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ABC of Style: A Guide to Plain Englishby Rudolf Franz FleschISBN 0060800836 (0-06-080083-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Abolition of Manby C. S. LewisISBN 0060652942 (0-06-065294-2)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Abolition of Man'Book summary:The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. It is subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools," and uses that as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law, and a warning of the consequences of doing away with or "debunking" those things. It defends science as something worth pursuing but criticizes using it to debunk values - the value of science itself being among them - or defining it to exclude such values. [via]
Angry Young Snigletsby Rich HallISBN 002012600X (0-02-012600-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, And Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words And Their Originsby Michael QuinionISBN 0060851538 (0-06-085153-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Barnhart Dictionary of New English since 1963by Robert K. Barnhart, Sol Steinmetz, Clarence Lewis BarnhartISBN 0060102233 (0-06-010223-3)
Hardcover, Barnhart/Harper & Row
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Biography of the English Languageby C.M. MillwardISBN 0030594316 (0-03-059431-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionaryby D. P. SimpsonISBN 0025226304 (0-02-522630-4)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary'Book summary:The greatest name in foreign language dictionaries is Cassell, the preeminent publisher of dictionaries for over 120 years.[via]For fast, easy reference and comprehensive listings, Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary is unbeatable. It contains in concise form the words most frequently used in scholarly and academic usage.
Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary is easy to read and full of complete usage information that's simple to access. This invaluable volume, backed by the world's foremost language authority, is the most effective concise dictionary available to the Latin language.
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Cassell's Latin and English Dictionaryby D. P. SimpsonISBN 0020133405 (0-02-013340-5)
Softcover, Cassell
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For fast, easy reference and comprehensive listings, Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary is unbeatable. It contains in concise form the words most frequently used in scholarly and academic usage.
Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Dictionary is easy to read and full of complete usage information that's simple to access. This invaluable volume, backed by the world's foremost language authority, is the most effective concise dictionary available to the Latin language. [via]
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Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latinby Donald Penistan SimpsonISBN 0025225804 (0-02-522580-4)
Hardcover, Cassell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin'Book summary:Since its first appearance in 1854 and through many revisions this dictionary has remained constant in its appeal to scholars.[via]?This new and revised Latin Dictionary is among the best of its kind, being reliable, compact and adequate for the needs of all save the specialist. He has produced what is in effect a new book, typographically easy to consult and combining elegance with utility.? -The Times Literary Supplement
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- Incorporates modern English idiom and current Latin spelling.
- Includes general classical information where appropriate.
- Shows long and short vowels where not immediately apparent.
- Indicates irregular plural forms.
- Cites and quotes ancient classical authors.
- Suggests paraphrases to express modern English in classical Latin form.
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Choose the Right Word: A Modern Guide to Synonymsby S.I. HayakawaISBN 0060913932 (0-06-091393-2)
Softcover, Perennial Library
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Collins Paperback Thesaurus: In A to Z Formby Patrick Hanks, Marian Makins, Diana AdamsISBN 0004332466 (0-00-433246-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Canada
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The Collins Paperback Thesaurus in A-To-Z Formby W. T. McLeodISBN 0004330145 (0-00-433014-5)
Softcover, Collins
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Collins Concise English DictionaryISBN 0004330919 (0-00-433091-9)
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Collins Dictionary of the English Languageby Patrick HanksISBN 0004330781 (0-00-433078-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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Collins English DictionaryISBN 0004706765 (0-00-470676-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
