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Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman

Biographies & Memoirs

Dinshaw, Minoo

Historical

London: Allen Lane

Bad writing can't be blamed on the Internet, or on 'the kids today'. Good writing has always been hard: a performance requiring pretense, empathy, and a drive for coherence. In The Sense of Style, cognitive scientist and linguist Steven Pinker uses the latest scientific insights to bring us a style and usage guide for the 21st century. What do skilful writers know about the link between syntax and ideas? How can we overcome the Curse of Knowledge, the difficulty in imagining what it's like not to know something we do? And can we distinguish the myths and superstitions from rules that enhance clarity and grace? As Pinker shows, everyone can improve their mastery of writing and their appreciation of the art (yes, 'their').

Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

Reference

STEVEN PINKER

Words, Language & Grammar

Reporter: A Memoir

HERSH, Seymour M.

Arts & Literature

Freedom in a rocking boat: Changing values in an unstable society

Politics & Social Sciences

Vickers, Geoffrey (1894-)

Social Sciences

Multinational Companies and the Third World

Turner, Louis

Marxism and History

Text: English, German (translation)

Helmut Fleischer

Alexander the Great

History

Lane Fox, Robin (1946-)

Ancient Civilizations

Stalin: The Man and His Era

Ulam, Adam Bruno

Leaders & Notable People

Book by Hess, Thomas B. and Linda Nochlin [Editor]

Woman as sex object: Studies in erotic art, 1730-1970

Hess, Thomas B.

Nochlin, Linda (eds.)

Arts & Photography

Book by FitzLyon, Kyril, Browning, Tatiana

Before the revolution: A view of Russia under the last Tsar

FitzLyon, Kyril

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