The Sense of Style

The Sense of Style

By
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
2014 • 370 pages

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28 books

Academia & Scientific writing

iancawood
Ian
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks
The Scientist's Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career
Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace
Everything's an Argument
The Craft of Scientific Writing
Writing Science in Plain English
Stylish Academic Writing

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7 books

Gave Up On

hcnewton
hc.newton
Starter for Ten
Bitter Medicine
The Relic Master
Wrath of an Angry God
The Sense of Style
Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine
The Writer's Library

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40 books

Academic

adamd
Adam
The science of words
The strategy of conflict
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Fair Shot
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
The divided self
Future Crimes

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115 books

Finance

b_richardson
Michael
The Intelligent Investor
Against the Gods
The Rationality Quotient: Toward a Test of Rational Thinking
Fortune's Formula
Distant Force
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Master of the Game

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42 books

Tr Others

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Luiz Gonzaga
Educated: A Memoir
Designing Disney
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
The Hero Within
Goddesses in Everywoman
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

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35 books

2016

dsk
Dave
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (Vintage Classics)
Norwegian Wood
A Wild Sheep Chase
Kafka on the Shore
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
The Sense of Style
Fantastic Mr Fox

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106 books

Non Fiction

cofetty
Anna
Understanding exposure
Writing Tools
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Blink
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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38 books

Language

immohika
Mohika
The Study of Language
Word Power Made Easy
The Best Punctuation Book, Period
Morphology of the Folktale
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
The Power of Babel

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1,556 books

1st Reference

Diogenes
Diogenes
Shadowstorm
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Beatles Anthology
The Startup Owner's Manual
Hard to be a god
Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy, Fifth Edition

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9 books

Writing

Diogenes
Diogenes
Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
The Writer's Journey
The Sense of Style
The Elements of Style

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825 books

Adult

Ismerene
Ismerene
The Help
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Gates of Fire
The Chronicles of Amber: Two Volume Set
The Stand
Ready Player One

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199 books

Nonfiction

Ismerene
Ismerene
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
Missing 411: Western United States and Canada
The Call of the Weird : Travels in American Subcultures
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

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41 books

2017

Mirk
Miriam
99 Stories of God
Slow River
News of the World
Provenance
State of Wonder
All Our Wrong Todays
The Boy on the Bridge

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442 books

Non Fiction

Zhep
ASZ
Do the Work
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

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103 books

Nonfiction

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orlando calva
The Norton Introduction to Philosophy
The art of memory
The Life and Death of Classical Music
Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
The Complete Guide to Fasting
Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream

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16 books

Personal Development

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orlando calva
Meditations
Influence
The Sense of Style
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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20 books

Reference

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orlando calva
The Norton Introduction to Philosophy
Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten
Book Lust
Literary Introductions to the Books of the Bible
The Sense of Style
The New Lifetime Reading Plan

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13 books

Writing

orlandocalva
orlando calva
Book Lust
The Sense of Style
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading
At the New Yorker
The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
The Secrets of Story

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19 books

Psychology

orlandocalva
orlando calva
The art of memory
Influence
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
The Sense of Style
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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1 book

Language

orlandocalva
orlando calva
The Sense of Style

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63 books

Nonf Niche

LucilleAncrath
Lucille Ancrath
Fabric of Civilization
Future Histories
The Case for Mars
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Reclaiming Conversation
The Shallows

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511 books

Non Fiction

zween_eugene
Eugene Wilder
Where Men Win Glory
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Eating Animals
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Way We Eat
The Rest Is Noise

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17,841 books

My Library

Nitin
Nitin Rughoonauth
Fermi Remembered
Goedel's Way: Exploits into an undecidable world
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
Debate en torno a la etica del discurso de Apel: Diálogo filosófico Norte-Sur desde América Latina
Love and math : the heart of hidden reality
The Road to Reality
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

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6 books

Writing Advice

SiddharthaGolu
Siddhartha Golu
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
The Sense of Style
Clear and Simple as the Truth
On writing well

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5 books

Learning

iced-bev
Dom B
On writing well
The Sense of Style
The Economist Style Guide
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
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