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The Annotated Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0681322608 (0-681-32260-8)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Press
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British English A to ZEdby Eugene H. Ehrlich, Norman W. SchurISBN 081604239X (0-8160-4239-X)
Softcover, Checkmark Books
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British English A to ZEdby Norman W. SchurISBN 0816016356 (0-8160-1635-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nounsby Ruth HellerISBN 0698113543 (0-698-11354-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usageby Theodore M. BernsteinISBN 0684826321 (0-684-82632-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Careful Writer; A Modern Guide to English Usageby Theodore Menline BernsteinISBN 0689705557 (0-689-70555-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Languageby Eric PartridgeISBN 0836927079 (0-8369-2707-9)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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A Collection of Familiar Quotationsby John BartlettISBN 0806502509 (0-8065-0250-9)
Softcover, Citadel Pr
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Complete Illustrated ShakespeareISBN 0831715812 (0-8317-1581-2)
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The Complete Works of Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington, Hardin CraigISBN 0673076911 (0-673-07691-1)
Hardcover, Scott, Foresman
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Every play All 37, All 154 Sonnets, with hyper-linking ready Easy To Use 'Table of Contents'
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright
This publication includes all of Shakespeare's works and comes with an Easy To Use 'Table of Contents' to navigate from the beginning to any play of your choice.
Included are all the 37 Major plays by Shakespeare.
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The Complete Works of Shakespeareby David BevingtonISBN 0673388735 (0-673-38873-5)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Complete Works of William ShakespeareISBN 0862881463 (0-86288-146-3)
Softcover, Granite Impex Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARES FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeares fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.
Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of todays most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeareby John WilsonISBN 0706414004 (0-7064-1400-4)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose Bierce, Jean-Claude SuaresISBN 0690017650 (0-690-01765-0)
Softcover, T. Y. Crowell
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Devils Dictionary 365 Day Calendar 2006by Ambrose BierceISBN 0764931156 (0-7649-3115-6)
Softcover, Pomegranate Communications
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Dictionary of American Slangby Harold Wentworth, Stuart Berg FlexnerISBN 0690006705 (0-690-00670-5)
Hardcover, Crowell
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Dayby Eric Partridge, Paul BealeISBN 0812885368 (0-8128-8536-8)
Softcover, Scarborough House
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Dayby Eric PartridgeISBN 0710085370 (0-7100-8537-0)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul
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The Dictionary of Clichesby James RogersISBN 0816010102 (0-8160-1010-2)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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IN A NUTSHELL, here's a terrific A TO Z listing of the meanings and origins of over 2,000 common or particularly interesting cliches for everyone who delights in the pleasure of words.
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A Dictionary of Cliches: With an Introductory Essayby Eric PartridgeISBN 0710000499 (0-7100-0049-9)
Hardcover, Routledge and Paul
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The Dictionary of Contemporary Slangby Jonathon GreenISBN 0812830512 (0-8128-3051-2)
Hardcover, Stein & Day Pub
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of Englishby T. P. DolanISBN 0717124371 (0-7171-2437-1)
Hardcover, Gill & Macmillan
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A Dictionary of the Underworld: British & American, Being the Vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, the White Slave Traffic, Spivsby Eric PartridgeISBN 0710019335 (0-7100-1933-5)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroomby John C. BeanISBN 0787902039 (0-7879-0203-9)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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- Shows how teachers can encourage inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate in their courses.
- Presents a wide variety of strategies for stimulating active learning and for coaching writing and critical thinking.
- Offers teachers concrete advice on how to design courses, structure assignment, use class time, critique student performance, and model critical thinking activities.
- Demonstrates how writing can easily be integrated with such other critical thinking activities and inquiry discussions, simulation games, classroom debates, and interactive lectures.
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Essentials of Englishby Cedric Gale, Vincent F. Hopper, Benjamin W. Griffith, Ronald C. FooteISBN 0764113674 (0-7641-1367-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essentials of English'Book summary:Updated and expanded, this popular writer's style manual covers the basics of effective communication. It includes rules of English grammar and sentence structure, punctuation, word usage in correct contexts, and advice on adapting one's writing style to different assignments, both for classroom and business use. In classrooms the program contained in this book can constitute a course, proceeding from easy to more complex ideas. More advanced instruction covers topics that include logic, clarity, emphasis, consistency, and punctuation, and ends with advice on handling larger elements of language, such as paragraphs and full essays. [via]
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- Essentials of English: ISBN 0812022831 (0-8120-2283-1)
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Essentials of English Grammar: A Practical Guide to Mastery of Englishby L. Sue BaughISBN 0844258202 (0-8442-5820-2)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Trade
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essentials of English Grammar: A Practical Guide to Mastery of English'Book summary:** HANDY REFERENCE BOOK. Provides essentials that are useful for people with the occasional question as well as those who are learning the basics. * TWO-PART FORMAT. Allows quick and convenient location of answers to specific questions. * "STYLE CONSIDERATIONS" PORTION. Covers issues beyond core grammar, such as combining sentences, gender-inclusive language, and sentence clarity. * FOUR APPENDIXES. Target commonly misspelled words, commonly confused words, verb-preposition combinations, and irregular verbs. [via]
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The F Wordby Jesse SheidlowerISBN 0679764275 (0-679-76427-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usageby Nell Goddin, Erik PalmaISBN 067974617X (0-679-74617-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage'Book summary:The words you use say a lot about you. Your grammar makes a lasting impression on friends, co-workers, and teachers, but learning the rules has always been boring. That's why the folks at The Princeton Review created Grammar Smart.
