Language & Linguistics Books

George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. It is about the importance of writing concisely, clearly and precisely and the dangers to our ability to think when language, especially political language, is...

A practical and compact guide to writing for professionalsWriting is an essential skill in today's workplace. From messaging platforms and social media to traditional forms of communication like memos and reports, we rely on words more than ever. Given...

Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills!Japanese Folktales for Language Learners introduces 22 traditional tales in parallel Japanese and English versions, presented on facing pages. Whether you're a student of Japanese...

A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery-especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English...

Everything you need to learn the 200 basic Japanese kanji characters is here in this boxed kit! Flash cards are an essential tool in memorizing words when you are learning a new language. In Japanese Kanji Flash Cards Kit, Volume 1, you'll get all the...

Age range 12+Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language...

Age range 12+Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language...

More than 30 million Americans rely on their voices for their jobs-from teachers, religious leaders, and entertainers to lawyers, executives, salespeople, and doctors. A controlled voice increases self-confidence and enhances charisma,...

'Did you keep a list of the words coined by Covid? Wayne Grady did! They're deftly woven into a journal/timeline, taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo.' - Margaret AtwoodThis exploration of the many new terms of...

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it.Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to...

**Winner, Screen Research Network Outstanding Monograph Award, 2022**Telling a story is simple, right? You take a 'hero' and send them on a 'journey'. There's a beginning, middle and an end.But what if your story doesn't fit into that basic...

'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.'This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered...

The past few decades have seen a rapid growth in Chinese language teaching materials, but very little for advanced learning. This textbook is designed specifically for advanced Chinese learners in Western universities. Postgraduate students in Chinese...

"High-Value Writing: Real Strategies for Real-World Writing" helps readers manage the writing challenges they face at work and elsewhere in life. Many of us haven't talked about writing since school, but workplace writing has different requirements. How...

Create your liberated literary utopia When your dream and creative passion is to write, how do you succeed without selling out or selling yourself short? Ariel Gore has spent her life solving this puzzle, writing and organising her way towards a creative...

Structure a writing process by learning about brainstorming and drafting Want to write a book? Half the battle is finding a practice that works for you. Successful author and creativity expert Jessie Kwak is here to help you do just that-and have fun...

French culinary phrases, foodie terms and cultural tips come together in the ultimate food-lover's guide pays des dlices Whether you're spending a semester in Paris, vacationing in the Riviera, dining at a local bistro or mastering the French culinary...

Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they definitely never taught you in German class with this super-handy and hilariously improper English-German phrasebook. You already know enough German to get by, but you want to be able to tell those...

Nora Ephron was one of the most popular, accomplished, and beloved writers in American journalism and film.Nora Ephron: A Biographyis the first comprehensive portrait of the Manhattan-born girlwho forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration...

If you're enrolled in an MBA or executive education program, you've probably encountered a powerful learning tool: the business case. But if you're like many people, you may find interpreting and writing about cases mystifying and time-consuming. In The...

Communicating virtually is cool, useful, and becoming more universal every day. But the actual communication is often quite bad. Indeed, everyone agrees that the quality of human connection we feel in virtual meetings, email, and other forms of virtual...

Now that you have your big idea, how will you find and convince your first investor? You need a pitch deck, of course-the perfect set of slides to convince investors to back you and your venture. But a pitch deck isn't merely a business plan put into...

Doublespeak is the language of non-responsibility, carefully constructed to appear to communicate when it fact it doesn't. In this lively and eye-opening expose, originally published in 1989, linguist William Lutz identifies the four most common types of...

In just thirteen brief, accessible chapters, this engaging little book takes 'absolute beginners' from the most basic questions about the language (e.g., what does a classical Chinese character look like?) to reading and understanding selections from...

The study of classical languages by earlier generations of English-speaking students was greatly facilitated by the study of English grammar in the schools, a tradition now out of favor but one that emphasized precisely the concepts, terms, and...

Dialogue is often overlooked as a necessary and potent instrument in the novelist's repertoire. A novel can rise or fall on the strength of its dialogue. Superb dialogue can make a superb novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "Action is character." George V...

