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If you love goofing off and laughing out loud when you’re supposed to be learning something, Meaningless Platter Dudes: Language Transformed on a Platter of Fun is for you.

An old joke goes like this: What’s the difference between a good girl and a nice girl? Answer: The good girl goes to a party, goes home then goes to bed, whereas the nice girl goes to the party, goes to bed, then goes home. The distinction made between the two types of young ladies would probably have been appreciated by Shakespeare. While we think of “nice” nowadays as being a synonym for pleasant it wasn’t always so; originally the word’s meaning conveyed the naughtiness implied in the joke.

In his fifth book about language, Howard Richler moves from A to Z with a specifically chosen word for every letter of the alphabet. What especially intrigues him is how words come to mean what they mean, how they lose some meanings and gain others. Always humorous, Richler invites readers into the intimacy of language and allows us to delight in the ever-shifting glories of English. Not since Lynn Truss Eats, Shoots & Leaves has a book about language been so hilarious and informative.

A fictional account based on the life of Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man. The true and tragic story of a man who finds a friend for the first time in his life.

As an Elder once said, "Learn one Cree word a day for 100 days, and emerge a different person." In 100 Days of Cree Neal McLeod offers a portal into another way of understanding the universe--and our place within it--while demonstrating why this funny, vibrant, and sometimes salacious language is "the sexiest" of them all (according to Tomson Highway).

"Repensee et soigneusement mise a jour, cette nouvelle edition du Bescherelle La conjugaison pour tous constitue plus que jamais l'outil indispensable de la conjugaison francaise.L'ouvrage comprend trois parties complementaires qui donnent toutes les indications necessaires pour trouver et orthographier les formes de n'importe quel verbe francais."--From Amazon.

At only 80 pages, "English Simplified " is a concise, inexpensive grammar handbook that has long been the choice of instructors due to its reliablity. This easy-to-use pocketbook will answer any questions a writer has about grammar, the writing process, or research, and keeps you at the top of your class by including the latest updates on documentation style, material on note-taking, source evaluation, and avoiding plagiarism. Additional information is included for ESL writers, and easy-to-read charts that clarify verb tenses and forms.