Leading Lines - How to Make Speeches that seize the moment, advance you cause and lead the way by Lucinda Holdforth
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How to make speeches that seize the moment, advance your cause and lead the way. For those who aim to be leaders, mastering the power of speechmaking - the art and craft of persuasion - is more important than ever. If you want to be heard, it's not enough to have something to say: you must know how to s ...Show more
Write Great Dialogue by Irving Weinman
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Commissioning editors say good dialogue is one of the first things that make a book stand out from the crowd - and similarly, that clunky direct speech is one of the first things that will send a book straight from the slushpile to the rejections bin. But while many other aspects of writing are pored ov ...Show more
Writer's Guide to Good Style by Katherine Lapworth
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Do you want to write more effectively, correctly and in a manner which is appropriate for this brave new world of text speak and blogging? Whether you are a professional writer, or writing for your profession, a journalist, non-fiction writer, or simply a would-be blogger, you will find essential guidan ...Show more
iPhone For Seniors For Dummies by Dwight Spivey
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Category: Reference | Series: For Dummies (Computer/Tech)
A larger-print, graphic-rich guide to everything iPhone has to offer iPhone For Seniors For Dummies is the complete guide to getting the most out of your iPhone 6 or higher. Packed with full-color graphics and easy-to-read larger print, this book walks you through the various features that make the iP ...Show more
1001 Quotations to Inspire You Before You Die by Robert Arp (General Editor)
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1001 Quotations To Inspire You Before You Die is full of smart remarks - not just sassy one-liners (although there are plenty of those), but also more considered, philosophical epigrams that make us pause and reflect on a range of profound topics. Each quotation is accompanied by an insightful account o ...Show more
It's All Greek - Borrowed Words and Their Histories by Alexander Tulloch
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Most of us are aware that the words for some of our most important concepts stem from ancient Greek roots--words such as geometry, democracy, technology, and aesthetics. But lesser known is the wide and varied scope of old Athenian influence on the English language, which extends to some of our most mun ...Show more
The Real Mccoy and 149 Other Eponyms by Claire Cock-Starkey
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From diesel to gerrymandering, the English language is rich with eponyms--words that are named after an individual. The many histories behind these words are often mesmerizing--a word named, incidentally, after the German physician Franz Mesmer, who developed the practice of hypnotism as a form of thera ...Show more
How Language Began - The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention by Daniel L. Everett
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How Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the "lords of the planet." The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales is a remarkable treasure trove, a work that celebrates the best-loved tales of childhood and presents them through the vision of Maria Tatar, a ...Show more
Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey Through the English Language (HB) by Paul Anthony Jones
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'Brilliant for anyone interested in the effervescent oddness of English' --Stig Abell on Word Drops What makes a place so memorable that it survives for ever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world jaunt, Paul Anthony Jones reveals the intriguing tales behind how 80 different places came to be im ...Show more
Women Who Write Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollman; Francine Prose (Foreword by)
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A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fearless women writers past and present Writing has not always been considered a suitable career for women. Indeed, it was once common for women authors to adopt a masculine pseudonym in order to be taken s ...Show more