"Verbs are easier to show than explain! Luckily, this 20th anniversary edition is chock-full of them. Updated design elements, Try It! features, and brand-new back matter make this a must-have for readers learning about verbs"--

"From SoulCycle to Scientology, we're all obsessed with cults. Linguist Amanda Montell examines the language cults use to draw us in"-- What causes people to join-- and more importantly, stay in-- extreme groups? The answer, Montell believes, has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. She argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways...

"Illustrations of American Sign Language, along with labeled photos, introduce children to words and phrases useful for signing at school"--Provided by publisher.

An introductory guide to the German language that covers basic grammar, small talk, and words and phrases related to food and dining, shopping, nightlife, the outdoors, the phone and mail, work and home, money, transportation, and traveling. Also provides information for planning trips and handling emergencies, and includes an audio CD containing dialogues from the book.

“Delightful.” —Mary Norris, The New Yorker

A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation mark
The semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?

In Semicolon,

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"If you are not already a Steven Pinker addict, this book will make you one." — Jared Diamond
In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explores profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively simple phenomenon — regular and irregular verbs — and examining it from every angle. With humor and verve, he covers an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities, from the history of languages to how to simulate languages on...

In this strikingly original alphabet book, each bold, graphic letter is accompanied by the name and illustration of an animal whose name begins with the featured letter in both Spanish and English--from Antílope/Antelope to Zebrallo/Zorse.

Quirky egg-shaped creatures known as the Hueys explore the concept of opposites.

A simple word book describing various pieces of clothing.