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Writing & Language

Cover of How to Read a Book

How to Read a Book

Mortimer J. Adler

157 recommend · 365

Cover of On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

137 recommend · 235

Cover of The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

William Strunk, Jr.

131 recommend · 281

Cover of Politics and the English language

Politics and the English language

112 recommend · 263

Cover of Nonviolent Communication

Nonviolent Communication

Marshall B. Rosenberg

99 recommend · 188

Cover of On Writing

On Writing

94 recommend · 159

Cover of Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations

Kerry Patterson

90 recommend · 148

Cover of The Non-Designer's Design Book

The Non-Designer's Design Book

75 recommend · 101

Cover of Homage to Catalonia

Homage to Catalonia

74 recommend · 149

Cover of The Information

The Information

61 recommend · 92

Cover of Metaphors We Live By

Metaphors We Live By

56 recommend · 109

Cover of How to Take Smart Notes

How to Take Smart Notes

49 recommend · 97

Cover of Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations

47 recommend · 97

Cover of The Sense of Style

The Sense of Style

45 recommend · 74

Cover of The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct

44 recommend · 108

Cover of On Bullshit

On Bullshit

Harry G. Frankfurt

42 recommend · 143

Cover of Speech and language processing

Speech and language processing

41 recommend · 56

Cover of Style

Style

Joseph M. Williams

38 recommend · 57

Cover of Understanding Media

Understanding Media

Marshall McLuhan

35 recommend · 106

Cover of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata

Lingua Latina per se Illustrata

Hans H. Ørberg

32 recommend · 64

Cover of Envisioning Information

Envisioning Information

Edward R. Tufte

31 recommend · 47

Cover of Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

31 recommend · 40

Cover of Fluent forever

Fluent forever

30 recommend · 51

Cover of How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk

How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk

30 recommend · 41

Cover of The pyramid principle

The pyramid principle

28 recommend · 60

Cover of Le Ton beau de Marot

Le Ton beau de Marot

Douglas R. Hofstadter

27 recommend · 70

Cover of Understanding Power

Understanding Power

27 recommend · 57

Cover of The hero with a thousand faces

The hero with a thousand faces

Joseph Campbell

26 recommend · 75

Cover of Authority

Authority

23 recommend · 47

Cover of Through the language glass

Through the language glass

22 recommend · 37

Cover of The Chicago manual of style

The Chicago manual of style

University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff

19 recommend · 132

Cover of The Abolition of Man

The Abolition of Man

19 recommend · 47

Cover of Steal like an artist

Steal like an artist

18 recommend · 35

Cover of The Craft of Text Editing

The Craft of Text Editing

Craig A. Finseth

18 recommend · 31

Remembering the KanjiJames W. Heisig

Remembering the Kanji

James W. Heisig

17 recommend · 54

Cover of How to Talk to Anyone

How to Talk to Anyone

16 recommend · 29

Cover of Clear and simple as the truth

Clear and simple as the truth

Francis-Noël Thomas

15 recommend · 33

Cover of Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing

Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing

Christopher Manning

15 recommend · 19

Cover of Soft Skills

Soft Skills

14 recommend · 17

Cover of Thank You for Arguing

Thank You for Arguing

14 recommend · 16

Cover of Save the cat!

Save the cat!

13 recommend · 48

Cover of Language in thought and action

Language in thought and action

13 recommend · 18

Cover of The Mother Tongue

The Mother Tongue

12 recommend · 22

Cover of Typography for lawyers

Typography for lawyers

Matthew Butterick

12 recommend · 16

Cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

11 recommend · 24

Cover of Visual Explanations

Visual Explanations

Edward R. Tufte

11 recommend · 21

Cover of Don't Think of an Elephant!

Don't Think of an Elephant!

11 recommend · 20

Cover of In the blink of an eye

In the blink of an eye

11 recommend · 18

Cover of The Mac is not a typewriter

The Mac is not a typewriter

11 recommend · 20

Cover of Story

Story

11 recommend · 19

Cover of Mathematical writing

Mathematical writing

11 recommend · 19

Cover of The medium is the massage

The medium is the massage

Marshall McLuhan

10 recommend · 29

Cover of The high frontier

The high frontier

Gerard K. O'Neill

10 recommend · 26

Cover of Pre-Suasion

Pre-Suasion

Robert B. Cialdini

10 recommend · 23

Cover of The Stuff of Thought

The Stuff of Thought

10 recommend · 18

Cover of You Just Don't Understand

You Just Don't Understand

10 recommend · 26

Cover of Gomorrah

Gomorrah

Roberto Saviano

10 recommend · 17

Cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

George Saunders

10 recommend · 12

Cover of Science and sanity

Science and sanity

Alfred Korzybski

9 recommend · 30

Cover of The World Book encyclopedia

The World Book encyclopedia

World Book, Inc

9 recommend · 28