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Says Who?

A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

de Anne Curzan ...

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York ... Leer más

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A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York
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Fixing English

Prescriptivism and Language History

de Anne Curzan ...

Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in places such as usage guides, dictionaries, and school curricula. Such authorities have aspired to 'fix' the language, sometimes by keeping English exactly where it is, but also by trying to improve the current state of the language. Anne ... Leer más

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Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in places such as usage guides, dictionaries, and school curricula. Such authorities have aspired to 'fix' the language, sometimes by keeping English exactly where it is, but also by trying to improve the current state of the language. Anne
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Says Who?

A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

de Anne Curzan ...

Narrado por Anne Curzan ...

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10 hora 48 minutos

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t have enjoyed myself more.”—Benjamin Dreyer, New York
... Leer más

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The Conscious Style Guide

A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers

de Karen Yin ...

Narrado por Michelle H. Lee ...

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7 hora 15 minutos

A timeless, indispensable guide for anyone who wants to communicate with sensitivity and compassion.Most of us want to choose inclusive, respectful, and empowering language. But language—and how we use it—continually evolves, along with cultural norms. When contradictory opinions muddle our purpose, how do we align our word choices with our beliefs? Who has the final say when people disagree? And ... Leer más

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A timeless, indispensable guide for anyone who wants to communicate with sensitivity and compassion.Most of us want to choose inclusive, respectful, and empowering language. But language—and how we use it—continually evolves, along with cultural norms. When contradictory opinions muddle our purpose, how do we align our word choices with our beliefs? Who has the final say when people disagree? And
... Leer más

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Revisionaries

What We Can Learn from the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers

de Kristopher Jansma ...

Narrado por Greg D. Barnett ...

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8 hora 59 minutos

Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of twenty literary superstars.If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common, ... Leer más

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Find creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of twenty literary superstars.If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common,
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The World She Edited

Katharine S. White at The New Yorker

de Amy Reading ...

Narrado por Christa Lewis ...

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20 hora 59 minutos

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award""Meticulously researched."" —The New York Times**""A first-rate biography."" —Washington PostA lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20****th</... ... Leer más

$45.99 USD

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Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award""Meticulously researched."" —The New York Times**""A first-rate biography."" —Washington PostA lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine’s prestigious legacy and transform the 20****th</...
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Ask

Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life

de Jeff Wetzler ...

Narrado por Gary Tiedemann ...

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8 hora 29 minutos

**Globally recognized expert on learning and leadership, Jeff Wetzler offers a hands-on, surprisingly effective way to find out what others really think, know, and feel, leading to smarter decisions, more creative solutions, and deeper relationships."Invaluable ... required reading." —Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect**Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’ ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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**Globally recognized expert on learning and leadership, Jeff Wetzler offers a hands-on, surprisingly effective way to find out what others really think, know, and feel, leading to smarter decisions, more creative solutions, and deeper relationships."Invaluable ... required reading." —Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect**Too often, we don’t find out what’s truly on others’
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Why We Read

On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

de Shannon Reed ...

Narrado por Paige McKinney ...

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8 hora 54 minutos

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps
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Enough Is Enuf

Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

de Gabe Henry ...

Narrado por Johnny Heller ...

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5 hora 49 minutos

A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has,
... Leer más

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Outrage Machine

How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It

de Tobias Rose-Stockwell ...

Narrado por Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Justin Price, Bolton Marsh ...

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12 hora 50 minutos

**An invaluable guide to understanding how the internet has broken our brains—and what we can do to fix it."Vivid and unforgettable.” ―Jonathan Haidt, New York Times bestselling author of The Righteous Mind**The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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**An invaluable guide to understanding how the internet has broken our brains—and what we can do to fix it."Vivid and unforgettable.” ―Jonathan Haidt, New York Times bestselling author of The Righteous Mind**The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features
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The Art of X-Ray Reading

How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing

de Roy Peter Clark ...

Narrado por Jefferson Mays ...

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8 hora 10 minutos

Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.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 ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

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Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, offers writing lessons we can draw from 25 great texts.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
... Leer más

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The Darwinian Trap

The Hidden Evolutionary Forces That Explain Our World (and Threaten Our Future)

de Kristian Rönn ...

Narrado por Jamie Renell ...

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7 hora 40 minutos

A provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival—an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate change“Essential reading . . . a lively, ultimately hopeful examination of how incentivizing the wrong values and actions has led to some of our most intractable problems.”—Eric Ries, New York Times ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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A provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival—an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate change“Essential reading . . . a lively, ultimately hopeful examination of how incentivizing the wrong values and actions has led to some of our most intractable problems.”—Eric Ries, New York Times
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