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Transparent Language Online provides an effective and engaging experience for language learners looking to build their vocabulary, practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and maintain what they learn. With courses and supplemental resources in 110+ languages, Transparent Language Online can be accessed anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Thoroughly revised, the fifth edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 ... new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the ... American Heritage Usage Panel ... Thousands of definitions have been revised in rapidly changing fields such as astronomy and biology, geographical entries and maps have been completely updated, and the dictionary's signature feature notes on word history, synonymy, and language...
Publisher
DK Pub
Language
English
Description
Using more than 6,000 color photos and illustrations, this dictionary analyzes all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in stunning visual realism. Cutaways and exploded views provide an illuminating new perspective on everything from the inside of a volcano to the inner workings of a car.
Language
English
Description
"The American Heritage® Children's Dictionary has been completely revised, updated, and redesigned for a brand-new edition, ensuring that this title remains fresh and current while providing the visual appeal needed to captivate young readers. For this brand-new edition, every definition has been reviewed, and hundreds of new senses and new words and definitions ranging from android to vegan have been added. This edition includes a brand-new feature,...
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Make Every Word Memorable! To be remembered for your words, you need to write with skill and style. Whether you're crafting a novel, composing an e-mail, or creating a technical report, Mastering the Craft of WritingMastering the Craft of Writing is an invaluable resource for any writer. Once you master these techniques, you'll want to use them in everything you write.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This wise and entertaining guide by one of the great editors of our time offers timeless tools for making meaning clear. Refresh your writing. Unravel convoluted sales talk written to deceive. See through political campaigns erected on a tower of falsehoods. Fake news is but one of the pimples of a literate civilization under siege. Slovenly English! Billions of words come at us every day with unimaginable velocity and shriveled meaning, in social...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A branding consultant explains how to craft miniature messages such as headlines, titles, sound bites, brand names, domain names, and slogans that grab attention, communicate effectively, and stick in the mind, focusing each chapter on a particular tool.
16) Crab cab
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce short vowel sounds, consonant blends, and word families in this Flip-a-word book.
19) Quack shack
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce rhyming word families ending in "ack," "ick," and "ock."
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