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The Ultimate Book of Common Errors lists the mistakes most of us inadvertently make while speaking or writing English and tells us how to avoid them. From awkward usage of words and errors in parts of speech to easily confused words and common grammatical errors, this book will tell you exactly where you go wrong. Particularly useful for students and professionals, this book will also be useful for everyone who wants to master the art of speaking correct English. In this book you will find: - Examples of incorrect or inappropriate usage of words and the corrections needed - Explanations for the mistakes and how to avoid them - Comparison between easily confused words - Useful idioms for every situation
Terry is a young lad who spends his aimless childhood roaming the streets of Boston during the Second World War, engaging in childhood fantasies to escape an unstable family environment. During his adolescent and high school years, Terry discovers the art of juggling, which becomes his passion and his business, leading him into unusual situations. Foreign and domestic travel dominates Terry's young adult life with academic pursuits in Germany, France and Ireland, where more adventure abounds with a tour of Ireland as a performer with Duffy Circus. Misadventure follows Terry to Washington where, as a Naval officer, he becomes a linguist at the National Security Agency, and meets his wife - an analyst. The two "spooks" do the improbable and run away with the circus, spending fifteen years trouping around North America while raising a family.
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Did you know...? - The original word for 'chess' is the Sanskrit 'chaturanga', meaning 'four members of an army'; - The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people; - Salt is the first item served at a Bengali wedding reception to ensure one stands witness in case of a matrimonial dispute. These and many such informative and fascinating facts fill up the pages of Terry O'Brien's Fun Facts: India. The book covers a wide range of information related to India and its states, which is presented lucidly in order to make learning a fun exercise for children. With 'edutainment' as its motto, this collection hopes to lay the foundation for creativity, problem-solving and the quest for knowledge in the minds of young readers.
Do you sometimes find it difficult to extract information from a text? Do encyclopaedias seem cluttered, long and laborious to read? The Student's Companion is an ideal book for the reader on the move, which offers a range of knowledge in an easy and accessible manner. This book covers a wide variety of subjects: the universe, world history, world organizations, geographical features of India, glimpses of Indian history, the Indian constitution, India's achievements in science, quantitative ability and vocabulary, among other things.
The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, the man who knows his proverbs has it chiseled in gold. The Best Truths are Proverbs. You have to know a lot to know how little you know. Little Red Book of Proverbs is a treasure chest the bottom line, if you can't convince them, confuse them, never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. If you can talk, you can sing, if you can walk, you can dance. He who likes cherries soon learns to climb. The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth. When the lion shows its teeth, don't assume that it is smiling. Deceit is a lie that wears a smile. So let's begin make deposits in the memory bank.
Express to impress Poets are born. Public speakers are made. And this collection of assorted elocution pieces is designed to do just that: unleash the orator within you. Handpicked by master speaker Terry O'Brien, it includes: · Delightful poems that impart wisdom: from Kipling's classic If, to charming verses by the beloved Ruskin Bond · Eloquent prose pieces: from Twain's razor-sharp wit to the insights of Bacon · Impressive dramatic excerpts: think Shakespeare · Speeches that changed the world: from John F. Kennedy to our very own Mahatma Gandhi * Speaking is good, speaking effectively is even better—and Terry brings you its secrets, tips and tricks.
Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all. Vocabulary is a power house that equips you with What to Say. Yes and no are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them. The limits of language are the limits of the mind. Little Red Book of English Vocabulary Today is a treasure chest of words for all age groups. This book is not a run on the mill vocabulary collection. What matters is not just the traditional, language of today also counts: Apeirophobia fear of opening e mails. Bulliphobia fear of not having the remote control. A group of husbands unhappiness. A group of wives impatience, a man does not live on bread alone but by the catch words in his vocabulary. Catch the words and hook the reader and the listener.
Wouldn't it be great if you could quickly guess how many people there were in a room, solve a Rubik's Cube in record time or even impress your friends with mental maths tricks? Fun with Maths shows you how to do all these things and more including tips and tricks that help you understand common mathematical formulae, shapes and geometrical patterns, so that maths becomes a subject you can have fun with. So, get set and learn to count right! Key Features This set of entertaining books introduces young readers to numbers their. origins, their historical and scientific significance and their practical use and helps them better understand mathematics. Written in simple, lucid language and filled with fun tips, tricks and riddles, these books bring the world of numbers alive to readers in a fun and interactive way that is appealing and engaging. This set of intellectually stimulating books encourages out of the box thinking and will appeal to all lovers of numbers, mathematics and puzzles.
50 Greatest Short Stories is a selection from the best of the world's short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters of the genre. Carefully picked for their timeless quality, readers are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as 'The Gift of the Magi', 'The Lady with the Dog', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Rain' and 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger', to name but a few. This outstanding and wide-ranging anthology of stories is a collector's item, designed for readers to refresh their acquaintance with some of the world's finest writing and for newer readers to be introduced to it. Anton Chekov, Charles Dickens, Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, F. Scott Fitzgerald, H. Rider Haggard, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, W.W. Jacobs, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Saki, Jerome K. Jerome, H.G. Wells, Kate Chopin, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Frank Stockton, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Leacock, James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Joseph Conrad, M. R. James, W. Somerset Maugham, R. L. Stevenson.