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Quotations for our Time

Dr Laurence Peter

 

Excellent source-book for today's writers and public speakers, described by our reviewer as 'a highly enjoyable romp through the best wit and wisdom of our times'

 

2003 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Markets 22nd Edition

Edited by Anne Bowling

Writer’s Digest £15.99

How to get you work into print in the US, a huge reference with more than 1900 places to get your fiction into print.  As well as useful articles, includes pay rates, email addresses and phone numbers, making it the essential handbook for fiction submissions.

 

£30

$40

Chambers Dictionary

 

 Chambers

Considered by many to be their favourite dictionary, this one has a literary reputation and many writers use it every day.  It is the official dictionary used for Scrabble. Revised edition with 10,000 new words in 2004.

 

The Complete Plain Words

Sir Ernest Gowers

Penguin 

 Entertaining classic which provides an authoritative guide to good English.  Current usage of vocabulary and style is explained clearly and sections included cover: jargon, clichés, spelling and punctuation; ground rules of grammar; superfluous words, using words correctly and concisely, overuse or misuse; sexist language, the influence of science and technology and American English.

 

£8.99

$19.95

 
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