Use "power verbs" to make your resumes, cover letters, interview conversations, and personal pitches more memorable, impactful, and dynamic -- and get the job you want! If you're hunting for a job, every word matters. But some words matter most of all: verbs. Verbs are the catal…
''This book makes report writing a step by step process for you to follow every time you have a report to write. The author's understanding of how people read and remember gives a unique view of the process of report writing. This book brings you her tried and tested training te…
The secret to successful word-of-mouth marketing on the social web is easy: Be Likeable. A friend's recommendation is more powerful than any advertisement. In the world of Facebook, Twitter, and beyond, that recommendation can travel farther--and faster--than ever before. LIkeab…
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to ... ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of E…
Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-unfortunately, these adjectives rarely describe legal writing, whether in the form of briefs, opinions, contracts, or statutes. In Legal Writing in Plain English, Bryan A. Garner provides lawyers, judges, paralegals, law stud…
Offers those in the law profession, including lawyers, judges, paralegals, and law students, advice and tools to help them improve their writing skills.
This work takes you step by step through the art of argument, from thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may strengthen your claims, and how to come to a strong conclusion.
Expand your world through language! "The Ultimate French Review and Practice" gives readers a good grasp of French grammar so they can build their skills and confidence in communication. Each concept is illustrated with engaging sentence examples, followed by extensive exercises…
Expand your world through language! "The Ultimate French Review and Practice" gives readers a good grasp of French grammar so they can build their skills and confidence in communication. Each concept is illustrated with engaging sentence examples, followed by extensive exercises…
The second edition of this classic guide to business writing style and protocols provides new words, phrases and guidance to help you express yourself clearly, confidently and correctly on any digital platform. New to this edition: updated A-to-Z section with 250 new entries; be…
''Very rich modern course, with strongphrase material and a wealth of pictorial and amusement aids."--Editor.
Provides guidance on writing clearly and effectively, covering such topics as sentence length, active and passive verbs, punctuation, grammar, and proofreading.
"Sagt man "ein Paar neue Schuhe" oder "ein neues Paar Schuhe"? Heißt es "jemand hat gewinkt" oder "jemand hat gewunken"? Wann setzt man einen Apostroph, wie dekliniert man Abkürzungen, wann verwendet man den Genitiv, wann den Dativ? In diesem Buch geht es um die Zweifelsfälle, d…
"Sagt man "ein Paar neue Schuhe" oder "ein neues Paar Schuhe"? Heißt es "jemand hat gewinkt" oder "jemand hat gewunken"? Wann setzt man einen Apostroph, wie dekliniert man Abkürzungen, wann verwendet man den Genitiv, wann den Dativ? In diesem Buch geht es um die Zweifelsfälle, d…