A Sense of Dread features three main sections. 1) A detailed examination of the biological, psychological, and cultural bases of fear. What fears do we share with animals? What fears are uniquely human? What fears have we learned from our culture? From...

Through a "Crazy" approach in writing the feature screenplay, the first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid script. In the second half, the book covers professional...

March to a different drummer! Take risks. Make bold choices. Break the rules! But do it purposely and strategically, using The Coffee Break Screenwriter . . . Breaks the Rules as your guide, and create a script readers will remember.Pilar Alessandra's...

This groundbreaking guide describes six seemingly different popular movies and genres (Skyfall, The Avengers, The Hangover, A Beautiful Mind, The Conjuring, Gone Girl) and shows screenwriters how they all follow the exact same 120 Universal Story Beats...

Master of the Cinematic Universe is a guide to the future of trans-media storytelling. Content creators of every flavor are constantly needing to expand the mediums they can work in. This volume serves as a resource for using the timeless truths of story...

A handy supplement to studying characters in class or independently that teaches useful tricks for remembering words and tones.From one of the authors of Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar comes Speak and Read Chinese, a simple,...

Widely seen as among the most influential Italian thinkers of all time, Antonio Gramsci's highly original Marxism continues to be studied across the globe, even after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gramsci and Languages offers an explanation of this...

In (Don't) Stop Me If You've Heard This Before, Peter Turchi combines personal narrative and close reading of a wide range of stories and novels to reveal how writers create the fiction that matters to us. Building on his much-loved Maps of the...

On its own, or in conjunction with a variety of free online resources-grammar and vocabulary exercises, pronunciation drills, and more-this accurate and well-organized book is the ideal reference for students of Spanish at any level.

A sequel to her widely used A Companion to Familia Romana (now in its second edition), Jeanne Marie Neumann's A Companion to Roma Aeterna offers a running commentary, in English, of the Latin grammar covered in Hans H. rberg's Roma Aeterna, and includes...

Designed to accompany Anne H. Groton’s From Alpha to Omega, Fourth Edition, this book of ancillary exercises reinforces grammatical and syntactical knowledge, helps develop an operational vocabulary, and improves oral proficiency. Ancillary...

A convenient, single-volume vocabulary reference for Pars I of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series by Hans H. orberg. This Latin-to-English glossary includes all of the vocabulary which a first-year student can be expected to encounter, namely...

Introduction to Latin: A Workbook Second Edition is an essential companion to Introduction to Latin Second Edition by Susan C. Shelmerdine, providing a wealth of additional innovative exercises of the type found in the textbook, that help students build...

Presented via the natural method by Hans Orberg, Ars Amatoria (“The Art of Love”) allows students to read lightly altered Latin texts. The text is a poem in three books by Ovid. These poems can be read by students who have completed...

Presented via the natural method by Hans Orberg, Aeneis Libros I et IV allows students to read lightly altered Latin texts. It includes the complete text of the Aeneid Books 1 and 4 and portions of books 2 and 3, along with indices of vocabulary and...

Epitome Historiae Sacrae is a reader entirely in Latin (with vowel lengths marked), this book includes 209 readings from the Bible. There are also engaging exercises, including crosswords and matching.If Lingua Latina is the primary Latin textbook,...

Hans Oerberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal...

By Roman Hands takes Latin out of the textbook and allows students to see and translate Latin as it actually appeared on Roman monuments, walls and tombs. The first collection of entirely authentic and un-adapted inscriptions and graffiti accessible to...

Introduction to Latin, Second Edition is an introductory Latin textbook designed with a streamlined flow that allows it to be completed in one year. Its concise and uncluttered approach gives students what they need to master the material. Grammar is...

This text is a supplemental reader for the Lingua Latina series that includes selections from Sallust's Catilina and Cicero's Catilinarian Speeches I and III for students who have finished Part I, Familia Romana or anyone interested in learning Latin...

A slight revision of W.H.D. Rouse’s original Greek language reader, "A Greek Boy at Home", these readings form the narrative story of the Greek boy Thrasymachus, his daily life and education. Intended to be used with Rouse's...

This is the sixth in the series of books of the Aeneid which include the text in Latin, with an introduction and commentary.