Grammar Smart uses a witty, irreverent approach to help you write and speak with greater clarity and confidence. Grammar Smart doesn't force you to memorize dozens of confusing grammatical terms. Instead, it shows you the logic behind each correct sentence. YOu'll learn how to choose between "that" and "which" and when to use "as" instead of "like," and you'll know for sure if this is between "you and me" or "you and I."
Grammar Smart includes"
*the basic parts of speech-nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
*pronoun-verb agreement, parallel construction
*tips on how to avoid misplaced modifiers, dangling participles
*lively, humorous examples and stories to illustrate meanings
*brief, interactive question-and-answer reviews
Don't worry-you won't end up sounding like an eighteenth-century nobleman. Everything in Grammar Smart is nuts-and-bolts English designed to help you express yourself more clearly. [via]More editions of Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage:
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Historical Dictionary of American Slangby Jonathan E. LighterISBN 067943464X (0-679-43464-X)
Hardcover, Random House Information Group
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Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursiveby Henry Yule, A. C. BurnellISBN 0710028865 (0-7100-2886-5)
Hardcover, Routledge
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How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situationby Rosalie MaggioISBN 0735202346 (0-7352-0234-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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How to Say It: Style Guideby Rosalie MaggioISBN 073520313X (0-7352-0313-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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In Praise of English: The Growth and Use of Languageby Joseph Twadell ShipleyISBN 0812963253 (0-8129-6325-3)
Softcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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The Insomniac's Dictionary: The Last Word on the Odd Wordby Paul HellwegISBN 080410414X (0-8041-0414-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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International English: A Guide to the Varieties of Standard Englishby Peter Trudgill, Jean HannahISBN 0713164417 (0-7131-6441-7)
Softcover, E. Arnold
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The Joy of Lex: How to Have Fun With 860,341,500 Wordsby Gyles Daubeney BrandrethISBN 068801397X (0-688-01397-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Kites Sail Highby Ruth HellerISBN 0698113896 (0-698-11389-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print - And How to Avoid Themby Bill WalshISBN 0809225352 (0-8092-2535-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print - And How to Avoid Them'Book summary:Who knew a stylebook could be so much fun? For lovers of language, Lapsing Into a Comma is a sensible and very funny guide to the technicalities of writing and copy editing. Author Bill Walsh, chief copy editor in the business section of the Washington Post, humorously discusses the changing rules of proper print style in the information age. Is it "e-mail" or "email"? According to established grammatical rules, it should be e-mail, but in common practice, we often use email (which should be pronounced "uhmail," but we all know not to do that). Therefore, email is OK.
Walsh does not advocate tossing your AP Stylebook, but he does encourage using your head and not blindly adhering to formal rules. "A finely tuned ear is at least as important as formal grammar," he says, "and that's not something you can acquire by memorizing a stylebook." What about companies that use punctuation in their logos? Walsh cautions against confusing a logo with a name. You wouldn't use "Tech Stock Surge Boosts Yahoo!" as a headline unless you wrote for a very excitable newspaper. And then there's arbitrary capitalization. "The dot-com era has leveled a wall that Adidas and K.D. Lang and Thirtysomething had already cracked," says Walsh, "and suddenly writers and editors faced with a name are asking, "Is that capitalized?"--a question that's about as appropriate as asking a 5-year-old, 'Do you want that Coke with or without rum?'"
