Hardcover Nonfiction

by Vance Packard · David McKay

by Harry Golden · World Publishing Co

by James Thurber · Little, Brown and Company

by Deforest Clinton Jarvis · Henry Holt and Company

by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White · Macmillan

The Elements of Style William Strunk - The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions, originally composed by William Strunk Jr. in 1918. It comprises elementary rules of usage, elementary principles of composition, a few matters of form, a list of words and expressions commonly misused, and a list of words often misspelled.Time and again people fall in love with good writers. Words are powerfully seductive. A unique combination of them can be the key to someones heart.Elements of Style, by William Strunk, is a stable cornerstone on which to build your writing skills. Written in the storied hallways of Cornell University, the guide has been read and examined by thousands of eager eyes.Elements of Style has grown to become the American English writing style guide often required in U.S. high school and university composition classes. It includes: 8 rules of usage 10 principles of composition List of commonly misused words and expressions and a few matters of formIn addition, this new updated edition includes chapters on: Texting Style Emailing StyleThis elegantly typeset edition is the most relevant one for todays good writers.

by William Nickerson · Simon & Schuster

by Alexander King · Simon & Schuster

by Robert Crichton · Random House

by Earl Mazo · Harper and Brothers

by Jacques Barzun · Harper and Brothers

The House of Intellect embraces: persons who consciously and methodically employ the mind, the forms and habits governing the activities in which the mind is so employed, and the conditions under which these people and activities exist.

by Samuel Eliot Morison · Little, Brown and Company

by Cliff Arquette · John C. Winston Co

by Moss Hart · Random House

by Richard Bruckberger · Viking Press

by Groucho Marx · Bernard Geis Associates

Groucho Marx, the most outrageous and voluble of the legendary Marx Brothers, had a life which stretched from vaudeville (his debut was in 1901) to game-show, and took in Hollywood on the way, with such classics as "A Night at the Opera". This autobiography recounts his life and career.

by Richard H. Rovere · Harcourt, Brace and Company