In every age, writers and editors need guidance through the thickets of English usage. Although some language issues are perennial (infer vs. imply), many others spring anew from the well of English:* Is it all right to say alums instead of alumni or alumnae And should it be spelled alums or alumns..
Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage gives authoritative guidance on all the vexing questions that legal writers face, from correcting grammatical errors to framing legal issues to distinguishing between similar but distinct legal terms. With great detail and care, Garner explains whatlegalese ..
The need for clarity and precision in legal writing has become increasingly apparent in recent years. Until this award-winning book appeared, the unwieldy body of legal language had not been collected or scrutinized in any systematic way.Far more than a typical law dictionary, A Dictionary of Modern..
Considered the most valuable reference tool available to the legal community, Black's Pocket Dictionary provides more than 13,000 clear, concise, and precise definitions. The essential companion dictionary to the Standard edition and as a stand-alone tool, Black's Pocket Dictionary also includes a d..
Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution. Author: Bryan A. Garner Publisher: Thomson West Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0314151990 ISBN-13: 9780314151995..
Features more than ten thousand legal terms and includes a dictionary guide and the complete United States Constitution. Author: Garner, Bryan A. Publisher: West Group Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0314152342 ISBN-13: 9780314152343..
Find an exciting, fulfilling career in a field where opportunities never stop growing!If you find peace and satisfaction in growing plants and flowers, you should consider making it your profession. It might surprise you to learn just how many different opportunities exist within the horticulture an..
Thoroughly revised and updated, this practical hands-on book is packed full of step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for carrying out a multitude of leadership tasks and responsibilities focused on a changing work force that serves an equally changing and complex society. While emphasizing the rea..
American photographers documented and defined the twentieth century in a remarkable array of images, the style and content of which evolved dramatically over the course of the century. In Disappearing Witness, photographer and art historian Gretchen Garner chronicles this transformation, from the in..
This practical, easy-to-read guide explains the “why,” “What,” and “how” of school finance to those who need to understand the fundamentals of financial management. It allows readers to make the kind of informed, effective decisions that serve both the student body and the school's bottom line. Cove..
A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things lead the Watson children on an extraordinary adventure to a magical land called Elidor. In pursuit of four ancient treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world, and it falls to the Wat..
Illustrated with over 8 color plates and 136 monochrome plates, many containing two or more objects. Author: Garner, Frederick Horace Publisher: Faber Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0571047564 ISBN-13: 9780571047567..
Hardcover, third edition, with unclipped dust jacket. Signed by author and dedicated to the late Tony Honore on FEP in pen. Jacket is lightly edgeworn and lightly sunned at edges. A few minor bumps to board edges and page block faintly marked, no other notable flaws, very good condition throughout. ..
Book by Helen Garner Author: Helen Garner Publisher: Picador/Pan Macmillan Australia Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0330364979 ISBN-13: 9780330364973..
Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-unfortunately, these adjectives rarely describe legal writing, whether in the form of briefs, opinions, contracts, or statutes. In Legal Writing in Plain English, Bryan A. Garner provides lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal schol..
A resourceful little hen comes up with ways to make her own food and eat it herself, all the while working to outwit a hungry fox. Author: Garner, Alan Publisher: Dk Pub Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0789411717 ISBN-13: 9780789411716..
When this classic text was first published in 1992 it provided a unique focus for the burgeoning concern for sustainability and sustainable organizational practices. The book's impact continues to be felt today as large multinational corporations are making substantial commitments to the 'triple bot..
Never Chop Your Rope is a memoir about the people Joe Garner met in the logging business, both on the Coast and in the Interior. Moving from the era of oxen and steam to the era of logging with helicopters, Garner’s book profiles the likes of high-rigger Mauno Pelto, steam railroader Bob Swanson, he..
The fall of Porfirio Diaz has traditionally been presented as a watershed between old and new: an old style repressive and conservative government, and the more democratic and representative system that flowered in the wake of the Mexican Revolution. Now this view is being challenged by a new genera..
How open is our culture to recreation and sports The popular culture today is saturated with recreation and sports. The Olympics, Super Bowl, World Series, X-Games, Iron Man events, the Final Four in college basketball, and the playoff series in professional basketball capture the imaginations of m..
This book should be of interest to undergraduate courses in sociology, philosophy and politics. Author: Garner, Richard T. Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0534122108 ISBN-13: 9780534122102..
Mary, Joseph, Robert, and William, four generations of Cheshire children, make exhilarating discoveries exploring a cave, standing up to a grandfather, climbing a ladder, and ridig a sled. Author: Garner, Alan Publisher: Yearling Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 044040049X ISBN-13: 9780..
In Structuring Spaces: Oral Poetics and Architecture in Early Medieval England, Lori Ann Garner illuminates the idiomatic and traditional meanings invested in depictions of architecture within the vernacular verse of early medieval England, portrayals that consistently demonstrate a shared aesthetic..
This book introduces chemists to a variety of techniques which are used in the organic laboratory, including key instrumental analyses such as NMR, capillary GC and GC-MS. Several of the methods, particularly capillary GC and NMR, illustrate the power of modern instrumentation. Author: Garner, Charl..