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Cursive Handwriting for Adults

Easy-to-Follow Lessons, Step-by-Step Instructions, Proven Techniques, Sample Sentences and Practice Pages to Improve Your Handwriting

by John Neal ...

Relearn the beautiful art of cursive handwriting!In this type, tap and swipe world, you have few opportunities to write in cursive. As a result, your skills diminish. Then, when the critical moment arises and you need to personally write something in your own hand, the results are not very impressive. In fact, they’re embarrassingly bad.Written and designed specifically for an adult audience, this ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Relearn the beautiful art of cursive handwriting!In this type, tap and swipe world, you have few opportunities to write in cursive. As a result, your skills diminish. Then, when the critical moment arises and you need to personally write something in your own hand, the results are not very impressive. In fact, they’re embarrassingly bad.Written and designed specifically for an adult audience, this
... Read more
The Missing Ink

The Lost Art of Handwriting

by Philip Hensher ...

"Acclaimed British novelist Hensher . . . provides a droll and eclectic tour of handwriting history" — Booklist ."Rediscover the joys of writing. . . . Like a charming dinner guest, [Hensher] brims with fun facts, good humor and amusing reminiscences . . . [He] enlivens his musings about penmanship's demise with sharp insights and wry wit." ― The New York Times Book Review... ... Read more

$15.83 CAD

"Acclaimed British novelist Hensher . . . provides a droll and eclectic tour of handwriting history" — Booklist ."Rediscover the joys of writing. . . . Like a charming dinner guest, [Hensher] brims with fun facts, good humor and amusing reminiscences . . . [He] enlivens his musings about penmanship's demise with sharp insights and wry wit." ― The New York Times Book Review...
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The Lost Art of Handwriting

Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship

by Brenna Jordan ...

Revisit the lost art of writing with these fun prompts, worksheets, exercises—and more!—and experience the many benefits of writing by hand, including increased focus and memory, relaxation, and creative expression.Writing by hand may seem passé in the digital age, but it shouldn’t be dismissed as simply an activity for grade schoolers—it offers countless benefits that have been studied by ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Revisit the lost art of writing with these fun prompts, worksheets, exercises—and more!—and experience the many benefits of writing by hand, including increased focus and memory, relaxation, and creative expression.Writing by hand may seem passé in the digital age, but it shouldn’t be dismissed as simply an activity for grade schoolers—it offers countless benefits that have been studied by
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Improve Your Handwriting

Learn to write in a confident and fluent hand: the writing classic for adult learners and calligraphy enthusiasts

by Rosemary Sassoon, G S E Briem ...

Improve Your Handwriting is the only title to be written specifically for adults who are experiencing problems with their writing. Co-authored by a world-renowned expert on handwriting and a professional calligrapher, it uses self-diagnosis tests to help you identify your problem, before encouraging you to experiment and choose the style that suits you best. Covering everything from holding a pen, ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Improve Your Handwriting is the only title to be written specifically for adults who are experiencing problems with their writing. Co-authored by a world-renowned expert on handwriting and a professional calligrapher, it uses self-diagnosis tests to help you identify your problem, before encouraging you to experiment and choose the style that suits you best. Covering everything from holding a pen,
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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by William Strunk, Jr., E.B. White ...

'The Elements of Style' (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes. This edition of 'The Elements of Style' details eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of ... Read more

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'The Elements of Style' (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes. This edition of 'The Elements of Style' details eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of
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The Art of the Handwritten Note

A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication

by Margaret Shepherd ...

From overcoming illegible penmanship to mastering the challenge of keeping straight margins, avoiding smeared ink, and choosing stationery that is appropriate but suits your style, this is a powerful little guide to conveying thoughts in an enduring—and noteworthy—way.For those who enjoy writing notes, or those who value doing so but find themselves intimidated by the task, acclaimed calligrapher ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

From overcoming illegible penmanship to mastering the challenge of keeping straight margins, avoiding smeared ink, and choosing stationery that is appropriate but suits your style, this is a powerful little guide to conveying thoughts in an enduring—and noteworthy—way.For those who enjoy writing notes, or those who value doing so but find themselves intimidated by the task, acclaimed calligrapher
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To the Letter

A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing

by Simon Garfield ...

