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With troublesome words, journalist and bestselling travelwriter bill bryson gives us a clear, concise and. Sep 17, 2002 the great triumph of troublesome words is that its arranged like a dictionary but is interesting enough to read cover to cover as though it were a novel. A writers guide to getting it right was the authors first published book it has undergone several updates since debuting in 1984. With some one thousand entries, from a, an to zoom, that feature realworld. Bestselling author bryson s latest book is really his first.
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