A Basic Reference Shelf
Discover the essential basic books for your reference shelf, including The Chicago Manual of Style, Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, and Descriptionary—perfect for writers, editors, and researchers seeking authoritative guidance on style, language, and word choice.
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The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago. Press
Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
by Barbara Ann Kipfer
A-Z format, 500,000 synonyms and hundreds of recently coined and common slang terms.
