General Books


The Oxford English Grammar Best Price: $38.37 The Oxford line of reference books is generally the best one can find. I was expecting the same...	1001 Palabras Inglesas Mas Utiles Para Hispanoparlantes Best Price: $0.01 I bought this book for my wife who is a native Spanish speaker that learned English by speaking...	Descriptionary: A Thematic Dictionary Best Price: $6.84 Pardon my bluntness, but this book is fantastic to have around when you're having a 'brain...	Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense Best Price: $22.00 I needed this textbook for my AP English class and I needed it fast. The product came on time...	The Macmillan Visual Dictionary: 3,500 Color Illustrations, 25,000 Terms, 600 Subjects Best Price: $59.98 I remember I got this when I was about 12-13 years old... I was amazed by the quality of the...



A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language Best Price: $166.60 Although this book is very expansive, I still bought it and are happy to own it because this...	Elements of Semiology Best Price: $7.91 This text, as with all pure critical theory, is certainly dense--there is no getting around...	Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6-12: A Toolkit of Classroom Activities Best Price: $26.41 This is a great book for teachers instructing the lower grade levels or ELL classes. Very easy...	The Grouchy Grammarian: A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better Best Price: $1.99 This is a great quick guide to some of the trickiest rules of English grammar. I recommend it...	Michel Thomas Speak Italian for Beginners: 10-CD Beginner's Program (Michel Thomas Speak...) Best Price: $42.24 I picked up a lot of Italian when I was a teenager, although a lot of it was dialect. When I...



Illustrated Word Smart: A Visual Vocabulary Builder (Smart Guides) Best Price: $7.44 Illustrations should be a great help with vocabulary acquisition, in theory. But in practice,...	Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Best Price: $6.99 Really like how Mounce gives us an verbal examples of these Greek words, after all it's like...	Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges From Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement Best Price: $31.46 Is not the kind of book that a student in initial education certification program can use...	The Slangman Guide to Street Speak 1: The Complete Course in American Slang & Idioms Best Price: $12.00 This series fills a vital niche in the ESL world where too many teachers and professors continue...	Correct Writing Best Price: $71.95 This book had all the answer already written in it and the previous owner wrote all about her...

The Pocket Dictionary Of Signing Best Price: $2.50 I've found this book helpful in my attempts at learning ASL (granted I have not been overly...	Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Third Edition Best Price: $39.99 This is a collection of articles from a variety of sources, aimed at graduate students in...	Children's Language: Connecting Reading, Writing, and Talk (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) (Language and Literacy Series (Teachers College Pr)) Best Price: $20.65 This book will restore your faith in the power that good teachers have over children's...	How to Write a Better Thesis Best Price: $11.65 This is good book, with worthwhile ideas about starting, re-working, growing, arranging and...	How to Read Better and Faster This is the most useful book on speed-reading I've found so far. It goes from the goals of...

Elements of Grammar Best Price: $3.69 This book is not great, but it's not awful. It has useful information that people need to know...	French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide Best Price: $10.60 I am pretty satisfied with the efficiency of the deliverance of the replacement...	Better Sentence-Writing in 30 Minutes a Day (Better English Series) Best Price: $4.29 For me, the book just doesn't flow comfortably. It seems to be a curious mix of triviality and...	Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction Best Price: $45.49 This text is okay, as an MLS student I found it a bit frustrating that it seemed you needed to...	Jimi's Book of Japanese: A Motivating Method to Learn Japanese (Katakana) (Jimi's Book of Japanese) (Jimi's Book of Japanese) Best Price: $13.95 Wonderful idea! You can pick a page or 2 a day and in no time you are learning Katakana. Each...

Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and other Problems (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers) Best Price: $21.39 This in one of my favorite texts. I refer to its relevant chapter each time I start teaching...	501 Critical Reading Questions (Skill Builders in Focus for SAT Practice) Best Price: $7.44 This book is designed to help students become a more successful critical reader. By reading and...	The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular Language Column in the New York Times Magazine Best Price: $12.00 I expected that this compilation of his columns on English usage and grammar would be another...	A Dictionary of the Cajun Language Best Price: $18.81 I love this book. Anyone interested iin Linguistics should have a copy. Everyone who wants to...	1100 Words You Need to Know Best Price: $1.50 I bought this book a few years ago. It's still a great book. I highly recommend it to anyone. ...

