Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Phrases Borrowed from the Classics and the Stories Behind Them

Are you known to strike like a thunderbolt when things don't go your way?
Are you fortunate enough to have the Midas touch?
Have you ever been struck by Cupid's arrow?

Classically derived expressions are commonly used in our everyday language, yet many of us have little knowledge of the Greek and Roman influences that inspired them. With Opening Pandora's Box you'll discover the fascinating stories behind familiar phrases like Achilles' Heel, a Nemesis, To Fly too Close to the Sun, and more. For example, did you know that...


 * The lifesaving operation known as the Caesarean section is so named because Julius Caesar was delivered by being cut out of his mother's womb?
 * The original labyrinth was built on the orders of King Minos of Crete after Aphrodite cursed his wife to fall in love with a bull and produce a monstrous baby? The king locked the baby in a maze so complicated and tangled that, once in, he would never emerge.
 * The word cereal is derived from the Italian corn goddess Ceres?

Pry open the lid of the English language to find the secrets behind classical phrases we use every day.

Opening Pandora's Box

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Maryland

How to Speak and Write It Right

Sharpen your language skills and navigate your way around grammatical minefields with this entertaining and practical guide. For anyone who has ever been stumped by dangling modifiers and split infinitives, or for those who have no idea what these things even are, My Grammar and I...Or Should That Be Me? offers practical and humorous guidance on how to avoid falling into language pitfalls. Here are all the right tools to help you gain confidence as a speaker and writer, highlighting the most common language errors, such as wrongly used prepositions, misplaced modifiers, and confusing participles.

This refreshing refresher course covers:
? Spelling and Confusables-There are times when the spelling rule "i before e except after c" does not apply
? Parts of Speech-Is it "its" or "it's"? "Whose" or "who's"?
? Sentence Structure-Let us ponder the subject, or object, of "I" and "me"
? Punctuation-So where does a comma go?
? Elements of Style-There is more to grammar than knowing the difference between a subordinate object and a nonrestrictive apostrophe

And, for those grammar know-it-alls, there are entertaining "Smart Aleck" trivia, anecdotes, witticisms, and more. Clever and informative, this is the ideal gift for all English-language sticklers.

My Grammar and I... or Should That Be Me?

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Iowa

Los Sonidos Del Bebe 

Baby Sounds

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Populist Guide to Our Language

American Tongue and Cheek

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The New International Webster's Pocket Quotation Dictionary of the English Language 

North Carolina

Of the English Language 

Websters Pocket Quotation Dictionary 

Published in 1968. This book has beautiful illustrations and each page lists of variety of words in four separate languages - English, French, Russian, and Spanish. There is a small stamp on the inside front cover (pictured)

Georgia

An Excursion in Four Languages

In the Park

Vintage Spanish language textbook from 1959. Great for homeschooling or individual study!

Oregon

World Languages

Gramatica Espanola de Repaso (Spanish language textbook)

Dinkum Dictionary of Aussie English

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

A prominent cognitive scientist and author of The Language Instinct explains how the brain evolved to store and use information, allowing our ancestors to control their environment, and why we think and act as we do. 50,000 first printing.

How the Mind Works

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Roger Price

Leonard Stern

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

World's Greatest Word Game

Mad Libs is the world’s greatest word game and the perfect gift for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories about all things pink! Everyone knows that PLURAL NOUN just wanna have fun! With 21 “fill-in-the-blank” stories about sparkly dresses, funny pigtails, and secret crushes, Totally Pink Mad Libs has something for everyone! Play alone, in a group, or at a sleepover! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER. Totally Pink Mad Libs includes: - Silly stories: 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories all about girly things! - Language arts practice: Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills. - Fun with Friends: each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

Totally Pink Mad Libs

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Berlitz Editors

Quick reference words, phrases and dictionary of the German language. Perfect for travelers, students, studying German, and for those who need to brush up on the language. The ideal companion for travelers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ￼ lightweight, pocket size book for easy toting.

German Phrase Book

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Margaret Hillert

Eida Del Risco

BeginningtoRead Series *Bilingual English/Spanish Edition* ex-library copy.

A boy and his pet dragon spend a day participating in activities with the boy's father. Some of our most popular New Dear Dragon books have been expertly translated for an English/Spanish edition. Perfect for an early introduction to Spanish or for ESL. Full-color illustrations.

