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

Grammar testing:

• The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar, Fifth Edition

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