An enhanced edition of the classic writing manual features humorous art by a popular children's book illustrator and New Yorker cover artist, in a volume that provides visual and whimsical embellishments to the original instructive text--Publisher

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson-the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent-brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed...

"Middle school students can use the lessons in this eBook to help improve their spelling skills for class, homework, and important essays--in just 15 minutes a day!" --

This eBook provides extensive practice to help sharpen all aspects of your grammar and writing, from capitalization and punctuation to sentence structure and essay construction. All questions include detailed answer explanations or writing samples.

"Middle school students can use the lessons in this eBook to help improve writing skills for class, homework, and important essays--in just 15 minutes a day!" --

"Middle school students can use the lessons in this eBook to help improve grammar skills for class, homework, and important tests--in just 15 minutes a day!" --

"This eBook helps you fine-tune your knowledge of grammar essentials with quick but thorough lessons that take only 20 minutes a day! Use the tests and lessons within to sharpen your grammar skills and quickly improve your writing skills." --

Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Mak loves words, and her brief compilation of words will surprise, delight, and enamor. Do you practice Tsundoku? It is a Japanese noun for the letting books pile up unread after your buy them. Or perhaps you Balter....

You must be confident in your grammar, writing, and math skills to succeed in the workplace and come across as an attractive candidate and employee. This new basic-skills series targets the adult learner who wants to earn a degree, get a job, and succeed on that job. Every chapter focuses on a key skill, and is filled with practice questions and detailed answer explanations. LearningExpress is a leader in workplace readiness, with a series of award-winning...