Find This BookBook summary:Since the new edition of "Collins English Dictionary" (CED) two-and-a-half years ago, major revolutions have struck the countries we knew as the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia; new states, such as Eritrea have arisen; heads of state have come and gone. This edition has therefore been published with the aim of giving the user the latest encyclopaedic coverage. Over 1000 entries have been updated to reflect recent political change. In general language too, this edition includes many new words established since 1991: new terms from the media like "ethnic cleansing" and "Euro-sceptic" or for the media, "ratpack"; from music, "techno"; from film, "body double"; and from technology, "cache memory". The 200 special subject field areas are covered by Specialist Consultants. [via]
Collins English Dictionary: An Extensive Coverage of Contemporary International and Australian Englishby G.A. Wilkes, W. A. KrebsISBN 0004333780 (0-00-433378-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Collins Gem Dictionary of English Usageby Margot ButtISBN 0004587065 (0-00-458706-5)
Hardcover, Collins
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Collins Spanish Dictionary: Thumb-Indexed Editionby Colin SmithISBN 000433535X (0-00-433535-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionaryby Colin Smith, Manuel Bermejo Marcos, Eugenio Chang-RodriguezISBN 000433471X (0-00-433471-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish Dictionary = Collins Diccionario Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-EspanolISBN 0007163339 (0-00-716333-9)
Hardcover, HarperResource
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classicsby C. S. LewisISBN 0060506083 (0-06-050608-3)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics'Book summary:For the first time ever, these seven essential volumes by C. S. Lewis are available in a single edition. This remarkable book presents the classic works Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, Miracles, A Grief Observed, and Lewis's prophetic examination of universal values, The Abolition of Man. Beautiful and timeless, this is a vital collection by one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. Lewis reached a vast audience during his lifetime, and books such as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters continue to be regarded as among the best spiritual writing of all time. With his uncanny grasp of human nature, Lewis offers a refreshing antidote to the modern world's consumerism and moral relativism. This new edition of his most celebrated books highlights Lewis's compassion for humanity and his relevance for the twenty-first century. [via]
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Styleby Laurie RozakisISBN 0028619560 (0-02-861956-0)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style'Book summary:The jokey, conversational style of the Complete Idiot's Guide series is better suited to some of its many subjects than to others, but for the Guide to Grammar and Style, it works. This book might not be appropriate for professional proofreaders in search of the definitive use of the en dash, but it is a solid, amusing volume for those who daydreamed through grade school and would like to brush up on the fundamentals. Puns, silly humor, and hyperbole abound, but so do the entertaining quotations from beloved masters of the English language that author Laurie E. Rozakis has managed to dig up. For every "The rules of standard written English are ... more frightening than a sail on the Titanic," there is an amusing tidbit such as this one, courtesy of Calvin Trillin: "Whom is a word invented to make everyone sound like a butler. Nobody who is not a butler has ever said it out loud without feeling just a little bit weird." For every "Like my thighs, the distinction between that and which is becoming less firm," we have someone such as James Thurber to show us how to break a rule in style. "When I split an infinitive," Thurber is said to have admonished a meddlesome editor, "it is going to damn well stay split!" The text is highly energetic, and Rozakis cuts to the chase. For instance, she summarizes one chapter this way: "Don't be a sexist pig; ditch doublespeak; end euphemisms; can clichés." And she offers us these wise words, from Thomas Jefferson: "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do." [via]
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The Dictionary of Diseased Englishby Kenneth HudsonISBN 0060906081 (0-06-090608-1)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachresis, Nicknames, and Vulgarismsby Eric PartridgeISBN 0025949802 (0-02-594980-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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There is enough slang, cant ("i.e., language of the underworld"), and expletives here for all takers--there's low, Cockney rhyming, "picturesque Australian similes," society phrases, and even the semiproverbial. Dorothy Wordsworth, of all people, used a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse--a phrase "applied to a covert yet comprehensible hint, though often stupidity is implied."
