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Suitable for anyone interested in learning Latin, this title helps you teach more Latin in half an hour than you would learn from years of being taught Latin at school. It includes a section on everyday Latin usage, which discusses all the Latin words and idioms we still use today, such as 'quid pro quo' and 'sui generis'.

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A workbook to help adult learners of English to improve their handwriting.

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Timely and comprehensive, the latest title in the HarperReference dictionary series--a reliable informational resource for students. This dictionary provides the 250,000 students enrolled in philosophy courses this year an indispensable, one-stop source for the vast terminology on the subject.

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Whether it's like "a bump on a log" or "a bat out of hell, " these expressions have been around forever. Dr. Funk explains over 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor, and the frailties of humankind, each of these sayings have an interesting story behind their origin.

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Sunday Times bestselling author Caroline Taggart brings her usual gently humorous approach to punctuation, pointing out what really matters and what doesn't.

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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

Learn how to read Hindi (Devanagari) script in a matter of hours!

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In this fun collection of over 400 curious expressions and sayings, Dr. Funk explains the meanings that people use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced the expressions back through the years in an effort to determine their sources, to find out what the original allusions were, and give his expert opinion when facts cannot be traced.

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This unique self-study course is for elementary-level adults who need English for the hospitality industry, such as workers in hotels and restaurants. Ideal for front-line staff who need to communicate confidently in English to maintain good customer relations.

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The ultimate test of grammar rules - the grammar book serialised in the Times feature 'Grammar for Grown-ups'.

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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ART OF GETTING PUBLISHED.

This smart and comprehensive book shows how to plan or a published future - by showing fifty mistakes to avoid if you want to get your book published.

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There are many ways prospective authors routinely sabotage their own work. But why leave it to guesswork This title shows how you can ensure that your manuscript never rises above the level of unpublishable drivel; that your characters are unpleasant, dimensionless versions of yourself; and that your plot is digressive, tedious and unconvincing.

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A powerful little book about what happens when women find their voice.

INCLUDES A NEW BONUS CHAPTER ON 'HOW TO OWN THE ZOOM'

'Full of helpful concepts...

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This companion volume to How to Read Classical Tibetan is distinguished by the author s meticulous explanation of sentence structure and his illuminating comments about the philosophical text the graded lessons are based on. The text, the Presentation of Tenets, is perfectly suited to Preston s method: it is short, predictable in structure, and contains a wealth of philosophical vocabulary.

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Learn how to get the most out of language courses, books and your own environment to be able to speak, read and write any language.

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From dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means hungry, this title investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides insight into the history of the English language.

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If you know sentences, you know everything. Good sentences promise nothing less than lessons and practice in the organization of the world. This title offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader).