Matt Lamy
This amazing collection contains entries on everything from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the spooky to the just plain confounding. The book gives essential background information on the events and the people involved, discusses the impact of... (read more)
Houghton Mifflin
This dictionary of biography includes more than 18,000 people from around the globe and from all periods of history. All continents, fields of endeavor, and historical eras are richly represented.... (read more)
Kent Van De Graaff
When you need just the essentials of human anatomy and physiology, this Easy Outlines book is there to help If you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview of human anatomy and physiology, its got to be Schaum's Easy Outline. This book is a pared... (read more)
Sheila Mackechnie-murtha
ENGLISH THE AMERICAN WAY: A FUN ESL GUIDE TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN THE U.S. If youre looking for a fun and easy way to improve your English language skills, this is the book for you! LEARN ENGLISH FROM THE EXPERTS Written by experienced ESL... (read more)
Howard Saul Becker
Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures—most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them—often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not... (read more)
Mickey Pearlman
Featuring more than 30 annotated lists, ranging from classic to contemporary, this amusing and engaging guide to organizing a reading club and choosing great books offers a wealth of practical tips and ideas.... (read more)
Random House
-- Three-hole punched to fit into a standard 3-ring binder -- Over 100,000 words, including synonym studies and lists of antonyms -- Includes a guide for... (read more)
Diana Hacker
Rules for Writers is a college writers companion that covers writing, grammar, research, and documentation in an extremely affordable and portable spiral-bound format. From the best-selling family of handbooks, Rules has consistently been the best value... (read more)
