From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can reveal where you grew up? In December 2013, Josh Katz released an interactive dialect quiz in the New York Times that became the most viewed page in the paper's history. Now a graphics editor, Katz harnessed the overwhelming response to that quiz to create Speaking American, an extraordinary and beautiful tour through the American vernacular. How do you pronounce "pecan"? What do you call a long sandwich with varieties of meats and cheeses? Do you cut the grass or mow the lawn? The answers to these questions - and the distinctions they reveal about who says what and where they say it - are not just the ultimate in cocktail party fodder; they are also windows into the history of our nation, our regions, and our language. On page after page, readers will be fascinated and charmed by these stunning maps of how Americans speak as they gain new insights into our language and ourselves. For fans of Eats, Shoots and Leaves and How the States Got Their Shapes, Speaking American is an irresistible feast of American regional speech.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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9780544703391
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Print book
1100 Words You Need to Know
By Carriero, Richard
Over the years, thousands of students preparing for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and other standardized tests have relied on 1100 Words You Need to Know as an ideal way to strengthen their word power. With this brand-new edition, test prep expert Richard Carriero provides a fully updated and invaluable resource for students - or for anyone who wants to boost their vocabulary. 1100 Words You Need to Know features a weekly program with six words to learn each day and one day for review. With just 15 minutes a day, you'll learn everything you need to improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills. This fully revised edition includes:Word lists with definitions in all new thematic grouping Helpful tips on word rootsUpdated words in context exercises, activities, and quizzes throughout An updated pronunciation guideThree online quizzes with automated scoring to test your progress.
Publisher: n/a
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9781506271187
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Eighth Edition
French - English Illustrated Dictionary
By Dk,
Learn more than 10,000 of the most useful words and phrases in French with this beautifully illustrated dictionary for French-language students. . Building on the success of the English for Everyone course books and the Bilingual Visual Dictionary series, the French English Illustrated Dictionary uses crystal-clear illustrations to show the meaning of over 10,000 words of French vocabulary. . The words are shown in a visual context in themed sections covering practical or everyday topics (such as shopping, food, or study) , providing learners with all the vocabulary they need for work, travel, and leisure. . Fancy becoming an expert in the language? Then open the pages of this French dictionary to discover:. - A comprehensive guide to a wide range of useful French words and expressions.
DK
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9780744080735
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Paperback
Learn to Sign with Your Baby
By Grugan, Cecilia S.
Communicate, connect, and bond with your baby with 50 essential, easy-to-learn ASL signs.. Your baby is crying. Are they hungry or are they tired? With 50 practical ASL signs that cover a child's day, Learn to Sign with Your Baby will help you better understand your child and help them communicate with you. Author Cecilia S. Grugan, a Deaf parent, gives you detailed instructions and tips for how to master each sign, as well as helpful advice and fun activities for incorporating ASL into your life with baby. And with clear illustrations and video demonstrations for each sign, you can confidently start signing with your baby - and watch as your bond deepens and strengthens.. Learn to Sign with Your Baby includes:50 of the most useful ASL signs. From "more" and "eat" to "change" and "hurt," this book teaches the most relevant and practical terms for your daily life with baby - and makes signs for specific needs easy to find.
Zeitgeist
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9780593435625
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Paperback
Strange to Say
By Warren, Deborah
In her witty account of the origins of many English words and expressions, Deborah Warren educates as she entertains -- and entertain she does, leading her readers through the amazing labyrinthian history of related words. "Language," she writes, "is all about mutation."Read here about the first meanings of common words and phrases, including dessert, vodka, lunatic, tulip, dollar, bikini, peeping tom, peter out, and devil's advocate. A former Latin teacher, Warren is a gifted poet and a writer of great playfulness. Strange to Say is a cornucopia of joyful learning and laughter.Did you know ... Lord Cardigan was a British aristocrat and military man known for the sweater jackets he sported.A lying lawyer might pull the wool over a judge's eyes -- yank his wig down across his face.