The first half of Lapsing Into a Comma zips along, making you think about the intricacies of grammar and editing--all while trying not to choke on laughter. The second half is Walsh's personally crafted style guide. Remember--Roommate: Two m's, unless you ate a room or mated with a roo. --Dana Van Nest [via]
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Larousses French English English French Dictionaryby Marguerite-Marie DuboisISBN 0808503820 (0-8085-0382-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrasesby John Buchanan-Brown, Jennifer CangISBN 0679734554 (0-679-73455-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Little English Handbook: Choices and Conventionsby Edward P.J. CorbettISBN 0673158799 (0-673-15879-9)
Softcover, Scott, Foresman
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The Little English Handbook: Choices and Conventions/Includes 1995 Mla Guidelinesby Sheryl L. Finkle, Edward P.J. CorbettISBN 0673980146 (0-673-98014-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins College Div
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The Little, Brown Compact Handbookby Jane E. AaronISBN 0673994082 (0-673-99408-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Little, Brown Compact Handbook/Includes Mla Updateby Jane E. AaronISBN 0673980111 (0-673-98011-1)
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The Merriam-Webster ThesaurusISBN 0877796076 (0-87779-607-6)
Softcover, Merriam Webster
Find This BookBook summary:Find the right word to say exactly what you mean. This essential reference contains more than 100,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idiomatic phrases. Entries are arranged in a single, sensible alphabetical list--so you can find the word you want without struggling through complicated indexes. [via]
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Rootsby Joseph Twadell ShipleyISBN 0801867843 (0-8018-6784-3)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Painless Grammarby Rebecca ElliottISBN 0764134361 (0-7641-3436-1)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Painless Grammar'Book summary:Most students and many teachers think of grammar books as being, at best, necessary evils--but here's a book that breaks free from the pattern and takes the boredom out of grammar. Written primarily for children on the middle-school level, this book mixes parts of speech and proper punctuation with healthy portions of humor, down-to-earth examples, and fun illustrations that will appeal to adolescents. While kids are learning painlessly about how to make verbs agree with their subjects and pronouns with their antecedents, they look at some of the wackier words in the English language and see how they are often misused. A final chapter gives basic instructions for editing, which the author calls a fancy word for cleaning up messy writing. [via]
A Pocket Guide to Correct Punctuationby Robert Brittain, Benjamin W. GriffithISBN 0812098145 (0-8120-9814-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaningby Owen BarfieldISBN 081956026X (0-8195-6026-X)
Softcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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The Power of Babel : A Natural History of Languageby John H. McWhorterISBN 0716744732 (0-7167-4473-2)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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In this irreverent romp through territory too often claimed by stodgy grammarians, McWhorter ranges across linguistic theory, geography, history, and pop culture to tell the fascinating story of how thousands of very different languages have evolved from a single, original source in a natural process similar to biological evolution. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, he reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.
Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, creoles, patois and nonstandard dialects. McWhorter also discusses current theories on what the first language might have been like, why dialects should not be considered "bad speech" and why most of today's languages will be extinct in 100 years.
The first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language, Power of Babel is a dazzling tour de force that will leave readers anything but speechless.More editions of The Power of Babel : A Natural History of Language:
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Rex Barney's Thank You for 50 Years in Baseball from Brooklyn to Baltimo reby Norman L. MacHt, Rex BarneyISBN 0870334433 (0-87033-443-3)
Hardcover, Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
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Room's Dictionary of Distinguishablesby Adrian RoomISBN 0710007752 (0-7100-0775-2)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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Shakespeare: The Illustrated Libraryby William Shakespeare, George Cruikshank, John Gilbert, R. DudleyISBN 0755437292 (0-7554-3729-2)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Social History of Englishby Dick LeithISBN 071009261X (0-7100-9261-X)
Softcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slangby Max DecharneISBN 0767908406 (0-7679-0840-6)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomedby Karen Elizabeth GordonISBN 0812911016 (0-8129-1101-6)
Hardcover, Times Books
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The Twenty-Six Lettersby Oscar OggISBN 0690841159 (0-690-84115-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, David E. SchultzISBN 0820324019 (0-8203-2401-9)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshis exhaustive investigation into the books writing and publishing history. All of Bierces known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included.
Ambrose Bierces Devils Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.
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The Unabridged William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis WrightISBN 076240177X (0-7624-0177-X)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Includes footnoted text of the Bard's 37 plays, sonnets, and poems, with a glossary and index of characters. [via]
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Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster's Third New International Dictionaryby Victoria Neufeldt, David B. GuralnikISBN 0671882430 (0-671-88243-0)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference
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Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary: Fully Revised And Updatedby WebstersISBN 0760749752 (0-7607-4975-2)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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William ShakespeareISBN 0791076555 (0-7910-7655-5)
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Find This BookBook summary:In creating workds such as Hamlet and Macbeth, Shakespeare became the quintessential dramatist of the Western canon. This comprehensive volume places critical focus on Shakespeare's major comedies, histories, romances, and tragedies.
This title, William Shakespeare, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of William Shakespeare through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on William Shakespeare, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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William Shakespeare Complete Worksby William Shakespeare, Eric Rasmusse N, Heloise SenechalISBN 0679642951 (0-679-64295-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet/Macbeth/Hamlet/Othello/The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Marina KastanISBN 0806943440 (0-8069-4344-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Word Bookby Gyles BrandrethISBN 0860516709 (0-86051-670-9)
Softcover, Parkwest Pubns
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Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of "Pure" Standard Englishby John McWhorterISBN 0738204463 (0-7382-0446-3)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Word Watcher's Handbook: Including a Deletionary of the Most Abused and Misused Wordsby Phyllis Rodgers MartinISBN 0679203699 (0-679-20369-9)
Hardcover, D. McKay Co
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You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A-to-Z Guide to Englishby Eugene EhrlichISBN 0805066365 (0-8050-6636-5)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu : An A-to-Z Guide to English Words from Around the Worldby Eugene H. EhrlichISBN 0805061630 (0-8050-6163-0)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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