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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.

A comprehensive guide that draws from reams of historical data, laboratory experiments, field research, and eyewitness accounts.

An accompaniment to the first 8 seasons released on DVD, this is an official episode guide to The Simpsons , in a collector's edition. Featuring highlights from almost 200 episodes, plot synopses, quotes, character profiles, couch gags, guest stars and more, it includes a guide to the short episodes from the Tracey Ullman Show .

Danger lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? This handbook is here to help, with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know to survive.

This title describes 1000 must-see spots, from beaches to museums to cathedrals to bustling markets, grand hotels to backwater inns, rugged safaris to the most pampering spas. It includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites, costs and best times to visit with subject-specific indexes.

Goblins come in all shapes and sizes. This gallery of slimy portraits includes such smelly denizens of the Labyrinth as Hallow goblins, the Klutton, Zitzie, Stench and Foregoblins.

A bird field guide that follows the AOU (American Ornithologists' Union) classification. It features almost every species officially recorded.

Offering updated material to reflect current style, this 15th edition includes guidance on electronic publications, journals and mathematical copy. A comprehensive gathering of material, the Chicago Manual of Style is an essential reference for publishing professionals.

An illustrated A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien's fantasy works The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted many readers. Middle-earth, the world in which the stories take place, is as complex as our own.

Offers coverage of the destinations in the Northeast States. This work includes an activities section that spans festivals, language classes, yoga courses and Ayurvedic massage.

The all-time bestselling writer's handbook now features a new Preface and Afterword by the author. High school & older.

With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

A concise guide to Wiccan and Neo-Pagan paths and traditions.

This second edition of this best-selling guide to taking photographs while on the road has been thoroughly updated and revised to include a special new section on digital photography. Also includes new information on black and white photography techniques.

The official companion to the last three seasons of the show offers ultimate access behind the scenes and is packed with the kind of insider detail that Buffy fans adore.