A 500-Year Pictorial History of the Lexicographic Geniuses, Sciolists, Plagiarists, and Obsessives Who Defined Our Language
448 pages
16 hours of reading
Exploring the evolution of the dictionary, this book delves into the lives of its passionate compilers, from dedicated scholars to dubious charlatans. It highlights the fascinating stories behind the creation of dictionaries, showcasing the blend of obsession, genius, and sometimes deception that shaped these essential linguistic tools. The illustrations complement the narrative, providing a rich visual context to the historical journey of dictionary-making.
"Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001, Bryan A. Garner's Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem by providing lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars with sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. Now the leading guide to clear writing in the field, this indispensable volume encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. Accessible and witty, Legal Writing in Plain English draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through decades of teaching experience. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting, and the book's principles are reinforced by sets of basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section. For this third edition, Garner has retained the structure of the previous versions, with updates and new material throughout. There are new sections on making your writing vivid and concrete and on using graphics to enhance your argument. The coverage and examples of key topics such as achieving parallelism, avoiding legalese, writing effective openers and summaries, and weaving quotations into your text have also been expanded. And the sample legal documents and exercises have been updated, while newly added checklists provide quick summaries of each section. Altogether, this new edition will be the most useful yet for legal professionals and students seeking to improve their prose"-- Provided by publisher
Garner's Modern English Usage is one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. With more than a thousand new entries, 200 replacement entries, and thoroughly updated usage data, this fifth edition is fully abreast of the times and further establishes the author as the authority on effective writing.
From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. For almost thirty years, Antonin Scalia was arguably the most influential and controversial Justice on the United States Supreme Court. His dynamic and witty writing devoted to the Constitution has influenced an entire generation of judges. Based on his reputation for using scathing language to criticize liberal court decisions, many people presumed Scalia to be gruff and irascible. But to those who knew him as “Nino,” he was characterized by his warmth, charm, devotion, fierce intelligence, and loyalty. Bryan Garner’s friendship with Justice Scalia was instigated by celebrated writer David Foster Wallace and strengthened over their shared love of language. Despite their differing viewpoints on everything from gun control to the use of contractions, their literary and personal relationship flourished. Justice Scalia even officiated at Garner’s wedding. In this humorous, touching, and surprisingly action-packed memoir, Garner gives a firsthand insight into the mind, habits, and faith of one of the most famous and misunderstood judges in the world.
This collection offers essential guides designed to enhance productivity and effectiveness in various tasks. Each guide focuses on practical strategies and techniques that empower readers to manage their time and resources more efficiently, fostering a proactive approach to personal and professional challenges. Ideal for anyone looking to improve their organizational skills and achieve their goals.
Focusing on legislative drafting, this book compiles essential advice and principles from Garner, showcasing statutory rewrites from all 50 states and federal statutes. It emphasizes the importance of streamlining, simplifying, and clarifying legislation, with examples that illustrate significant enhancements in clarity and effectiveness.
This guide brings together 30 articles on improving meetings, originally published by business specialists in other volumes or posted on Harvard Business Review's website from 2009 to 2016. They address preparation, conducting meetings, participation, closing and follow-up, and specific types of meetings, and discuss topics like setting and communicating the meeting's purpose, inviting the right people, preparing an achievable agenda, moderating a lively conversation, regaining control of a unruly meeting, establishing ground rules for participation, reaching group decisions, interjecting, conducting a meeting of people from different cultures, and virtual, standing, walking, and leadership meetings.
Offering practical strategies for professional success, this book provides valuable insights on navigating workplace challenges. It emphasizes essential skills and mindset shifts needed to thrive in various job environments. Readers will find actionable advice to enhance their performance, build resilience, and foster positive relationships with colleagues. The guidance is tailored to help individuals not only excel in their current roles but also prepare for future opportunities and growth in their careers.
When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a nicety. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals and other important documents fail to win people over.