Dear Dragon's Day with Father (Querido Dragon Pasa el Dia con Papa)

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Martha Brockenbrough

Insight, fun and very interesting, about grammar

Hardback/dustjacket, 2008, 243 pages, excellent and clean condition

The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World

This book is for people who experience heartbreak over love notes with subject-verb disagreements...for anyone who's ever considered hanging up the phone on people who pepper their speech with such gems as "irregardless," "expresso," or "disorientated"...and for the earnest souls who wonder if it's "Woe is Me," or "Woe is I," or even "Woe am I." Martha Brockenbrough's Things That Make Us (Sic) is a laugh-out-loud guide to grammar and language, a snarkier American answer to Lynn Truss's runaway success, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Brockenbrough is the founder of National Grammar Day and SPOGG -- the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar -- and as serious as she is about proper usage, her voice is funny, irreverent, and never condescending. Things That Make Us (Sic) addresses common language stumbling stones such as evil twins, clichés, jargon, and flab, and offers all the spelling tips, hints, and rules that are fit to print. It's also hugely entertaining, with letters to high-profile language abusers, including David Hasselhoff, George W. Bush, and Canada's Maple Leafs [sic], as well as a letter to --and a reply from -- Her Majesty, the Queen of England. Brockenbrough has written a unique compendium combining letters, pop culture references, handy cheat sheets, rants, and historical references that is as helpful as it is hilarious.

“Things That Make Us (Sic)”

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Illustrated Reverse Dictionary

Please let me know if you have any questions.  

Used condition: book may have minor issues such as sticker residue, minor cover blemishes, discolored pages, minor page bends, etc. If there are major issues, they will be listed in the book description.

This course teaches English through thematic units based on grade-level science, social studies, health, mathematics and art. There are carefully sequenced activities in listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking and authentic assessment activities.

Scottforesman ESL 4

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Deutsch: Verstehen and Sprechen (German language textbook)

Louisiana

A Companion to the PBS Television Series

From the successful television series, this is a history of the development and rise of the English language and of its many variations around the globe.

The Story of English #4

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Vintage 1920s book reprint from 1940s. Wear from age, but still readable and useful. Might be good for homeschool! 

Words: Spelling, Pronunciation, Definition, and Application

David Sacks

New York

Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z

From the A of The Scarlet Letter to the Z of Zorro, this is a fascinating work that unlocks the mystery behind each letter in the alphabet. Illustrations.

Language Visible (First Edition HC)

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A Traveler's Introduction to Chinese Characters

This unique approach to learning characters features dozens of the most commonly used words and phrases encountered daily. By using photographs of actual street scenes, it differentiates between various styles of characters used in public places, and guides the reader through numbers, names, common words, money, directions and much more. An ideal reference for tourists and students.

I Can Read That!

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Tennessee

In 1900, where Churchill ended the fourth volume of his History of the English-Speaking Peoples, the United States had not yet emerged onto the world scene as a great power. Meanwhile, the British Empire was in decline but did not yet know it. Any number of other powers might have won primacy in the twentieth century and beyond, including Germany, Russia, possibly even France. Yet the coming century was to belong to the English-speaking peoples, who successively and successfully fought the Kaiser's Germany, Axis aggression and Soviet Communism, and who are now struggling against Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.

Andrew Roberts brilliantly reveals what made the English-speaking people the preeminent political culture since 1900, and how they have defended their primacy from the many assaults upon them. What connects those countries where the majority of the population speaks English as a first language--the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies and Ireland--is far greater than what separates them, and the development of their history since 1900 has been a phenomenal success story.

Authoritative and engrossing, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 is an enthralling account of the century in which the political culture of one linguistic world-grouping comprehensively triumphed over all others. Roberts's History proves especially invaluable as the United States today looks to other parts of the English-speaking world as its best, closest and most dependable allies.

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

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This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe. B43

Texas

Gifts from the heart

The spirit of the Chinese character

Florida

Student Book Level 2

New Tools for English Language Development

Roy Blount Jr.

CD audio book; 4 discs free on scratches and smudges. Abridged.

The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; with Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory

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Ferdie Addis

Opening Pandora's Box

J. A. Wines; Caroline Taggart

My Grammar and I... or Should That Be Me?

Joy Allen

Baby Sounds

Jim Quinn; Benjamin DeMott (Introduction by)

American Tongue and Cheek

New International

Websters Pocket Quotation Dictionary

Esther Hautzig

In the Park

Francisco Ugarte

Gramatica Espanola de Repaso (Spanish language textbook)

Allan Cornwall (Editor); Gary Lewis (Photographer)

Dinkum Dictionary of Aussie English

Steven Pinker

How the Mind Works

Roger Price; Leonard Stern

Totally Pink Mad Libs

Berlitz Editors

German Phrase Book

Margaret Hillert; Eida Del Risco

Dear Dragon's Day with Father (Querido Dragon Pasa el Dia con Papa)

Martha Brockenbrough

“Things That Make Us (Sic)”

Reader’s Digest

Illustrated Reverse Dictionary

Jim Cummins

Scottforesman ESL 4

Helmut Rehder

Deutsch: Verstehen and Sprechen (German language textbook)

Robert McCrum; William Cran; Robert MacNeil

The Story of English #4

Rupert P. Sorelle, Charles W. Kitt

Words: Spelling, Pronunciation, Definition, and Application

David Sacks

Language Visible (First Edition HC)

Julie M. Sussman

I Can Read That!

Andrew Roberts

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900

Barbara Aria

The spirit of the Chinese character

Santillana

New Tools for English Language Development

Roy Blount Jr.

Alphabet Juice - Audio Book on CD