Writing & Language
Talk on the Wild Side
Lane Greene
Format: Hard Cover
How language outsmarts its would-be masters, by the Economist's language columnist.
Write to the Point
Sam Leith
Format: Paperback
Get writing right - in the only way that matters.
Writing a Novel
Richard Skinner
Format: Paperback
The essential companion for your writing life.
The Economist Style Guide
The Economist and Ann Wroe
Format: Paperback
An updated and refreshed edition of this bestselling guide to English usage.
That's The Way It Crumbles
Matthew Engel
Format: Paperback
Americanisms have been slyly coloring the English language for centuries, and this practice must stop. Period.
Rare Books Uncovered
Rebecca Rego Barry, foreword by Nicholas A. Basbanes
Format: Paperback
Precious old books found in unlikely places, from the family that avoided foreclosure through a book in their attic to a copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle in a local fundraiser.
Sounds Appealing
David Crystal
Format: Hard Cover
The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation.
Children's Writer's Notebook
Wes Magee
Format: Hard Cover
A guided journal for aspiring authors in need of a creative workout.
Vulgar Tongues
Max Decharne
Format: Paperback
A rollercoaster ride through the colourful history of slang - from highwaymen to hip-hop, now in paperback
Making Sense
David Crystal
Format: Paperback
The world's best-known authority on the English language reveals the secrets and subtleties of its grammar.
