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Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It
JAMES GEARY · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." -- Stephen FryMuch more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place.... |
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Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case For Thinking Twice About College
Patrick Bet-David · Valuetainment Publishing
Pages: 131
Format: Paperback
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Education is broken and most graduates are broke. The purpose of this book is to start an important dialogue about college education. I will make the case for why I believe 70% of college students should drop out. The concept of giving our trust to the educational system without accountability... |
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The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators: Learn about Each Predator's Traits and Behaviors; Identify the Tracks and Signs of More Than 50 Predators; Protect Your Livestock, Poultry, and Pets
Janet Vorwald Dohner · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 279
Format: Hardcover
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Learn to identify threatening species through tracks, scat, and the damage they leave behind. Fascinating profiles of more than 50 predatory mammals, birds, and reptiles teach farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, and backyard-animal raisers how to prevent their livestock, poultry, and pets... |
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Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Erich Hoyt · Firefly Books
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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ASJA Writing Awards Recipient Honorable Mention Best Children's/Young Adult Nonfiction Book 2017 Erich Hoyt Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises In the Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, award-winning author and whale researcher Erich Hoyt takes readers into... |
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Smithsonian: Battles That Changed History
DK. · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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This illustrated guide to history's most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings,... |
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Art: The Definitive Visual Guide, New Edition
Andrew Graham-Dixon · DK
Pages: 612
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the history of art movements from classical Greek art to the Italian Renaissance, the pre-raphaelites, and the masters of impressionism with this bestselling DK visual guide.Truly comprehensive in scope, this bestselling book explores masterpieces by more than 700 artists, including... |
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Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters
Harold Evans · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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*New York Times Bestseller *One of NPR's Best Books of 2017A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time. Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters to the complex thought processes... |
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff. · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 1146
Format: Hardcover
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Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words. In the seven years since the previous edition debuted,... |
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