Learn to Sign the Fun Way!
Let Your Fingers Do the Talking with Games, Puzzles, and Activities in American Sign Language
Written by Penny Warner

Format: Trade Paperback, 216 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2001
Price: $14.95

The perfect guide to signing for everyone!
Never before has learning to sign been so simple and so much fun! Whether you are a teacher or a parent, this lively self-guided book of American Sign Language (ASL) will quickly become your kids' new favorite teacher!
Learn to Sign the Fun Way goes beyond... Read more >

Second Grade Reading Skill Builders (Sylvan Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning

Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $12.99

Receive a bonus $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center with the purchase of every Sylvan Workbook!

Sylvan’s Second Grade Reading Skill Builders will help your child practice and strengthen the ability to recognize and understand a variety of words and text. Each lively and engaging... Read more >

Living Language French, Essential Edition
Beginner course, including coursebook, 3 audio CDs, and free online learning
Written by Living Language

Format: Package, 272 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $22.99

Learn a Language—Not Just Words. The Essential package is a unique, truly multi-media introduction to French that uses the Living Language Method™ to teach you to speak a new language, not just memorize vocabulary words.

Our method presents the language in a natural and systematic way, combining linguistic science and proven... Read more >

Thank You for Arguing
What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion
Written by Jay Heinrichs

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $11.99

Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. The time-tested secrets the book discloses include Cicero’s three-step strategy for moving an audience to actionÑas well as Honest Abe’s Shameless Trick of lowering an audience’s expectations by... Read more >

How to Write It, Third Edition
A Complete Guide to Everything You'll Ever Write
Written by Sandra E. Lamb

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2011
Price: $18.99

Write personal and professional communications with clarity, confidence, and style.

How to Write It is the essential resource for eloquent personal and professional self-expression. Award-winning journalist Sandra E. Lamb transforms even reluctant scribblers into articulate wordsmiths by providing compelling examples of nearly every type and form of written communication. Completely updated... Read more >

Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $9.99

A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
 
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal... Read more >

More Word Smart

Written by Princeton Review

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $13.99

Build a More Impressive Vocabulary.

Did you know that:

   • The word "noisome" has nothing whatsoever to do with noise?
   • "Ordinance" and "ordnance" have two distinct meanings?
   • An "errant" fool is a fool who is lost, while an "arrant" fool is one whose foolishness is obvious?

If any of these facts caught you by surprise, then...

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The Elements of Journalism
What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect, Completely Updated and Revised
Written by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $14.00

The Book That Every Citizen and Journalist Should Read

“What this book does better than any single book on media history, ethics, or practice is
weave . . . [together] why media audiences have fled and why new technology and megacorporate ownership are putting good journalism at risk.” —Rasmi Simhan, Boston Globe

“Kovach... Read more >

Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $15.95

A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
 
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal... Read more >

Living Language Chinese, Complete Edition
Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Chinese character guide, and free online learning
Written by Living Language

Format: Package, 368 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $49.99

Complete Chinese is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package.
 
At the core of Complete Chinese is the Living Language Method™, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experience. Our method teaches you the whole language, so... Read more >