The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible salvation in the digital age.Few things are as exciting—and potentially life-changing—as discovering an old letter. And while etiquette books still extol the practice, letter writing seems to be disappearing amid a flurry of e-mails, texting, and tweeting. The recent decline in ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map offers an ode to letter writing and its possible salvation in the digital age.Few things are as exciting—and potentially life-changing—as discovering an old letter. And while etiquette books still extol the practice, letter writing seems to be disappearing amid a flurry of e-mails, texting, and tweeting. The recent decline in
... Read more
Spencerian Handwriting

The Complete Collection of Theory and Practical Workbooks for Perfect Cursive and Hand Lettering

by Platt Rogers Spencer ...

The first all-in-one edition of P.R. Spencer's classic penmanship primer including step-by-step lessons and pages for practicing.Easy to understand yet challenging to perfect, the Spencerian system was the standard for all personal and business correspondence in the 1800s. While modern students are barely taught cursive, for more than a century schoolchildren were dutifully drilled in intricate ... Read more

$15.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first all-in-one edition of P.R. Spencer's classic penmanship primer including step-by-step lessons and pages for practicing.Easy to understand yet challenging to perfect, the Spencerian system was the standard for all personal and business correspondence in the 1800s. While modern students are barely taught cursive, for more than a century schoolchildren were dutifully drilled in intricate
... Read more
Pen to Paper

Artists' Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art

Edited by Mary Savig ...

Even in this age of emails, texts, and tweets, there is an ongoing fascination with the simple act of putting pen to paper. Associations such as the International Association of Master Penmen and the Society for Italic Handwriting keep the traditions of calligraphy and penmanship alive, hand-writing typefaces continue to sell, and hand-drawn display type and packaging of all sorts enjoy a ... Read more

$22.31 CAD

Even in this age of emails, texts, and tweets, there is an ongoing fascination with the simple act of putting pen to paper. Associations such as the International Association of Master Penmen and the Society for Italic Handwriting keep the traditions of calligraphy and penmanship alive, hand-writing typefaces continue to sell, and hand-drawn display type and packaging of all sorts enjoy a
... Read more
Finding Mr. Write

A New Slant on Selecting the Perfect Mate

by Beverley East ...

Would you buy a house without seeing the inside? Would you buy a car without checking under the hood and taking it for a spin? Probably not. Then why is it that you will choose a mate without knowing what's going on inside him? Most of you would agree that love letters are a great way into your heart. But though your man fills them with sweet words and promises, do you know what he's really saying ... Read more

Was $6.99 CAD Now $5.99 CAD

Would you buy a house without seeing the inside? Would you buy a car without checking under the hood and taking it for a spin? Probably not. Then why is it that you will choose a mate without knowing what's going on inside him? Most of you would agree that love letters are a great way into your heart. But though your man fills them with sweet words and promises, do you know what he's really saying
... Read more
Reading Early American Handwriting

by Kip Sperry ...

This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records. ... Read more

$18.62 CAD

This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records.
... Read more
Handwriting Analysis Plain & Simple

The Only Book You'll Ever Need

by Eve Bingham ...

Series series Plain & Simple Series
Handwriting analysis, or graphology, is the science involved in producing a personality profile of the writer by examining the characteristics, traits and strokes of an individual's handwriting. It seems impossible, but a trained graphologist can gather an astonishing amount of information about the writer just from analyzing their handwriting. Besides creating a complete personality profile, many ... Read more

$16.55 CAD

Handwriting analysis, or graphology, is the science involved in producing a personality profile of the writer by examining the characteristics, traits and strokes of an individual's handwriting. It seems impossible, but a trained graphologist can gather an astonishing amount of information about the writer just from analyzing their handwriting. Besides creating a complete personality profile, many
... Read more
キリル文字書道

by Catherine Petitjean-Kail ...

