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You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to... (read more)

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I'm not hanging noodles from your ear. In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you're Russian your reaction is probably Say what? The same idea in English is equally odd: I'm not pulling your leg. Both mean... (read more)

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What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface — a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or... (read more)

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"Everything, it seems, is interesting to Bill Bryson. The marvel is that he can make it all interesting to us....Bryson's book, Mother Tongue...is the one that convinced me he could probably write informatively and with humor about anything. I mean, who... (read more)

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Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you... (read more)

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You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to... (read more)

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In its third edition, the manual that revolutionized legal citation continues to present a single, consistent system of citation for all forms of legal writing. With a clear, attractive, and easy-to-use format, the "ALWD Citation Manual" is written... (read more)

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