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1. A Reader's Book of Days: Auspicious Births and Untimely Deaths, Bad Reviews and Bestsellers, Romances and Betrayals, Hoaxes and Scandals, and Other True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year

   Tom Nissley, Joanna Neborsky

   Candy for any book lover: an addictively readable day-by-day literary companion and guide from a former bookseller and eight-time Jeopardy! champion.More

2. Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

   Keith Houston

   From ancient Greece to the Internet—via the Renaissance, Gutenberg, and Madison Avenue—Shady Characters exposes the secret history of punctuation.More

3. Miss Manners Minds Your Business

   Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin

   A witty guide to managing a real life wisely in a work-centered world.More

4. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off

   John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin

   From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI and the best-selling Book of General Ignorance: 1,227 mind-bending facts.More

5. Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing

   Constance Hale

   A writing handbook that celebrates the infinite pizzazz of verbs.More

6. Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little

   Christopher Johnson

   “A work of pop linguistics . . . [that] synthesizes . . . grammar, branding, cognitive science and Web theory . . . with intelligence and friendly wit.”—New York TimesMore

7. The Architecture of Harry Weese

   Robert Bruegmann, Kathleen Murphy Skolnik

   This study tells the story of one of America’s most gifted architects of the postwar years.More

8. The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words

   Peter E. Meltzer

   Expanded Second Edition

   The go-to guide for finding those exceptional and unexpected words that will bring your writing to the next level.More

9. Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding

   Jacobina Martin, Judith Martin

   Bride and mother-of-the-bride rebel against today’s monster weddings and explain how weddings can be charming, affordable—and excruciatingly correct.More

10. Textual Editing and Criticism: An Introduction

    Erick Kelemen, Donald H. Reiman

    Textual Editing and Criticism: An Introduction addresses a gap in currently available materials for English and American literature teachers who bring textual editing and criticism into their courses.More

11. A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation

    Noah Lukeman

    "Takes the straitjacket off punctuation....Lukeman's wit and insight make this an instant classic."—M. J. RoseMore

12. Right, Wrong, and Risky: A Dictionary of Today's American English Usage

    Mark Davidson

    For anyone challenged by the changes and controversies in the world's most widely used language: Standard American English.More

13. The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers

    Lucia del Sol Knight, Daniel Bruce MacNaughton, Llewellyn Howland

    A complete, international reference book of yacht designers from the early 1800s to the present day.More

14. How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar

    William Safire

    These fifty humorous misrules of grammar will open the eyes of writers of all levels to fine style.More

15. Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior

    Judith Martin, Gloria Kamen

    Freshly Updated

    An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move.More