目標は、学ぶことです。正方形のアルファベット筆記体のアルファベット多くの例を含む。 ... Read more

$7.39 CAD

目標は、学ぶことです。正方形のアルファベット筆記体のアルファベット多くの例を含む。
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La Caligrafía Griega

by Catherine Petitjean-Kail ...

La Caligrafía es el arte de la bella escritura. Es una manera de meditar, de liberarse, de crear de sus manos; es también una atención especial para quien la recibe. Vivimos en un mundo cada vez más rápido, con cada vez más alta tecnología. <br... ... Read more

$7.39 CAD

La Caligrafía es el arte de la bella escritura. Es una manera de meditar, de liberarse, de crear de sus manos; es también una atención especial para quien la recibe. Vivimos en un mundo cada vez más rápido, con cada vez más alta tecnología. <br...
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Die Kalligraphie der Welt

by Catherine Petitjean-Kail ...

Die Kalligraphie ist die Kunst schön zu schreiben.Es ist eine Art und Weise zu meditieren, sich zu entspannen, von ihren Händen etwas zu schaffen.Es ist auch eine Kunst für diejenige, die es mit besonderer Beachtung ausführen kann.In der heutigen Welt, geht alles schnell, immer schneller, mit hoher Technologie und so wird das Schöne den Menschen fremd.Das können wir ändern…Nehmen Sie sich doch die ... Read more

$13.30 CAD

Die Kalligraphie ist die Kunst schön zu schreiben.Es ist eine Art und Weise zu meditieren, sich zu entspannen, von ihren Händen etwas zu schaffen.Es ist auch eine Kunst für diejenige, die es mit besonderer Beachtung ausführen kann.In der heutigen Welt, geht alles schnell, immer schneller, mit hoher Technologie und so wird das Schöne den Menschen fremd.Das können wir ändern…Nehmen Sie sich doch die
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Éternelle Caroline

by Jean-Patrick Beaufreton ...

Series series Nouvelle plume
Au cours d’une vente aux enchères, Mathias acquiert un carton de manuscrits signés d’un auteur qu’il ne connaît pas. Le jeune homme entre de plain-pied dans l’esprit et l’intimité de l’écrivain du XIXe siècle ; celui-ci voulait écrire l’épopée de Caroline, puis l’abandonnait, avant de la reprendre. Mathias voit l’héroïne illusoire et sent à son tour le besoin de raconter son histoire. ... Read more

$1.99 CAD

Au cours d’une vente aux enchères, Mathias acquiert un carton de manuscrits signés d’un auteur qu’il ne connaît pas. Le jeune homme entre de plain-pied dans l’esprit et l’intimité de l’écrivain du XIXe siècle ; celui-ci voulait écrire l’épopée de Caroline, puis l’abandonnait, avant de la reprendre. Mathias voit l’héroïne illusoire et sent à son tour le besoin de raconter son histoire.
... Read more
Khmer Alphabet Handwriting

by Nickkey Nick ...

Khmer alphabet handwriting practice pages. Learn how to write Khmer alphabet letters. Khmer for beginners. Download and write Khmer cursive alphabet letters. ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Khmer alphabet handwriting practice pages. Learn how to write Khmer alphabet letters. Khmer for beginners. Download and write Khmer cursive alphabet letters.
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Write It Right

A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults

by Ambrose Bierce ...

The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the ... Read more

$3.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind, and by exclusion of that which either denotes or connotes something else. As Quintilian puts it, the
... Read more
How to Write Letters & Emails. Ielts General Training Task 1 Study Guide. Making Requests. Band 9 Answer Key & On-line Support.

by Oliver Wilde ...

This book is a study guide about how to write emails and letters. The guidance will help students write band 9 letters for Ielts General Training Task 1 Writing. It is also a perfect guide of how to write emails and letters generally. Each unit has a separate task or letter/email focus and you can see how to write perfect content. The book is complimented by on-line videos and more content that ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a study guide about how to write emails and letters. The guidance will help students write band 9 letters for Ielts General Training Task 1 Writing. It is also a perfect guide of how to write emails and letters generally. Each unit has a separate task or letter/email focus and you can see how to write perfect content. The book is complimented by on-line videos and more content that
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Get Ready For School Chinese Writing Workbook 1

by W.Q. Blosh ...

