 | The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes by Jane Straus
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $8.34 A perennial bestseller on Amazon because I've made English rules easy-to-understand with real-world examples and fun quizzes. Learn whether to use "who" or "whom," "effect" or "affect," a comma or a semicolon. Find out when punctuation goes inside or outside the quotation marks. Helpful for students, teachers, and business writers. See 9th edition for reviews.
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 | Enough is Enough!: Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life by Jane Straus
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $4.68 I wrote this book after being diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2003. Author John Gray says Enough Is Enough will inspire you to embrace life joyfully. Actor Peter Coyote describes it as deceptively simple, which is the highest of compliments when writing a self-help book. My hope is that, by sharing my wisdom, insights, and stories, you will heal, grow, and live a more extraordinary life.
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 | The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
One of the "bibles" for writers, editors, and publishers.
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 | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.07 If you're writer, you will want to keep this book next to you.
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 | Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life by Elizabeth George
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.56 This New York Times bestselling author gives tips that are golden for beginning writers.
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 | How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $5.75 I followed Larsen's advice to the letter and I got both an agent and a publisher for both my English usage book, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, as well as for my self-help book, Enough Is Enough.
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 | E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide--How to Write and Manage E-Mail in the Workplace by Janis Fisher Chan
Buy used from: $27.68 This author has a number of books, including this one, that are useful for business and technical writers.
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 | The Official SAT Study Guide by The College Board
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.93 If you're studying for the SAT, this is THE official guide. I don't recommend other ones, such as the Princeton Review.
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