Best of
Words

1984

The Power of Your Words: 60 Days of Declaring God’s Truths


Don Gossett - 1984
    W. Kenyon and Don Gossett, this book helps you to realize that there is nothing that equals the power of your words If you lack in anything, tend to be your own worst enemy, or fail to accomplish what you say you will do, then this book will show you how to have strong faith, live in the positive, and possess what you confess.

The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots


Joseph T. Shipley - 1984
    By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science.

The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed


Karen Elizabeth Gordon - 1984
    

The Writer's Art


James J. Kilpatrick - 1984
    Kilpatrick, "good, better, and best." With the experience of a lifetime of writing, he tells us, he wants to make a few judgment calls. And Jack Kilpatrick, master of the art, is as good as his word. In the tradition of Theodore Bernstein, Edwin Newman, and William Safire, James J. Kilpatrick gives us a finely crafted, witty guide to writing well. Written for laymen and professionals alike, The Writer's Art highlights techniques and examples of good writing. A section of the book called "My Crotchets and Your Crotchets" comprises more than 200 personal judgment calls, often controversial, often funny, on word usage.

Random House Roget's Thesaurus


Random House - 1984
    This third edition of Roget's Thesaurus is newly updated, containing more than 11,000 entries in a single A to Z list, and more than 200,000 synonyms and antonyms.

Welcome to Welsh: A Complete Welsh Course for Beginners


Heini Gruffudd - 1984
    It is a 15-part course with grammar, exercises, translations, conversations and photo-stories in each part, with a basic dictionary at the end.