Language Arts & Disciplines

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. more...

Price: $6.00

This new, highly readable, A-Z reference to English usage covers more than 4000 points of word meaning, spelling, punctuation, grammar and style. It also addresses larger issues of inclusive language, and effective writing and argument. It differentiates clearly between USA, UK, Canadian and Australian usage and offers up-to-date, objective advice. more...

Price: $32.00

In many settings, you are how you speak. Bad grammar can stop people in their tracks, whether that’s in school or in careers. With fun and easy exercises, this workbook is ideal for students, people who need better grammar to advance in business or social settings, and those for whom English is a second language. more...

Price: $16.99

The first four titles in the series each feature a thrilling graphic novel set in ancient  times (Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and China). Through the story, readers will learn about life in ancient times – we’ve made the  past come alive with all its sights, sounds, smells, and customs. Each page features an amazing fact in a panel to further make the link between the  graphic novel and the real world of the past. A reference section at the back provides additional information about the period. more...

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"What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted. "Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! It is full of what we in the business call 'really awful writing.'". "But how shall I absolve this dilemma? I have already read every tome available on how to write well and get published!" The writer tossed his head about, wildly. "It might help," opined the blonde editor, helpfully, "to ponder how NOT to write a novel, so you might avoid the very thing!". Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid—at all costs—if you ever want your novel published. In How Not to Write a Novel , authors Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman distill their 30 years combined experience in teaching, editing, writing, and reviewing fiction to bring you real advice from the other side of the query letter. Rather than telling you how or what to write, they identify the 200 most common mistakes unconsciously made by writers and teach you to recognize, avoid, and amend them. With hilarious "mis-examples" to demonstrate each manuscript-mangling error, they'll help you troubleshoot your beginnings and endings, bad guys, love interests, style, jokes, perspective, voice, and more. As funny as it is useful, this essential how-NOT-to guide will help you get your manuscript out of the slush pile and into the bookstore. more...

Price: $12.95