Paul Dry Books
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9781589881570
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Paperback
No One Understands You and What to Do About It
By Halvorson, Heidi Grant
Have you ever felt you're not getting through to the person you're talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You're not alone.That's the bad news. But there is something we can do about it. Heidi Grant Halvorson, social psychologist and bestselling author, explains why we're often misunderstood and how we can fix that.Most of us assume that other people see us as we see ourselves, and that they see us as we truly are. But neither is true. Our everyday interactions are colored by subtle biases that distort how others see us - and also shape our perceptions of them.You can learn to clarify the message you're sending once you understand the lenses that shape perception:* Trust. Are you friend or foe?* Power. How much influence do you have over me?* Ego.
Harvard Business Review Press; Bilingual edition
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9781625274120
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Print book
Practice Makes Perfect
By Lester, Mark
Get control over those difficult areas of English grammar Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Grammar for ESL Learners is focused on those grammar topics that might pose special problems for you, especially if English is not your first language. Because it targets advanced topics, you will quickly zero in on what holds you back from fluency. And like with all of the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect books, you can practice through exercises and reinforce your knowledge. The book includes: 775 exercises Expertise from Mark Lester, an ESL expert in grammar who founded the highly respected ESL department at the University of Hawaii. He authored the most popular college classroom grammar in the country Topics include: Noun plurals, Possessive nouns and personal pronouns, Articles and quantifiers, Adjectives, Verb forms and tenses, Talking about present time, Talking about past time, Talking about future time, Causative verbs, The passive, The structure of adjective clauses, Restrictive and nonrestrictive adjective clauses, Gerunds, Infinitives, Noun clauses --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Mcgraw-Hill
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9781260010862
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Paperback
Basic Mandarin Chinese - Reading & Writing Textbook
By Kubler, Cornelius C
A complete beginning-level course for written Mandarin Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Mandarin quickly and efficiently The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language product for Chinese. These books teach spoken and written Chinese separately, allowing you to focus on the area most important to you, and to learn the spoken and written forms of Chinese at different speeds depending on your available time and interest. The free audio recordings included with this book reinforce the content and make the learning process easy. Whether you're learning Mandarin for work, travel or other reasons--the Basic Mandarin Chinese approach of having two separate but integrated "tracks" helps you to learn the language more efficiently and more successfully.
Speaking American
By Katz, Josh
From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can reveal where you grew up? In December 2013, Josh Katz released an interactive dialect quiz in the New York Times that became the most viewed page in the paper's history. Now a graphics editor, Katz harnessed the overwhelming response to that quiz to create Speaking American, an extraordinary and beautiful tour through the American vernacular. How do you pronounce "pecan"? What do you call a long sandwich with varieties of meats and cheeses? Do you cut the grass or mow the lawn? The answers to these questions - and the distinctions they reveal about who says what and where they say it - are not just the ultimate in cocktail party fodder; they are also windows into the history of our nation, our regions, and our language. On page after page, readers will be fascinated and charmed by these stunning maps of how Americans speak as they gain new insights into our language and ourselves. For fans of Eats, Shoots and Leaves and How the States Got Their Shapes, Speaking American is an irresistible feast of American regional speech.
1100 Words You Need to Know
By Carriero, Richard
Over the years, thousands of students preparing for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and other standardized tests have relied on 1100 Words You Need to Know as an ideal way to strengthen their word power. With this brand-new edition, test prep expert Richard Carriero provides a fully updated and invaluable resource for students - or for anyone who wants to boost their vocabulary. 1100 Words You Need to Know features a weekly program with six words to learn each day and one day for review. With just 15 minutes a day, you'll learn everything you need to improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills. This fully revised edition includes:Word lists with definitions in all new thematic grouping Helpful tips on word rootsUpdated words in context exercises, activities, and quizzes throughout An updated pronunciation guideThree online quizzes with automated scoring to test your progress.
