St Martins Pr, August 1999. First Thus. Paper Back. A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, "The King's English "is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than" Fowler's Modern Usage, " lighter than the "Oxford..... More
Shambhala, October 1986. Trade Paperback. Natalie Goldberg's word-of-mouth hit has sold well over half a million copies. Goldberg, who has conducted writing workshops for both beginners and professionals all over the United States, sees writing as a practice that helps us comprehend the value of our lives. With insight, humor..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2000. Trade Paperback. ENTER A GALLERY OF WIT AND WHIMSY As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. Now from the author of Forgotten..... More
Penguin Books, 1981. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with moderate wear. Previous reader's name in ink first inside page. Dog earred corners pages 121 through 196. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 9th printing. Octavo. Foxing/dust stains top textblock edge and fore-edge. [335 pages]. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2003. Trade Paperback. A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Updated with a new afterword..... More
Perennial (HarperCollins), February 1995. Trade Paperback. In "The Language Instinct," Steven Pinker, well-known for his revolutionary theory of how children acquire language, lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, how it evolved..... More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, November 2000. Reprint. Trade Paperback. "A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." -- New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language..... More
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, June 1965. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Lays the foundation for modern studies in historical and descriptive linguistics." Reprinted from Philosophy Library edition. Octavo. Shelf wear. Side notes in pencil on at least one page. [240 pages] Reprinted from The Philosophy Library edition. More
Gotham, April 2006. Trade Paperback. The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to's to show how important punctuation is in our world--period. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She..... More
Gotham, April 2006. Trade Paperback. The spirited and scholarly #1 New York Times bestseller combines boisterous history with grammar how-to's to show how important punctuation is in our world--period. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. She..... More
