Robert Allen

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up on your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. Common Errors in English is a simple and practical guide to help eveyone who does any kind of writing. It combines a thorough A-Z checklist of the mistakes that often crop up in all aspects of written English with ready and reliable guidance on today's usage difficulties and how to be up to date with all the latest controversies, pitfalls and oddities of our language. Lively and accessible, with plenty of interest and humour, this book is essential to improve your writing style.

¿Le gustaría que Múltiples Fuentes de Ingreso fluyan por el resto de su vida? Si su respuesta es íSÍ! . entonces se beneficiará con la lectura de este libro.En esta guía práctica. Robert Allen. autor y mentor de exitosos libros de finanzas. ha investigado cientos de oportunidades para generar ingresos. reduciéndolos a diez negocios infalibles para el nuevo milenio. Usted aprenderá cómo generar ingresos y plantar los semillas que generarán árboles de dinero. Allen presento los diferentes fuentes que le permitirán afianzar su situación financiera de por vida: * Mercado de valores * Mercado de bienes raíces * Network marketing * Reducción de impuestos * Concesión de licencias y propiedad intelectual * Infopreneuring * Internet * Entre otros...

Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking thousands of phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing or that we've been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century.

Easy to use, simple, authoritative: The Penguin Complete English Dictionary: gives you more than any other dictionary. Compiled, fully revised and updated by Penguin's world-renowned lexicographers together with a host of trusted household names this is the one volume every home should consult when in need of English guidance. The Penguin Complete English Dictionary is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world making knowledge everybody's property.

THE PENGUIN STUDENT DICTIONARY is the perfect reference book for school or university use, exploring every aspect of the English language as it is used today. Compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, meticulously researched, with a wealth of useful additional features, presented in a clear, easy-to-read format and affordably priced, it it the ideal companion for every student.

Todos tenemos ideas creativas pero a menudo no sabemos o no nos atrevemos a expresarlas. En este libro se ofrecen abundantes consejos que enseñarán al lector, entre otras cosas, a utilizar los dos hemisferios del cerebro y sacarles el máximo partido, a recurrir a la autohipnosis y al sueño para explorar los límites de su conciencia, a ayudarse el brainstorming y la inteligencia para pensar de una forma menos convencional, y a experimentar con la meditación, la relajación y las visualizaciones. También se explica la influencia en el proceso creativo, de agentes externos a la persona como la salud, la dieta equilibrada, el ejercicio y la música. Todo ello complementado con abundantes y estimulantes rompecabezas, acertijos y juegos que motivarán y "engancharán" al lector y le ayudarán a manifestar su talento creativo y a pensar de una forma original que hasta ahora desconocía.

Todos buscamos el éxito. La sociedad se basa en esa idea. Sin embargo, este libro no ha sido escrito para las personas que creen que ese éxito se basa en riquezas, estatus y poder; una falsa manera de hacer crecer la autoestima. Las verdaderas personas de éxito de este mundo son las que se preocupan de ayudar a los demás y las que muestran con su ejemplo que la autoestima crece si compartimos la felicidad.

This concise edition of the bestselling New Penguin English Dictionary is the perfect reference book for everyday use, exploring every aspect of the English language as it is used today. Compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, meticulously researched and presented in a clear, easy-to-read format, it is the ideal companion for every home and office. • Over 150,000 words, phrases and clear definitions, with more information than other leading dictionaries • Includes up-to-date scientific and technical terms and the latest slang and jargon • Invaluable guidance on correct usage (different from or different to?), commonly confused words (imply or infer?), grammar and spelling • Word histories explaining the origins of words from hypochondria to sideburns

This invaluable reference work offers the best and most sought-after advice on English grammar based on Henry Fowler's original, which is still a classic text after nearly 80 years. Updated with the use of Oxford's unrivalled language databases, it comprises over 4,200 entries giving clear recommendations on grammar, pronunciation, spelling, syntax, and writing style. Using a wide range of illustrative quotations from well-known authors, as well as from international newspapers and journals, the Guide gives advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in English usage, such as using the split infinitive or deciding between infer and imply or between who and whom. Users of the Guide will find themselves reaching for it again and again, whether they are writing a report, a novel, or a letter to a friend. ...offers impeccable advice... Sally Baker, The Times `Review from previous edition Britain's most authoritative guide to English' Robin Young, The Times

A new Dictionary edited by Robert Allen (former editor of the Oxford Concise and The Penguin Dictionary) targeted as a general purpose portable Dictionary - ideal for quick reference. Appendices to include easily confused words and frequently misspelled words. This is the first book in a new series from Penguin. Designed to be portable and ideal for quick reference, the series will be called Penguin Pocket Reference. There is a companion thesaurus published in the same month.

The Penguin Office Dictionary is the perfect reference book for office use, not only exploring every aspect of the English language as it is used today but also providing information on how to make your writing more effective and influential in a business context. Compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, meticulously researched, with a wealth of useful additional features, and presented in a clear, easy-to-read format, it is the ideal companion for every office. Penguin Office Dictionary is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world making knowledge everybody's property.

Fitness para tu cerebro -escrito por Robert Allen, uno de los principales expertos de Mensa- es una atractiva recopilación de asombrosos juegos de ingenio diseñados específicamente para poner a prueba tu capacidad de deduccion y razonamiento. Este libro, que incluye una gran variedad de juegos de ingenio, proporcionara a tu cerebro un ejercicio muy completo y te permitira mantener en plena forma la materia gris. Sea cual sea el tipo de juegos de ingenio que mas te guste resolver, descubriras que en cada pagina te aguarda un dificil desafio.