More Word Smart
Written by Princeton Review
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $9.99
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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Word Smart, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $9.99
Let your vocabulary speak for itself.Knowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That’s why more than one million people have used
Word Smart to improve their vocabularies! This updated 5th edition defines and explains more than 1,400 need-to-know vocabulary words.
To create...
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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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eBook.
Word Smart, 5th Edition
Written by Princeton Review
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2012
Price: $13.99
Let your vocabulary speak for itself.Knowing which words to use and how to use them is key to communicating accurately and effectively. That’s why more than one million people have used
Word Smart to improve their vocabularies! This updated 5th edition defines and explains more than 1,400 need-to-know vocabulary words.
To create...
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Also available as an
eBook.
The Right Word!
How to Say What You Really Mean
Written by Jan Venolia
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2011
Price: $9.99
Every writer needs help with words: choosing them, using them, spelling them correctly. When is optimal or optimum the better choice? Why use germane when relevant is, well, more relevant? Created for just such tortuous (torturous?) situations, this handy guide provides an A-to-Z listing of troublesome, confusing words, accompanied by clear...
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First Grade Language Arts Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child's Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
First Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section within
First Grade Language Arts Success...
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First Grade Vocabulary Puzzles (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
First Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will give your child vocabulary-expanding practice exercises that are both fun and effective. Vocabulary is a crucial component of any language arts curriculum, and...
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Second Grade Language Arts Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $18.99
Each Super Workbook is a $39 value for just $18.99! Includes a $10 discount coupon off your child’s Skills Assessment at a Sylvan Learning Center.
Second Grade Language Arts Success uses a systematic, age- and grade-appropriate approach to help your child succeed in school. Each section in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook
uses...
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Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles (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 Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles!
Sylvan’s
Second Grade Vocabulary Puzzles will help your child practice and expand his or her vocabulary. Each fun, age- and grade-appropriate puzzle in the workbook focuses on a...
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Fifth Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’ s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the...
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Fifth Grade Super Reading Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $18.99
Good reading and writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
Here’s a...
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Fifth Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $12.99
Solid vocabulary knowledge not only prepares fifth-graders for academic success–it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
TIC-TAC-TOEHelps kids distinguish between synonyms and antonyms. Find...
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Third Grade Super Reading Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $18.99
Good reading skills are essential not only for third-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this 3-in-1 SuperWorkbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Here’s a peek at...
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Third Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’ s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 3rd grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the...
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Third Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $12.99
Solid vocabulary knowledge not only prepares third-graders for academic success–it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead.
Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside...
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Fourth Grade Super Reading Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $18.99
Good reading skills are essential not only for fourth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this 3-in-1 SuperWorkbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead.
Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
SPELLING SUCCESSWORD SEARCH -- Fun games...
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Fourth Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $79.99
Sylvan Learning kits include a bonus coupon for $75 off your child’s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center.
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 4th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks are carried...
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Fourth Grade Vocabulary Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $12.99
Solid vocabulary knowledge not only prepares fourth-graders for academic success – it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features...
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Word Power
Written by Peter Funk
Read by Peter Funk
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $7.50
Word Power is an easy-to-follow series of vocabulary lessons from master linguist Peter Funk. His proven techniques will dramatically help you to improve your vocabulary and express yourself more clearly and forcefully. You will also gain the confidence that comes from having exactly the right word for every situation.
Word Power offers...
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Butt Rot & Bottom Gas
Written by Eric Groves, Sr.
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Price: $10.95
butt rot /b@t rät/ n. a fungal disease affecting the butt, or base, of a tree
bot•tom gas /bä2-t@m gas/ n. a type of breathing gas carried in portable tanks and inhaled by under-water divers
The English language is full of words that sound obscene but aren’t. Words like arsole...
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Word Power
Written by Peter Funk
Read by Peter Funk
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: December 7, 2004
Price: $11.00
Word Power is an easy-to-follow series of vocabulary lessons from master linguist Peter Funk. His proven techniques will dramatically help you to improve your vocabulary and express yourself more clearly and forcefully. You will also gain the confidence that comes from having exactly the right word for every situation.
Word Power offers...
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00
One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.
As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’...
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eBook.
The Right Word!
How to Say What You Really Mean
Written by Jan Venolia
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2003
Price: $13.99
Every writer needs help with words: choosing them, using them, spelling them correctly. When is optimal or optimum the better choice? Why use germane when relevant is, well, more relevant? Created for just such tortuous (torturous?) situations, this handy guide provides an A-to-Z listing of troublesome, confusing words, accompanied by clear...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.