User:Conservative/Excellent books on basic skills
Writing
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes by Lester Kaufman and Jane Straus
- Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
- On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
- The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
- Write Right!: A Desktop Digest of Punctuation, Grammar, and Style by Jan Venolia
- Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson by June Casagrande
- The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase by Mark Forsyth
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Speaking skills
- instant Voice Training: How to Train Your Voice Instantly!
- Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery by Arthur Samuel Joseph, with a foreword by Roger Goodell
- Speak and Be Heard: 101 Vocal Exercises for Professionals, Public Speakers and Voice Actors by Richard Di Britannia
- It's the Way You Say It by Carol A Fleming PhD
- The Sound of Your Voice by Carol A Fleming PhD
- Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want by Roger Love and Donna Frazier
- Voice for Performance: Training the Actor's Voice by Linda Gates
- Executive Presence: The Missing Link between Merit and Success by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Rosalind Ashford