‧領導：平權式，或更看重階級？　　‧決策：重視共識，或是由上而下？　　‧信任：任務導向，或是關係導向？　　‧歧異：不怕對峙，或是避免對峙？　　‧時程：線性時間，或是彈性時間？　　讓你精確掌握文化交鋒的真相，避免淪為「國際文盲」！　　「你有兩隻眼睛，兩隻耳朵，一張嘴，你應該按照比例使用他們」，這句中國俗諺，不只對中國的孩子們來說很睿智，對所有希望突破文化藩籬、改...
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27 Essential Principles of Story

Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park

by Daniel Joshua Rubin ...

“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West WingA master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse narratives, for novelists, storytellers, filmmakers, graphic designers, and more. Author Daniel Joshua Rubin unlocks the secrets of what makes a story work ... Read more

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“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West WingA master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse narratives, for novelists, storytellers, filmmakers, graphic designers, and more. Author Daniel Joshua Rubin unlocks the secrets of what makes a story work
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The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate

by Eugene Ehrlich ...

Series series Highly Selective Reference
Even if you already know more words than you need to know, this reference will help jog your memory when you're searching for a truly special word.With an introduction by Noah Adams of "All Things Considered"Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual—or is it recondite? ... Read more

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Even if you already know more words than you need to know, this reference will help jog your memory when you're searching for a truly special word.With an introduction by Noah Adams of "All Things Considered"Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual—or is it recondite?
... Read more
Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners

Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way!

by Olly Richards ...

Series series Readers
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most ... Read more

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An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for NumbersShort Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most
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Brick by Brick: How to Build a Story

by Douglas Smith ...

Most writing craft books, courses, and workshops focus on the tools for being a writer and how to use them: dialog, setting, pacing, plot, openings, exposition, point-of-view. And so on.And on and on and on.Their aim is to add another tool, or maybe even a set of tools, to your writer's toolbox.The problem with that approach is the vast gulf in knowledge between having your toolbox filled with ... Read more

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Most writing craft books, courses, and workshops focus on the tools for being a writer and how to use them: dialog, setting, pacing, plot, openings, exposition, point-of-view. And so on.And on and on and on.Their aim is to add another tool, or maybe even a set of tools, to your writer's toolbox.The problem with that approach is the vast gulf in knowledge between having your toolbox filled with
... Read more
Take Off Your Pants!

Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (Revised Edition)

by Libbie Hawker ...

When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She’ll show you how to develop a foolproof character arc and plot, how to pace any book for a can’t-put-down reading experience, and how to ensure that your ... Read more

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When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She’ll show you how to develop a foolproof character arc and plot, how to pace any book for a can’t-put-down reading experience, and how to ensure that your
... Read more
German For Dummies

by Wendy Foster ...

It's easy to speak and understand German with the Dummies language methodGerman For Dummies is a clear and easy introduction to German that speeds up the process of speaking the language. The trusted Dummies language learning method is quick and practical, so you'll know what to say and do when traveling to a German-speaking country or interacting with German speakers in your community. You'll ... Read more

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It's easy to speak and understand German with the Dummies language methodGerman For Dummies is a clear and easy introduction to German that speeds up the process of speaking the language. The trusted Dummies language learning method is quick and practical, so you'll know what to say and do when traveling to a German-speaking country or interacting with German speakers in your community. You'll
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