This book provides writers with many guidelines. In chapters on everything from style (including capitalization, abbreviations, spelling and more), to those on Business, Health and Science, Digital Security, and Religion among others, guidance and information are given that will help writers with their projects.
In addition to suggestions on grammar, punctuation, usage and more, this title also reflects changes in the language and provides information on the values of the AP.
This book is published biennially which keeps it current. For example, this edition talks about the use of gender neutral language. There are also entries on the corona virus. If you are a word person, just browsing through the pages of this title is so interesting and instructive. It is encyclopedic in its entries.
The book utilizes the knowledge of the staff of the AP. It is a welcome tool that belongs in both academic and home libraries.
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Many people grow up learning about Greek and Roman mythology but, of course, many cultures have their stories of heroes/heroines and gods/goddesses. This book compiles many of these stories that are Celtic in origin.
This title is exactly as described; it provides an excellent and practical guide to exploring family history. Just a few of the many things that a reader can find out from this book include learning how to research land records, learning what can be found out from a “binding order” and ways to listen to the music of one’s cultural heritage. Each section of this book is short and practical. I think that this book will be useful to many and , most especially, to those who are just beginning their exploration.
This is a pick for Resse Witherspoon’s book club.
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If you’ve always wanted to read this, here is your chance. All three books for $2.99. I have always meant to read this series, maybe I will start now.
This rhyming picture book tells the story of an open adoption. As is often the case in children’s books, the characters are animal, not human. Many feel that this provides a distance that is helpful to young children.
This book should be required reading for young people, perhaps girls in particular, as the need is there to engage the next generation in the political process. This title includes 44 profiles of women, mostly from the U.S., with a few from around the world. Some of these women’s views are aligned with mine, while others are not. Perhaps this is good as the book can be used as a basis for discussion.
This publisher does an excellent job of adapting classics for younger readers. In this instance, the choice is one of the most well known of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Readers will become engaged in the story which is enhanced with cartoon like illustrations. Hopefully, young readers appetite for more stories of Holmes and Watson will follow.
Callisto publishing has been issuing many wonderful cookbooks that are filled with recipes that seem very doable. In my opinion nothing could be better for the current moment. Since we are all eating at home more, it is nice to add a bit of variety. This time, the 100 recipes are for foods from Puerto Rico. As can be seen from the cover, the dishes look delicious. Just a few of the things that can be made are Puerto Rican style crab cakes, meat stuffed sweet plantains, tres leches cake (my favorite) and garlic rice with shrimp. Two things that I especially liked in this book are the section for recipes that take 30 minutes or less and the section of recipes that use five ingredients or less.
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