This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. This 'little' book can help students communicate more effectively, showing them how to enliven their sentences, put statements in the positive form and write in a clear and simple style.

Describes various facets of human language - its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders and the unstoppable evolution of languages and dialects.

A guide to perfect punctuation for those who care about precise writing.

Includes 25 patterns for improving data access and application performance. Every pattern is illustrated with commented Java/JDBC code examples, as well as UML diagrams representing interfaces, classes, and relationships. This book explains the techniques used in robust data access solutions.

This work charts the tale of a language that came from nowhere to conquer the world. It is an introduction for both student and general reader alike.