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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A J Jacobs Publisher Comments 33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write [it] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Spell Check: Based on the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language by American Heritage Publisher Comments Spell Check lists the correct spellings and syllabications of the working vocabulary of Standard English. The book includes a variety of challenging words in fields ranging from science and technology (amyloid, blogosphere) to contemporary culture... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White Publisher Comments 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) Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Lb Brief 3RD Edition by Jane E Aaron Publisher Comments "LB Brief" offers the authority and currency of its best-selling parent, "The Little, Brown Handbook," in a briefer, spiral-bound format at an affordable price. As in its previous edition, "LB Brief" provides students of varying skills and interests with... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The New Robert's Rules of Order by Mary Ann De Vries Publisher Comments The bestselling reference title has been updated and revised. Expanding upon the original rules of the House of Representatives, put together by General Henry Roberts, this second edition features new topics and improved existing topics for today's... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price $3.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Pocket Reference by Thomas J Glover Publisher Comments Among the many topics covered in this handy, pocket-sized guide are air and gases, computers, electronics, geology, math, surveying and mapping, and weights and measures. Includes tables, charts, drawings, lists & formulas.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary — and literary... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Novelists Boot Camp: 101 Ways to Take Your Book from Boring to Bestseller by Todd A Stone Publisher Comments At last, a book that shows aspiring writers how to take command of their novel! Written by former West Point English instructor Todd Stone, this no-nonsense guide gives readers tough, practical suggestions for improving their writing and crafting... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss Publisher Comments We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $2.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Reference on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   The Official SAT Study Guide (Official Sat Study Guide) by College Board Publisher Comments This comprehensive study guide helps students prepare for the new SAT by providing: eight new full-length practice tests written by the new SATUs creators, a complete walk-through of the new writing section, hundreds of practice questions, and more.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions by Robert McDowell Publisher Comments "[When we read and write poetry,] it is as if a long-settled cloud in our mind suddenly dissipates, and we are divine once again." — from the Introduction Poetry is the language of devotion in prayer, chant, and song. Reading and writing poetry... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea Publisher Comments An obsessive word lover's account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover. "I'm reading the OED so you don't have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on..." So reports... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation with Sticker by Lynne Truss Publisher Comments We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list On Writing by Stephen King Publisher Comments "Long live the King," hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft,... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price $4.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Publisher Comments What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers by Elizabeth Ayres Publisher Comments The first true "workbook" for writers -- with write-in-the-book exercises that minimize the fears and maximize the fun of writing. No matter how intimidated or how blocked, any writer can tap into the vast oceans of creativity within -- simply by... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Writing Life by Annie Dillard Publisher Comments Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American Academy... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Pocket Oxford English Dictionary 10TH Edition by Oxford Publisher Comments Particularly suitable for students of secondary-school level, this dictionary is also handy for the home and office. It covers all the words needed for everyday use, and has excellent coverage of curriculum vocabulary.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Mortal Syntax: 101 Language Choices That Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs--Even If You're Right by June Casagrande Publisher Comments The only fun, friendly, and surefire defense against the grammar snobs. Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, now in its fifth printing, June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax, taking on the 101 most... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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