Books to help rediscover the English language

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Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers (Pimlico)
1.  Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers (Pimlico) by Harold Evans
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  "The Bible on English for writers and editors. Reads like an entertaining and humourous novel and still tells you all you need to know about using English."
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Cassell Guide to Written English
2.  Cassell Guide to Written English by James Aitchison
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  "Excellent, succinct but comprehensive book on the English language."
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English for Journalists
3.  English for Journalists by Wynford Hicks
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  "First rate crash course in English grammar and punctuation for Journalists.  The whole series deserves to become standard text."
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Writing Feature Articles: A Practical Guide to Methods and Markets (Focal Press Journalism)
4.  Writing Feature Articles: A Practical Guide to Methods and Markets (Focal Press Journalism) by Brendan Hennessy
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  "Takes English into the market and shows you how to make money. Very good work book in a very good series."
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Strange Places, Questionable People
5.  Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson
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  "John Simpsons anecdotes are excellent for preparing any budding writer for the political realities of the media industry. This is his best and freshest work."
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The Granta Book of Reportage (Journalism)
6.  The Granta Book of Reportage (Journalism) by Ian Jack
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  "Think that freelance foreign correspondent work is glamorous? Read this and think again."
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Scots Law for Journalists
7.  Scots Law for Journalists by Bruce McKain
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  "Even if your English, this is worth reading. There is a lot of common ground in the law. This is clear and comprehensive"
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Reporting for Journalists (Media Skills)
8.  Reporting for Journalists (Media Skills) by Chris Frost
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  "Want to turn writing into a workable craft? Get this book"
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Mother Tongue: The English Language
9.  Mother Tongue: The English Language by Bill Bryson
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  "Bill Bryson's irreverant but scholarly and valuable look at English language development. Well worth a look"
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Troublesome Words
10.  Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson
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  "Important companion to Mother Tongue"
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The Prince (Penguin Classics)
11.  The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
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  "Shows how politics is almost  unchanged down through the ages.Great underpinning to understand psychology of statecraft"
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (Perennial Classics)
12.  The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 (Perennial Classics) by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn
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  "Its a novel, its a biography, its what stark, hard feature writing is about.  If you can deal with hard, true reality in the world beyond TV, buy this."
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Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War
13.  Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
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  "Real old school Journalist reportage. This guy is not afraid to get bombed and beaten to say what must be said. Not a stylist but straight honest and accesible."
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The Magazines Handbook (Media Practice)
14.  The Magazines Handbook (Media Practice) by Jenny McKay
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  "This book gives you all the lingo, practice and technicality that you could ask for in a non-textbook, easily digestible style."
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The Oxford Companion to English Literature
15.  The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble
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  "Expensive but worth it if you want to get behind your reading and dig deep."
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Survival in Auschwitz
16.  Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
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  "Primo Levi's work is a crucial and terrible necessity to fight dreadful revisionist history that would say that the holocaust did not happen. Read and learn"
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The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts
17.  The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts by David Lodge
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  "Want to write fiction? Read this....."
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The Practice of Writing: Essays, Lectures, Reviews and a Diary
18.  The Practice of Writing: Essays, Lectures, Reviews and a Diary by David Lodge
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  "....And this"
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