{"id":10,"date":"2007-11-02T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T21:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirkmahoney.com\/better-communication-books\/"},"modified":"2015-10-14T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:13:49","slug":"suggestions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Biographies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Defining-the-World\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Defining the World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Henry Hitchings (biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/The-Professor-and-the-Madman\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">The Professor and the Madman<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Simon Winchester (the making of the Oxford English Dictionary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Charities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/articles\/our-future-depends-on-our-literacy\">Our Future Depends on Our Literacy<\/a> &#8212; Support a group that knows that our future depends on our literacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Grammar<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Between-You-and-I\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Between You and I<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by James Cochrane and John Humphrys (hilarious little book about bad English)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Woe-Is-I\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Woe Is I<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Patricia T. O&#8217;Conner (lighthearted guide to grammar)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Woe-Is-I-Jr\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Woe Is I Jr.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Patricia T. O&#8217;Conner and Tom Stiglich (children&#8217;s version)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lexicons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Dictionary-of-Caribbean-English-Usage\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Richard Allsopp (multiple words for the same thing)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Rogets-Thesaurus-of-English-Words-and-Phrases\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Roget&#8217;s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Peter Roget (classic reference)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Word-Nerd\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Word Nerd<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by Barbara Ann Kipfer (delightful collection of 18,000 words)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Punctuation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/A-Dash-of-Style\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">A Dash of Style<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Noah Lukeman (the &#8220;art&#8221; of punctuation)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/Eats-Shoots-and-Leaves\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Lynne Truss (hilarious guide to commas, apostrophes, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Writing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/The-Elements-of-Style\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">The Elements of Style<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, and Roger Angell (classic reference)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.KirkMahoney.com\/recommends\/The-Mind-Map-Book\/\" class=\"snap_shots\">The Mind Map Book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/> by Tony Buzan and Barry Buzan (brainstorming with graphical outlining)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biographies Defining the World by Henry Hitchings (biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) Charities Our Future Depends on Our Literacy &#8212; Support a group that knows that our future depends on our literacy. Grammar Between You and I by James Cochrane&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","empty-entry-meta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biographies Defining the World by Henry Hitchings (biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) Charities Our Future Depends on Our Literacy &#8212; Support a group that knows that our future depends on our literacy. Grammar Between You and I by James Cochrane&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kirk Mahoney . com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-14T16:13:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/\",\"name\":\"Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-11-02T21:19:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-14T16:13:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suggestions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"Kirk Mahoney . com\",\"description\":\"Better Communication for Smart People\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com","og_description":"Biographies Defining the World by Henry Hitchings (biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) Charities Our Future Depends on Our Literacy &#8212; Support a group that knows that our future depends on our literacy. Grammar Between You and I by James Cochrane&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/","og_site_name":"Kirk Mahoney . com","article_modified_time":"2015-10-14T16:13:49+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/","name":"Suggestions - Kirk Mahoney . com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1","datePublished":"2007-11-02T21:19:05+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-14T16:13:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=engagingmedia&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/suggestions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Suggestions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Kirk Mahoney . com","description":"Better Communication for Smart People","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7gYTW-a","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirkmahoney.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}