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Suggested Books
This is a sample of titles from the library catalog.
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0585041482Publication Date:In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries.
Landmarks in English Literature by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0585159122Publication Date:A comprehensive guide to writers and their works will help readers understand where the books they read belong in the history and development of literature, see how they work technically, and appreciate them more fully.
Origins of the Specious by Call Number: 422 Oc53oISBN: 9781400066605Publication Date:Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as nitch? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and,” or says “octopuses” instead of “octopi”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? Would you bet the bank that “jeep” got its start as a military term and “SOS” as an acronym for “Save Our Ship”? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Call Number: 820.3 Ox24ISBN: 9780198662440Publication Date:Based on the text of Margaret Drabble’s edition, this sixth edition has been completely reworked and expanded. There are nearly 600 entirely new entries to reflect the new figures and issues of English Literature in the new millennium, and the existing entries have been extensively revised and updated to incorporate the latest scholarship.
The Oxford History of English by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780191530371Publication Date:The Oxford History of English traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its twenty-first-century position as the world’s first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.
