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Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page Summary
Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page
by Sam Leith 2017 288 pages
3.71
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Leadership
Because Internet Summary
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch 2019 327 pages
4.05
11k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Words on the Move Summary
Words on the Move
Why English Won'tβ€”and Can'tβ€”Sit Still
by John McWhorter 2016 257 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.58
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Thinking Like Your Editor Summary
Thinking Like Your Editor
How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published
by Susan Rabiner 2002 288 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
How To
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2 Summary
Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2
8 More Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way!
by Olly Richards 2015 237 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Spanish Literature
Language
Short Stories
The Everything Sign Language Book Summary
The Everything Sign Language Book
American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos!
by Irene Duke 2003 307 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Reference
Language
Education
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami Summary
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami
by David Karashima 2020 289 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Japan
Writing
Books About Books
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer Summary
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer
The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling
by J. Michael Straczynski 2021 288 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Language
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 249 pages
3.66
5k+ ratings
Language
Self Help
Linguistics
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.82
100+ ratings
Parenting
Language
Education
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting Summary
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting
by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Closing the Vocabulary Gap Summary
Closing the Vocabulary Gap
by Alex Quigley 2018 204 pages
4.37
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Language
The Language Game Summary
The Language Game
How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
by Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
Magic Words Summary
Magic Words
by Jonah Berger 2023 256 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Communication
Business
The Power of Language Summary
The Power of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
by Viorica Marian 2023 288 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Science
Writing Is Designing Summary
Writing Is Designing
Words and the User Experience
by Michael J. Metts 2020 200 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Design
Writing
Business
Word Hero Summary
Word Hero
A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever
by Jay Heinrichs 2011 352 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Writing
Language
Reference
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint Summary
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints
by Nancy Kress 2005 232 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language Summary
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996 240 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Science
Anthropology
Evolution
Economical Writing Summary
Economical Writing
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 1999 112 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Writing
Economics
Business
The Linguist Summary
The Linguist
A Personal Guide to Language Learning
by Steve Kaufmann 2003 146 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Linguistics
The Elements of Style Summary
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. 1918 105 pages
4.18
85k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
The Structure of Magic I Summary
The Structure of Magic I
A Book about Language and Therapy
by Richard Bandler 1975 419 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
One Hundred Names for Love Summary
One Hundred Names for Love
A Memoir
by Diane Ackerman 2011 336 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
English Grammar in Use With Answers Summary
English Grammar in Use With Answers
Reference and Practice for Intermediate Students
by Raymond Murphy 1985 350 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
Understanding and Using English Grammar Summary
Understanding and Using English Grammar
by Betty Schrampfer Azar 1988 492 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Education
Thirty Days to Better English Summary
Thirty Days to Better English
Learn to Speak and Write More Effectively β€” in Only Fifteen Minutes a Day!
by Norman Lewis 1973 208 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Communication
The Structure of Magic II Summary
The Structure of Magic II
by John Grinder 1975 198 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Psychology
Magic
Self Help
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition Summary
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
by Stephen D. Krashen 1982 212 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Education
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
100+ ratings
Reference
Language
Language, Truth and Logic Summary
Language, Truth and Logic
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Linguistics
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
France
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Language
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
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
Speech Acts Summary
Speech Acts
An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
by John Rogers Searle 1969 203 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Linguistics
Language
Socratic Logic Summary
Socratic Logic
A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles
by Peter Kreeft 2003 397 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Education
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Anthropology
Psychology
The Psychology of Language Summary
The Psychology of Language
From Data to Theory
by Trevor A. Harley 1995 624 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Psychology
Language
Practical English Usage Summary
Practical English Usage
by Michael Swan 1981 658 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Reference
Language
Writing
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