Series Book 4 - Learn Chinese Write Now
How much time does a learner need to spend learning to write Chinese characters?Do you need to write every Chinese character that you learn?How many times do you need to write a Chinese character?Is it effective to write a full page of the same Chinese character repeatedly?How to remember all the strokes in a Chinese character easily?Your child will be able toIdentify the PARTS (strokes and Ch... ... Read more

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How much time does a learner need to spend learning to write Chinese characters?Do you need to write every Chinese character that you learn?How many times do you need to write a Chinese character?Is it effective to write a full page of the same Chinese character repeatedly?How to remember all the strokes in a Chinese character easily?Your child will be able toIdentify the PARTS (strokes and Ch...
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Spanish Grammar Essentials: "From Scratch" volume 1

Start learning European Spanish from the ground up with these 5 books., #3

by Mohamed Elshenawy, Joaquim Zaragoza ...

Series Book 3 - Start learning European Spanish from the ground up with these 5 books.
Introduction to Spanish GrammarGrammar is essential for learning any language correctly. It helps you speak the language properly and makes you stand out among your peers. If you intend to study any language thoroughly, integrating grammar study alongside vocabulary and phrases is crucial.In this book, we have linked Spanish language concepts and grammar to English language concepts and grammar, ... Read more

$48.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Introduction to Spanish GrammarGrammar is essential for learning any language correctly. It helps you speak the language properly and makes you stand out among your peers. If you intend to study any language thoroughly, integrating grammar study alongside vocabulary and phrases is crucial.In this book, we have linked Spanish language concepts and grammar to English language concepts and grammar,
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El canon ignorado

La escritura de las mujeres en Europa (s. XIII-XX)

by Tiziana Plebani ...

Translated by María Tereza D'Meza, Rodrigo Molina-Zavalía ...

Series Book 22 - Scripta Manent
La relación entre la escritura y el género femenino está signada por la lucha entre el disciplinamiento y la transgresión, entre las prohibiciones y los espacios asfixiantes. Durante siglos, por haber sido excluidas del sistema educativo, salvo aquellas pertenecientes a la aristocracia o a ciertos sectores de la burguesía urbana, las mujeres en Europa fueron el componente mayoritario del pueblo ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

La relación entre la escritura y el género femenino está signada por la lucha entre el disciplinamiento y la transgresión, entre las prohibiciones y los espacios asfixiantes. Durante siglos, por haber sido excluidas del sistema educativo, salvo aquellas pertenecientes a la aristocracia o a ciertos sectores de la burguesía urbana, las mujeres en Europa fueron el componente mayoritario del pueblo
... Read more
Armenian Alphabet Handwriting

by Nickkey Nick ...

Armenian alphabet handwriting practice pages. Armenian for beginners. Learn how to write Armenian alphabet letters. Easy Armenian script.Armenian alphabet practice workbook. Download and write Armenian alphabet letters. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Armenian alphabet handwriting practice pages. Armenian for beginners. Learn how to write Armenian alphabet letters. Easy Armenian script.Armenian alphabet practice workbook. Download and write Armenian alphabet letters.
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L'Arte del Buon Scrivere

by Giovanna Mulas ...

Dalla scrittrice italiana pluripremiata e tradotta nel mondo un Vademecum della Scrittura unico nel suo genere dedicato, con saggezza e ironia, a quanti cominciano a penetrare il complesso labirinto dello scrivere, come agli autori affermati. Tecnica e talento: tutti i passi necessari alla pubblicazione, i consigli sui premi, le case editrici, i meccanismi della critica, pubblicità, 'narrativa da ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dalla scrittrice italiana pluripremiata e tradotta nel mondo un Vademecum della Scrittura unico nel suo genere dedicato, con saggezza e ironia, a quanti cominciano a penetrare il complesso labirinto dello scrivere, come agli autori affermati. Tecnica e talento: tutti i passi necessari alla pubblicazione, i consigli sui premi, le case editrici, i meccanismi della critica, pubblicità, 'narrativa da
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