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100 Words to Make You Sound Great
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
The newest title in the best-selling The 100 Words® series, this book showcases 100 words that some of our most important and beloved communicators have used to great effect. From powerful verbs such as beguile and wheedle to precise adjectives such as ludicrous and sacrosanct, the book quotes political leaders, scientists, academics, humorists and many more as evidence of the one thing the world’s greatest communicators have in common: a strong and vibrant vocabulary.
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135 Tips on Email and Instant Messages: Plus Blogs, Chatrooms, and Texting
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
The latest title by popular business-writing author Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts offers practical advice on how to create electronic messages that are polished, polite and effective. In her signature no-nonsense style, she shows how effective electronic communication can jump-start your business, advance your career, and expand your social network. Specific sections on email, instant messaging, text messages, chatrooms, and blogs are packed with information for anyone who wants to communicate electronically with confidence and competence.
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The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for Kids
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
The new word game sensation is now a book for kids that will help them develop a love of words and language. A section of quiz questions is followed by an answers section, which not only reveals the correct answer in dictionary format with a brief word history, but also explains what the incorrect answers mean. Quotations abound from best-loved books such as A Wrinkle in Time, The Hobbit, and The Indian in the Cupboard, as well as engaging works of nonfiction.
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The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Freshman
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Designed to spur students and parents alike to energize their word power, this book is targeted at middle-schoolers and high school freshmen. A challenge section gives students one definition and asks them to select the correct word from a list of four words similar in form or sound to the correct choice. An answers section also provides supplemental information—word histories and quotations from well-known books that are required reading for students entering high school.
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The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Like its companion book for high school freshmen, this title offers students and parents a fun and easy way to get to know a broad range of words that are essential to academic success. This book is designed to help college-bound students reinforce their vocabulary and reconstruct what they may have learned but can’t recall. Its two-part structure—a challenge section of questions followed by an answers section—makes for reading that is as entertaining as it is informative.
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Spanish Word Histories and Mysteries
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Did you know that the gallon of the ten-gallon hat has nothing to do with the amount of liquid the hat can hold, but comes from a Spanish word for the ornamental bands used to decorate them? This book explains the fascinating and often hidden heritage of Spanish words in the English language we use every day. Photographs and line drawings enliven the pages and help explain the history of the words.
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Word Histories and Mysteries:
From Abracadabra to Zeus
Word Histories and Mysteries provides a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, uncovering the origins of five hundred everyday words whose surprising and often amusing stories offer insights into the history of humankind. Arranged in convenient A–Z order, the notes are written in a lively and entertaining style perfect for browsing. The reader can learn how some of the most recent words, such as the computer term wiki, were coined, or trace the origins of English back to the Indo-European language spoken long before the invention of writing.
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More Word Histories and Mysteries: From Aardvark to Zombie
In this companion to the popular Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus, the most surprising stories in the history of English vocabulary are told as a series of brief notes written in a lively and entertaining style. The notes explore all corners of the dictionary, from everyday words like flak and sideburns to scientific terms like nitrogen to regionalisms like lagniappe. The history of many words is traced back to Egypt, India, and other ancient cultures.
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Divided by a Common Language:
A Guide to British and American English
Christopher Davies
Puzzled by warnings to mind the gap in the London Underground? Wondering what will be served if you order toad in the hole at a London café? This book explains these expressions and more, including differences in pronunciation, spelling, and a list of expressions that are innocent in one country but the opposite in the other. Additional lists explain distinctive words of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Now available in paperback.
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High Definition: An A to Z Guide to Personal Technology
Modern life is packed with information technology, but many technical terms leave us with puzzling questions. What's the difference between an MP3 and an MP4? How is "electronic" different from "digital"? Where, and what, is the "cell" in my cell phone? High Definition: An A to Z Guide to Personal Technology provides answers to these and thousands of other questions about the technology we live with and depend on.
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The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
This authoritative survey of English usage, grammar, and style offers guidance on almost any writing problem imaginable. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z list, the guide's 1,500 entries include examples and quotations that show not only correct and incorrect usage but also the relative effectiveness of different expressions in context.
This book confronts traditional bugbears, such as lay vs. lie, along with new challenges, such as seeking closure and begging the question. Commonly confused words, such as impinge and infringe, are discussed. Sensible guidance is also provided on punctuation, capitalization, and other conventions of style.
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The Elements of Visual Style
Robert W. Harris
Do you want to design pages that are attractive, readable, and persuasive? This book presents simple, effective solutions to the problems that arise for anyone arranging graphic elements on a page. Geared toward people who want to learn practical design skills quickly, the material is organized into six concise chapters on basic topics that include choosing the right typography, manipulating art, and adding verbal emphasis.
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135 Tips for Writing Successful Business Documents
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
This book by business-writing expert Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts is virtually guaranteed to help working professionals become quick communicators who get restults — results that can advance careers, bolster reputations, please clients and customers, and increase profits. Part I addresses the basics of writing any kind of business document, while Part II provides advice on an exhaustive variety of specific business documents.
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Strategic Business Letters and E-mail
Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
In this all-new book, popular business-writing author Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts offers practical advice on writing messages that get results. Beginning with the ABCs of letters and e-mail, she outlines a simple Six Step Process for creating messages designed to get and hold the recipient's attention. Full of hundreds of handy tips and sample letters that can be used verbatim or with minor alterations, this book is all you need to jump-start effective business communication.
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The Way We Talk Now:
Commentaries on Language and Culture from NPR's "Fresh Air"
Geoffrey Nunberg
One of America's best-known linguists takes stock of our language in an engaging collection of essays that show what our use of words reveals about who we are and who we want to be.
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Check Plus Set
Check Plus combines Spell Check, Word Check, and The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition, in a handsome and sturdy slipcase. Spell Check is a handy and up-to-date guide to the correct spelling of 40,000 commonly misspelled words. Word Check is a compact thesaurus that discusses 3,000 synonyms in easy-to-read paragraphs. The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition, presents some 20,000 acronyms and abbreviations including cyberspeak.
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Line By Line:
How to Edit your Own Writing
Claire Kehrwald Cook
This engaging and practical book is the essential guide to prose revision for writers,
scholars, students, and professionals in every field.
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The New Office Professional's Handbook, Fourth Edition
An indispensable tool for every modern office. This all-new revision includes the latest information on the electronic office, modern office procedures, career development, human relationships in the office, and more, in an easy-to-use format with a comprehensive index.
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