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Gwynne's grammar : the ultimate introduction to grammar and the writing of good English / by Gwynne, N. M.;: "Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state. "Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leading to thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which-as both common sense and experience show-happiness is impossible. Therefore, happiness depends at least partly on good grammar." So writes Mr. Gwynne in his small but perfectly formed new book of grammar with an attitude. Mr. Gwynne believes passionately that we must regain our knowledge of the workings of our language before it is too late. Schools don't teach it, and as the Internet drives the written word to new lows of informality, we approach a tipping point of expressive dysfunction. Into the breach steps this doughty grammarian. Rejecting popular notions that language is simply a matter of the way people use it, he meticulously spells out what tradition and common sense have, over centuries, dictated to be the right and the wrong. His teaching method is also defiantly old school: no one can follow a rule he hasn't committed to memory. But not all rules are equal. For a country whose only broadly subscribed guide to writing is Strunk and White, Mr. Gwynne performs a radical procedure. He presents its original seed: Strunk's 1918 essay, which E. B. White expanded. But neither form was ever meant as a guide to grammar, and so Mr. Gwynne presents only the kernel of Strunk's useful advice as a companion: a guide to putting words together nicely set within Gwynne's wisdom about putting them together correctly. The result is the last word on the subject anyone should need."--Provided by publisher."Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state."--Provided by publisher.; Subjects: English language; English language; English language;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Siesta / by Guy, Ginger Foglesong.; Moreno, Rene King.;: Subjects: Spanish language.; English language;; © 2009, c2005., Greenwillow Books,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Poem-a-day : 365 poems for every occasion / by Academy of American Poets.;: LSC; Subjects: American poetry.; English poetry.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The lost English girl / by Kelly, Julia,1986-author.;: "Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what's expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous Jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother's scrutiny. But when Joshua makes a life-changing choice on their wedding day, Viv is forced once again into the arms of her disapproving family. Five years later and on the eve of World War II, Viv is faced with the impossible choice to evacuate her young daughter, Maggie, to the countryside estate of the affluent Thompson family. In New York City, Joshua gives up his failing musical career to serve in the Royal Air Force, fight for his country, and try to piece together his feelings about the family, wife, and daughter he left behind at eighteen. However, tragedy strikes when Viv learns that the countryside safe haven she sent her daughter to wasn't immune from the horrors of war. It is only years later, with Joshua's help, that Viv learns the secrets of their shared past and what it will take to put a family back together again. Telling the harrowing story of England's many evacuated children, bestselling author Julia Kelly's The Lost English Girl explores how one simple choice can change the course of a life, and what we are willing to forgive to find a way back to the ones we love and thought lost"--; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Man-woman relationships; Mothers; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
The poets' corner : the one-and-only poetry book for the whole family / by Lithgow, John,1945-;: "John Lithgow has hand-picked some of the best poems ever written in this quintessential collection for the whole family to treasure"--Provided by publisher.; Subjects: American poetry; English poetry;; © c2007., Grand Central Pub.,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The vinyl cafe notebooks / by McLean, Stuart,1948-;: Subjects: Canadian wit and humor (English); Canadian essays (English);; © c2010., Viking Canada,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Time now for the Vinyl Cafe story exchange / by McLean, Stuart,1948-author.;: Subjects: Canadian wit and humor (English); Canadian essays (English);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Perfecting your English pronunciation / by Cameron, Susan,author.;: Subjects: English language; English language;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
English for everyone course book. by Boobyer, Victoria.;: LSC; Subjects: English language; English language; English language;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI

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