Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Dayby Edie Schwager

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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a DayBy

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© 1996 by Edie Schwager

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schwager, Edie.Better vocabulary in 30 minutes a day / by Edie Schwager.p. cm.

ISBN: 1564142477

1. Vocabulary. I. Title. II. Series.PE449.S4545 1996428.1--dc21 96-21262CIP

Acknowledgments

My heartfelt thanks go to Michael J.Schwager, who happens to be my son and is also a fellow writerand editor. Besides his pursuits as an author and writing consultant, he’s a computer guru. Heoffered insightful suggestions about the text and helped make sure that the book got to CareerPress on time, and in the electronic form the publisher needed.

Special thanks go to Doris S.Michaels, my literary agent, for her diligence, competence, patienceand generosity of spirit. I received the assignment to write this book because of her, and herenthusiasm motivated me from our first conversation about the project to the last word.

My father, Michael Cohen, always told me that if you’re going to do a job, do it right, no matter whatit is. Above everything except family, he revered education and learning. He taught me by examplethat one of the highest human endeavors is gathering knowledge and using it to exercise wisdom.This book is dedicated to his memory.

So hats off to all the Michaels!

Thanks to everyone at Career Press—especially Ron Fry, president; Betsy Sheldon, editor in chief;Ellen Scher, associate editor; Jane A.Brody, editor; and Fred Nachbaur, marketing manager—fortheir encouragement and all their efforts.

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