Crucial Conversations offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged situations that can ...more

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Over the past 80 years, the way that citation frequency was counted and analyzed changed dramatically from the early manual transcribing and statistical computation of ...more

Cognitive Linguistics argues that language is governed by general cognitive principles, rather than by a special-purpose language module. This introductory textbook surveys ...more

A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words In this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A...more

From pen-and-parchment to the email revolution, Baron's account shows how a surprising variety of factors--including religious beliefs, the law, nationalism, and economics--...more

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This book explores the much maligned and misunderstood genre of declamation. Instead of a bastard rhetoric, declamation should be seen as a venue within which the rhetoric of ...more

One of the english language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.As usual Bill Bryson says it best...more