Essential idioms in English (Dixon's English Series) Best Price: $41.01	Reading and Writing from Literature Best Price: $16.75 A few notes on this exceptional book: "The ten ideas for writing" gives students a...	The English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition: Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession Best Price: $3.23 This book is truly an excellent resource for secondary English teachers. It's replete with...	Reading Latin: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises Best Price: $19.99 This course (3 volumes if you are learning on your own: Reading Latin, Vocabulary and Exercises,...	Improve Your American English Accent : Overcoming Major Obstacles to Understanding Best Price: $10.95 After I have tried some of the lessons, I start to realize that the lanuage itself is not easy...

Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages Best Price: $13.95 The word "creole" carries many connotations. Along the US Gulf Coast, it's a...	Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide Best Price: $8.58 This is an excellent book about the Haiku style. Jane Reichhold is a talented writer. She...	American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture (3rd Edition) Best Price: $28.50 I used this book recently teaching an advanced ESL class, and I found it as interesting for me...	When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse Best Price: $7.24 Anyone who likes words will enjoy this fun-to-read book about parts of speech and more. There...	The Romance Writer's Handbook: How to Write Romantic Fiction & Get it Published Best Price: $13.41 This book is a great little tool filled with advice on making ANY novel more interesting (if you...

English the Easy Way Best Price: $3.99 I cannot recommend this book. I bought it to help me in writing a history book I am having...	Beyond Language: Cross Cultural Communication Best Price: $30.00 This reading and discussion text helps students understand and adapt to cultural differences and...	Grammar Games: Cognitive, Affective and Drama Activities for EFL Students Best Price: $19.62 This book helped me with my classes. It's been great to find a book with such good games and...	The Phonics Handbook: In Print Letters (Jolly Phonics) Best Price: $29.25 The Phonics Handbook is the core of the Jolly Phonics program. The program is very organized,...	Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters 2nd Edition Best Price: $21.82 I received the book promptly and it is in wonderful condition. No complaints, would do business...

Powerful Paragraphs (The Effective Writing Series) Best Price: $6.34 "Powerful Paragraphs" suffers from some of the same shortcomings as R-L's...	Greek & Latin Roots: Keys to Building Vocabulary Best Price: $19.73 Greece & Rome have huge influences on the western world, including the languages we speak....	The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language Best Price: $195.00 This excellent descriptive grammar is currently the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of...	American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking Best Price: $26.10 I think this book is very helpful to all slang or informal language normally use in their life,...	Reading in the Dark: Using Film As a Tool in the English Classroom Best Price: $26.95 Golden's book is an excellent starter manual for teachers who want to incorporate media literacy...

A, My Name is Andrew Best Price: $12.13 Reviewed by Robin Gix for Reader Views (10/06) "A, My Name Is Andrew" takes you...	Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words Best Price: $11.95 I was so impressed with the reviews of the other owners of this book. That I have decided to buy...	The Writer Within You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing in Your Retirement Years Best Price: $12.49 This is a book of "how to" that speaks to me. I don't have to look up terms used in...	Vocabulary Growth: Strategies for College Word Study Best Price: $41.95	Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry (Perrine's Sound & Sense: An Introduction to Poetry) Best Price: $69.95 I'm an English Literature student and I bought this book for a poetry course. This book is so...

Encarta World English Dictionary Best Price: $49.97 I think this is the best dicitionary ever. It has a lot of entries, but the definitions are...	Rare Words and Ways to Master Their Meanings: 500 Arcane but Useful Words for Language Lovers Best Price: $29.82 A rare collection of unusual and usable words. For "wordies" everywhere!	Teaching American English Pronunciation (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers) Best Price: $24.07 I was asssigned this book in a non-credit ESL pronunciation course, and found it a bit less...

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