French - English Illustrated Dictionary
By Dk,
Learn more than 10,000 of the most useful words and phrases in French with this beautifully illustrated dictionary for French-language students. . Building on the success of the English for Everyone course books and the Bilingual Visual Dictionary series, the French English Illustrated Dictionary uses crystal-clear illustrations to show the meaning of over 10,000 words of French vocabulary. . The words are shown in a visual context in themed sections covering practical or everyday topics (such as shopping, food, or study) , providing learners with all the vocabulary they need for work, travel, and leisure. . Fancy becoming an expert in the language? Then open the pages of this French dictionary to discover:. - A comprehensive guide to a wide range of useful French words and expressions.
Learn to Sign with Your Baby
By Grugan, Cecilia S.
Communicate, connect, and bond with your baby with 50 essential, easy-to-learn ASL signs.. Your baby is crying. Are they hungry or are they tired? With 50 practical ASL signs that cover a child's day, Learn to Sign with Your Baby will help you better understand your child and help them communicate with you. Author Cecilia S. Grugan, a Deaf parent, gives you detailed instructions and tips for how to master each sign, as well as helpful advice and fun activities for incorporating ASL into your life with baby. And with clear illustrations and video demonstrations for each sign, you can confidently start signing with your baby - and watch as your bond deepens and strengthens.. Learn to Sign with Your Baby includes:50 of the most useful ASL signs. From "more" and "eat" to "change" and "hurt," this book teaches the most relevant and practical terms for your daily life with baby - and makes signs for specific needs easy to find.
Strange to Say
By Warren, Deborah
In her witty account of the origins of many English words and expressions, Deborah Warren educates as she entertains -- and entertain she does, leading her readers through the amazing labyrinthian history of related words. "Language," she writes, "is all about mutation."Read here about the first meanings of common words and phrases, including dessert, vodka, lunatic, tulip, dollar, bikini, peeping tom, peter out, and devil's advocate. A former Latin teacher, Warren is a gifted poet and a writer of great playfulness. Strange to Say is a cornucopia of joyful learning and laughter.Did you know ... Lord Cardigan was a British aristocrat and military man known for the sweater jackets he sported.A lying lawyer might pull the wool over a judge's eyes -- yank his wig down across his face.
No One Understands You and What to Do About It
By Halvorson, Heidi Grant
Have you ever felt you're not getting through to the person you're talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You're not alone.That's the bad news. But there is something we can do about it. Heidi Grant Halvorson, social psychologist and bestselling author, explains why we're often misunderstood and how we can fix that.Most of us assume that other people see us as we see ourselves, and that they see us as we truly are. But neither is true. Our everyday interactions are colored by subtle biases that distort how others see us - and also shape our perceptions of them.You can learn to clarify the message you're sending once you understand the lenses that shape perception:* Trust. Are you friend or foe?* Power. How much influence do you have over me?* Ego.
Practice Makes Perfect
By Lester, Mark
Get control over those difficult areas of English grammar Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Grammar for ESL Learners is focused on those grammar topics that might pose special problems for you, especially if English is not your first language. Because it targets advanced topics, you will quickly zero in on what holds you back from fluency. And like with all of the bestselling Practice Makes Perfect books, you can practice through exercises and reinforce your knowledge. The book includes: 775 exercises Expertise from Mark Lester, an ESL expert in grammar who founded the highly respected ESL department at the University of Hawaii. He authored the most popular college classroom grammar in the country Topics include: Noun plurals, Possessive nouns and personal pronouns, Articles and quantifiers, Adjectives, Verb forms and tenses, Talking about present time, Talking about past time, Talking about future time, Causative verbs, The passive, The structure of adjective clauses, Restrictive and nonrestrictive adjective clauses, Gerunds, Infinitives, Noun clauses --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Basic Mandarin Chinese - Reading & Writing Textbook
By Kubler, Cornelius C
A complete beginning-level course for written Mandarin Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Mandarin quickly and efficiently The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language product for Chinese. These books teach spoken and written Chinese separately, allowing you to focus on the area most important to you, and to learn the spoken and written forms of Chinese at different speeds depending on your available time and interest. The free audio recordings included with this book reinforce the content and make the learning process easy. Whether you're learning Mandarin for work, travel or other reasons--the Basic Mandarin Chinese approach of having two separate but integrated "tracks" helps you to learn the language more efficiently and more successfully.