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Tuttle Vietnamese-English Dictionary: Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition

Đình Hoà Nguyễn - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This is the most up-to-date and complete Vietnamese to English dictionary available.It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable Vietnamese-English dictionary. Although it is targeted mainly at English speakers and other non-native...
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In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

National Best SellerFrom the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut - an "honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart...
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Raising an Active Reader: The Case for Reading Aloud to Engage Elementary School Youngsters

Samantha Cleaver - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Parents and teachers know that reading aloud to children is important, and many parents of young children read aloud to them daily. However, when children start to read on their own, parents often stop reading aloud. But, the early elementary school years, when children are learning how to read...
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured...
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So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off

Shirley Kobliner - Tiller Press
Format: Paperback

We use expressions all the time. When you feel sick, you're "under the weather." When you feel great, you're "on top of the world." You may be fine with "half a loaf," or you may insist on "the whole enchilada." But whether you're a "smart...
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