Partridge also reveals low language's less larky side. His book can be a dark record of linguistic prejudice through the ages. Of course, in a slang dictionary, nothing is what it seems. Elevated means "drunk"; a deep-freezer is "a girl or woman of the prim or keep-off-me type"; and stage fright is late-20th-century rhyming slang for "a (glass of) light (ale)." Are you able to descry what the jocular Seduce my ancient footwear really means? If not, consider consulting Partridge's masterwork, as large as life and twice as natural. [via]
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Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive Youby William LutzISBN 0060919930 (0-06-091993-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Elements of Grammarby Margaret SchertzerISBN 002015450X (0-02-015450-X)
Hardcover, Longman Publishing Group
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Elements of Language: Second Courseby OdellISBN 0030526647 (0-03-052664-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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Emmaby Jane AustenISBN 0060956933 (0-06-095693-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Eric Partridge in His Own Wordsby Eric Partridge, David CrystalISBN 0025289608 (0-02-528960-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Foreign Phrasesby Graham KingISBN 0007121873 (0-00-712187-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk DictionaryISBN 0060911425 (0-06-091142-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Good Words to You: An All-New Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Languageby John CiardiISBN 0060156910 (0-06-015691-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Goof-Proofer/How to Avoid the 41 Most Embarrassing Errors in Your Speaking and Writingby Stephen J. ManhardISBN 002040610X (0-02-040610-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Graffiti 2by Nigel ReesISBN 0048270237 (0-04-827023-7)
Hardcover, Unwin Paperbacks
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A Grammar of Present-Day Englishby Raymond Woodbury PenceISBN 0023937203 (0-02-393720-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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The Grand Panjandrum: And 1,999 Other Rare, Useful, and Delightful Words and Expressionsby Julius Nicholas HookISBN 0025536206 (0-02-553620-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Grand Panjandrum: And 2,699 Other Rare, Useful and Delightful Words and Expressionsby J.N. HookISBN 0020332882 (0-02-033288-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Gregg Reference Manualby William A. SabinISBN 0028199219 (0-02-819921-9)
Softcover, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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Growing Up With Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dreamby Carole Kismaric, Marvin HeifermanISBN 0006492460 (0-00-649246-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usageby William Morris, Mary Morris, Publishers Harper & RowISBN 0060130628 (0-06-013062-8)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Language Change: Progress or Decay?by Jean AitchisonISBN 0006359833 (0-00-635983-3)
Softcover, Fontana Paperbacks
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Languageby Steven PinkerISBN 0060958332 (0-06-095833-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essaysby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0048090190 (0-04-809019-0)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Originsby William Morris, Mary MorrisISBN 006015862X (0-06-015862-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Origins of the English Language: A Social and Linguistic Historyby Joseph WilliamsISBN 0029344700 (0-02-934470-0)
Softcover, Free Pr
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Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional Englishby Eric Partridge, Paul BealeISBN 0026053500 (0-02-605350-0)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from Natureby Stephen Potter, Laurens Christopher SargentISBN 000213179X (0-00-213179-X)
Hardcover, Collins
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The Practical Stylistby Sheridan BakerISBN 0060404396 (0-06-040439-6)
Softcover, Harper & Row
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Roget's International Thesaurusby Robert L. Chapman, Barbara Ann KipferISBN 0060935448 (0-06-093544-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Second Barnhart Dictionary of New Englishby Clarence L. BarnhartISBN 0060101547 (0-06-010154-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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A Second Browser's Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Languageby John CiardiISBN 0060151250 (0-06-015125-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Simple & Directby Jacques BarzunISBN 0060937238 (0-06-093723-8)
Softcover, Quill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simple & Direct'Book summary:Rare is the book that causes one to consider--ponder? appraise? examine? inspect? contemplate?--one's every word. Simple & Direct, a classic text on the craft of writing by the educator Jacques Barzun, does so--with style. His object, says Barzun, is "to resensitize the mind to words." Do not use a word unless you know both its meaning and its connotations, its "quality" and its "atmosphere," and the ways in which it joins with other words. Barzun is an exacting taskmaster, railing against abstractions, "fancy" wordings, contemporary slang (which "prey[s] upon the vocabulary rather than nourish[es] it"), misprints ("it is rudeness to let them appear"), and the like. He bemoans what he sees as "a fury at work in the people to make war on hyphens," and he loathes those new words, such as condominium, that have been "cobbled together out of shavings and leftovers."
