Little Red Book of Word Power - Softcover

O'brien, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8129124432 ISBN 13: 9788129124432

Publisher: Rupa Publications Private Limited, 2013

Synopsis

Little Red Book of Word Power Learn with the help of this handy volume how to sharpen your English and use vocabulary more effectively. Little Red Book of Word Power is an indispensable guide for people who want to understand the subtle differences in the meanings of words, and strengthen their communication skills in the process. Its easy to confuse similar sounding or similarlyused words in the English language and this book will answer all your doubts about which word to use and when. You will learn whether it is appropriate to use: abuse or misuse acquiesce, assent or agree active or proactive ad hoc or ad lib adopted or adoptive. . . And much, much more!

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Punjab s Hadali village (now in Pakistan) in 1915, Khushwant Singh is one of India s best known and most widely read authors and columnists. He was founder-editor of Yojana, and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, National Herald and the Hindustan Times. His first book, The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories, was published in 1950, and he has published several acclaimed and best-selling books of fiction and non-fiction in the six decades since. Among these are the novels Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, Delhi and The Company of Women; his autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice; the two-volume A History of the Sikhs; a collection of prayers and precepts, The Freethinker s Prayer Book; and the forthcoming Consolations and Lamentations. He has also translated the work of major Punjabi and Urdu poets and writers, as well as The Japji and the Rehras: The Morning and Evening Prayers of the Sikhs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rupa Publications Private Limited
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 8129124432
• ISBN 13: 9788129124432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144