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Little Red Book of Spelling Learn the fundamentals of spelling and avoid common spelling errors with the help of this compact volume. Little Red Book of Spelling is a book that deals with orthography and the rudiments of spelling. English spelling, unlike in other languages, is based not on the phonetic or word-sound approach alone there are other facts in play too. So be careful about your spelling, for learning to spell correctly is essential for good communication. A confident speller reads and understands efficiently A confident speller has more fun while reading A confident speller helps other people understand their writing better. So get, set and spell it right!

Terry O'Briens Little Red Book of Perfect Written English is an essential guide on how to improve writing styles. How have the words been strung together? Are they clear and effective? Is the structure correct? This book gives useful tips on how to develop and improve writing techniques and skills.

Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing: The 2 of the 4 essential skills for communication: Speaking. All you need for honing your Speaking Skills are the 3Ss: o Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. o Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.

The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, the man who knows his proverbs has it chiseled in gold. The Best Truths are Proverbs. You have to know a lot to know how little you know. Little Red Book of Proverbs is a treasure chest the bottom line, if you can't convince them, confuse them, never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. If you can talk, you can sing, if you can walk, you can dance. He who likes cherries soon learns to climb. The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth. When the lion shows its teeth, don't assume that it is smiling. Deceit is a lie that wears a smile. So let's begin make deposits in the memory bank.

Idiom from Latin: idioma, 'special property' is an expression, word or phrase that has a figurative meaning, this is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. Word group becomes an idiomatic expression. The words develop a specialized meaning as an entity, as an idiom. When a speaker uses an idiom, the listener might mistake its actual meaning, if he or she has not heard this figure of speech before. In English the expression to go round the bend, would mean 'to go insane'. There are many such idiomatic expressions, A Curtain Lecture: Nagging by a wife at bedtime. A Dutch Wife: A bolster. Land of Nod: A state of sleep Let not idioms confuse those unfamiliar with them. Little Red Book of Idioms and Phrases will add to your vocabulary. Let's get into the ball park of idioms and phrases

Want to be less offensive know your euphemisms, hide unpleasantness of disturbing ideas. Confuse and conceal the truth. Little Red Book of Euphemisms does not promote dysphemism; expressions which are to sound intentionally harsh: motion discomfort bag vomit bag, correctional facility prison, sanitation engineer garbage man, sanitary landfill garbage dump, pre owned vehicles used cars, cyber world third party unauthorized use cracking computer crime, acting like rabbits.

If you kick a ball randomly would you know how to play football? No. You can play football only if you know the grammar of the game. Apply the rules. Minimum grammar is no grammar at all. Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason. Little Red Book of Grammar makes grammar easy. Structural grammar matters. Syntax and accidence count.Dont just know definitions; it is application that matters. The sense of language is what make the music of language.

When the people of India rose against oppression and inequality, they wrote one of history's most inspiring stories. India, the brightest jewel in the Raj crown was also a land burdened with harsh taxes, unjust laws and innumerable restrictions. When Indians, under the leadership of the most remarkable men and women ever to be born, decided to overturn the yoke of a foreign power, their struggle was one of extraordinary bravery, truthfulness and fortitude. The story of India's freedom movement is a unique tale of how the ordinar people of a country defeated the mightiest Empire in the world through the forces of satyagraha and ahimsa. In this masterful account, Nayantara Sahgal describes the twists and turns that led to this, the lives of the leaders, revolutionaries and masses, the horrors of oppression and the triumphs of the Indians as they finally made their tryst with destiny. A lucid telling by one of the country's finest writers, this account encompasses every important detail of the freedom struggle and will inform and inspire all young readers.