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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

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STEVEN PINKER

Words, Language & Grammar

Multinational Companies and the Third World

Louis Turner

Marxism and History

Text: English, German (translation)

Helmut Fleischer

Alexander the Great

History

Lane Fox, Robin (1946-)

Ancient Civilizations

Book by FitzLyon, Kyril, Browning, Tatiana

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

FitzLyon, Kyril

LYONEL FEININGER. (Documentary Monographs in Modern Art.)

Arts & Photography

Ness, June L. (editor)

Individual Artists

The Penguin book of fishing: A complete guide to freshwater coarse and game fishing, and sea boat, shore, and big-game angling

Sports & Outdoors

Lamb, Ted (1944-)

Hunting & Fishing

Entries on the microchip, injection laser, graphic equalizer, compact disc, digital recording and DAT are all included in this dictionary. Coverage is given to solid-state devices and circuits, semiconductors and semiconductor technology - TEGFET, TED, microfaceting, lapping, mesa, via - and to new analytical techniques, including electron microprobe, photoelectron spectroscopy, LEED and SXAPS.

The new Penguin dictionary of electronics

Young, Carol

This outstanding study spans four rich civilizations in ancient Mexico, from 1500 B.C. to the Spanish conquest soon after A.D.1500: The "Olmecs," hunters and farmers who worshipped the man-jaguar and became the first great carvers in stone and jade.The culture of "Teotihuacan," with its sumptuous palaces and gigantic Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon.The "Toltec" dynasty, whose temples, wreathed with carvings of predatory beasts, serpents and warriors, testify to a new militaristic phase in Mexican history.The "Aztecs," fierce empire-builders whose gods demanded complex rituals and the blood of human sacrifice.Writing for students, travellers and non-specialists, Nigel Davies puts these fascinating cultures into historical context. Drawing on the latest research, he discusses their arts, beliefs and customs, and their changing economic and political conditions, to build up a vivid picture of life in the kingdoms of ancient Mexico.

The ancient kingdoms of Mexico

Politics & Social Sciences

Davies, Nigel (1920-?)

Archaeology

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