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5) Word smart
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English
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Word Smart includes over 1,400 words and definitions that will help teenagers and adults build a better and more effective vocabulary. It s perfect for high school students studying for the SAT, GRE, and other standardized tests; college students who want to improve their writing; adults who want to communicate more confidently at work; and anyone who wants to get more out of reading. A perennial best-seller, Word Smart has helped over a million people...
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"How you speak and write can say a lot about you. Grammar makes a lasting impression, but learning it can seem like a never-ending parade of complicated and contradictory rules! That's why we at The Princeton Review created Grammar Smart;instead of boring you with countless rules and confusing grammatical terms, this book takes a fun approach to showing the logic behind each correct sentence." -- Amazon.com.
14) The word snoop
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English
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A tour of the English language from the beginning of the alphabet in 4000 BC to modern text messaging and emoticons.
16) The art of X-ray reading: how the secrets of 25 great works of literature will improve your writing
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English
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Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, fromThe Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest...
19) More word smart
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English
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"More than a million people improved their vocabularies with the original Word Smart, but an educated and powerful vocabulary doesn't stop growing with one book! Learning and effectively using the words in More Word Smart, 2nd Edition can help you get better grades, score higher on tests, and communicate more confidently at work. MORE WORD SMART includes: More than 800 more words that belong in every savvy student's vocabulary; Lists of common usage...