Still, no stodgy codger he. Barzun merely asks that you "have a point and make it by means of the best word." If that means splitting an infinitive or substituting a "which" for a "that," so be it. Just be sure that the decision to do so is conscious and informed. Once you've found the right word, you can move on to writing sentences and then leaning them against one another until they form paragraphs. Only when you've gotten it all down, says Barzun, should you allow yourself the pleasure of revision. "Unlike the sculptor," he says, "the writer can start carving and enjoying himself only after he has dug the marble out of his own head." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writersby Jacques BarzunISBN 0060911220 (0-06-091122-0)
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The Sound On The Page: Great Writers Talk about Style And Voice In Writingby Ben YagodaISBN 0060938226 (0-06-093822-6)
Softcover, Harper Resource
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There Is No Zoo in Zoology: And Other Beastly Mispronounciations an Opinionated Guide for the Well-Spokenby Charles Harrington ElsterISBN 0025352806 (0-02-535280-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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There Is No Zoo in Zoology: And Other Beastly Mispronunciationsby Charles Harrington ElsterISBN 0020318308 (0-02-031830-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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To Read a Poemby Donald HallISBN 0030555396 (0-03-055539-6)
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Unexpected Magicby Philip A. Powell, Edward P. BaileyISBN 0030237424 (0-03-023742-4)
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Viva La Repartee: Clever Comebacks And Witty Retorts From History's Great Wits And Wordsmithsby Mardy GrotheISBN 0060789484 (0-06-078948-4)
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Webster's New World College Dictionaryby Michael Agnes, Webster, Websters New WorldISBN 0028631188 (0-02-863118-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Webster's New World College Dictionary'Book summary:While the text edition of this dictionary has collected kudos from numerous newspapers throughout its previous editions, many users may find that the CD-Rom replaces the book as a handy quick-reference instrument. The disk loads in a matter of minutes, and offers a linked thesaurus with the dictionary--you can choose one or both reference tools, and you can customize both with your particular notes. Kids who are told to "look it up" when they ask mom how to spell a word will love the Misspeller's Dictionary included on the disk, which can easily translate spellings like "wierd" and "anoy". Using the thesaurus while using the dictionary allows you to click easily between words, using the former to extend your vocabulary while checking the specific definitions in the latter to ensure precise usage.
The text edition has many special features that make it a useful complement to the disk, as well as a star in its own right. Several pages of simple colored maps show the placement of everything from Colorado to Cameroon. There are anatomical illustrations, historical photographs, and a 40-page reference supplement that covers everything from the rules of punctuation to the periodic table of elements. Word definitions are clear, and with 163,000 entries, chances are you'll find the word you're hunting for. Synonyms for many words are included in shaded areas near the original word (you'll find pious, religious, and sanctimonious alongside devout), which is a big help when you're searching for the perfect word. --Jill Lightner
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Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Webster's New World College Dictionary: ISBN 0028634713 (0-02-863471-3)
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Webster's New World College Dictionaryby Victoria Neufeldt, David B. Guralnik, David Bernard GuralnikISBN 0028603338 (0-02-860333-8)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Webster's New World College Dictionary/Thumb Indexed'Book summary:Is "legislator" pronounced with an "er" sound at the end or an "or"? Is the Jewish festival of lights spelled "Chanukah," "Hanuka," or "Hanukkah"? With Webster's New World College Dictionary, which promises to describe rather than prescribe, you can take your pick. The dictionary includes more than 150,000 entries, including brief biographical and geographical notes and useful drawings and diagrams (depictions of four kinds of buoys, for example). The guide to pronunciation and symbols is given on every other page, handy for those who don't like to refer to the inside cover each time they forget how to pronounce the sound of the schwa (of course, the guides on the inside and front covers are more extensive). Starred words refer to Americanisms, which number more than 11,000, such as "hornswoggle" and "Hopi" and "kitchenette." The definitions themselves are clear and simple and seldom have you scurrying to another page for a definition of the definition. Easy to use and understand, Webster's New World College Dictionary is a fine addition to any high school or college student's desk set. --Rebecca A. Staffel [via]
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Webster's New World Vocabulary of Successby Michael Miller, William R. Todd-MancillasISBN 0028623282 (0-02-862328-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?by David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060916613 (0-06-091661-3)
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Word Fugitivesby Barbara WallraffISBN 0060832738 (0-06-083273-8)
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Word Traps: A Dictionary of the 5,000 Most Confusing Sound-Alike and Look-Alike Wordsby Jordan L. Linfield, Joseph Krevisky, Joe KayISBN 0020527519 (0-02-052751-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Writing That Works: How to Write Memos, Letters, Reports, Speeches, Resumes, Plans, and Other Papers That Say What You Mean, and Get Things Doneby Kenneth Roman, Joel RaphaelsonISBN 0060148438 (0-06-014843-8)
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