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The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 88,431 ratings — published 1918
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression (Writers Helping Writers, #1)
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avg rating 4.53 — 6,453 ratings — published 2012
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(r)
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avg rating 3.83 — 7,082 ratings — published 1952
Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
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avg rating 4.60 — 53,492 ratings — published 2001
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 327,904 ratings — published 2000
The Holy Bible: King James Version (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 329,037 ratings — published 1611
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 106,961 ratings — published 2003
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 3,240 ratings — published 1955
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 3,822 ratings — published 1977
The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: With Main Concordance, Appendix to the Main Concordance, Topical Index to the Bible, Dictionar (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.64 — 6,281 ratings — published 1890
Joy of Cooking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 203,182 ratings — published 1931
القرآن الكريم (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 75,536 ratings — published 632
Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 6,962 ratings — published 1990
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,846 ratings — published 1843
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 2,864 ratings — published 2006
Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 8,268 ratings — published 1985
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 7,258 ratings — published 1993
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 100,891 ratings — published 2017
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
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avg rating 4.57 — 15,195 ratings — published 2014
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 933 ratings — published 1870
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 400,000 ratings — published 2010
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A-Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 6,003 ratings — published 2005
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 44,263 ratings — published 2003
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 5,722 ratings — published 1986
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 29,022 ratings — published 1940
Mythology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 61,432 ratings — published 1942
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 51,862 ratings — published 2015
Holy Bible: New International Version (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.63 — 100,208 ratings — published 1978
The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 597,712 ratings — published -500
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 115,112 ratings — published 1994
Garner's Modern American Usage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 1,075 ratings — published 1998
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 31,666 ratings — published 1976
The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws (Writers Helping Writers, #2)
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avg rating 4.59 — 1,936 ratings — published 2013
The Crystal Bible: A Definitive Guide to Crystals (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 10,489 ratings — published 2003
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 17,365 ratings — published 1994
The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 5,713 ratings — published 2009
Quidditch Through the Ages (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 191,387 ratings — published 2001
Gray's Anatomy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 3,943 ratings — published 1858
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 1,235 ratings — published 1948
The Associated Press Stylebook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,529 ratings — published 1977
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 616 ratings — published 1852
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.54 — 1,040 ratings — published
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 14,659 ratings — published 2018
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 388,698 ratings — published 1979
The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.90 — 9,215 ratings — published 1962
Nynorsk ordliste : Større utgåve : med ordforklaringar, synonym og fotnotar, tilleggsliste bokmål-nynorsk og liste over forkortingar (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 9 ratings — published 1938
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 309,547 ratings — published 2014
Pocket Ref (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 1,039 ratings — published 1989
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 843,775 ratings — published 1989
Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 12,772 ratings — published 1992
