With three sentences, William Zinsser became my new hero:“Many of us were taught that no sentence should begin with “but.”If that’s what you learned, unlearn it – there’s no stronger word at the start.It announces a total contrast with what has gone before, and the reader is thereby primed for the change.”In my years as [...]
I got this book after my mom kept pushing me to study for SATs (I’m currently a junior and I took the test in December).Even though it was a drag to churn out a test every week, I think it helped me on the actual test, as well as the PSAT
I didn’t really use the [...]
This has to be the most user-friendly book I’ve seen, starting with the inside of the front cover.It says, “If you only have 30 minutes” then read certain chapters.Somehow these experts figured out what the rest of us would need to know and how we would be looking for it.Maybe they had a panel of [...]
I enjoyed this book very much. I ordered it and read it on my new AmazonKindle. Being a relative of Robert E. Lee the General, I have read many “Lee” books and I really appreciated the extra detail of close witnesses to the events of the unfortunate civil war. I highly recommend this book to [...]
As a new Kindle owner and an avid follower of the Amazon “Kindle Discussion” forums I knew that the Kindle had the capability to perform a multitude of tasks not listed in the Users’ Guide.I also knew that I purchased this rather expensive device simply for convenience-convenience of reading,obtaining and storage of books.And when I [...]
