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Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will...
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Penguin
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2008-08-07
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The computer won’t work. Before you pick up the phone or take it to the nearest repair shop, use this book. It could save you hours of frustration, not to mention money and lost days of work. In an easy-to-follow format, it deals with everything from everyday problems...
Editeur :
Summersdale
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2008-08-04
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This is a down-to-earth, 'how to do it' textbook on the making of dictionaries. Written by professional lexicographers with over seventy years' experience between them, the book presents a step-by-step course for the training of lexicographers in all settings, including...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-06-19
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Hello chaps! You know, I've spent the best years of my life in dogfights flying some of the world's finest aeroplanes - now I find all my favourites are in this jolly old book. From my old chariot the Spitfire right through to the Aircanad BD-19 RGS, you'll find...
Editeur :
Dorling Kindersley
Parution :
2008-05-01
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Do I hear $16.95? A $227.5 billion enterprise around the world, live auctions feature everything from cars to homes, fine art to coal. The only book of its kind, this guide will show how lucrative, fast-paced, and exciting this business is. It covers rules, lingo,...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-04-01
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People love weird facts. And judging from the success of the original Pocket Idiot's Guide to Not So Useless Facts, readers love the collection of wacky and interesting facts and factoids. Now, back by popular demand is The Pocket Idiot's Guide to MORE Not So Useless...
Editeur :
Dk
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2007-11-06
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This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-10-11
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This new collection offers a vivid picture of the world in the 21st century, against a backdrop of the landmark events leading up to it. From Catherine Tate and the Simpsons to Mother Teresa and Winston Churchill, Modern Quotations charts the ebbs and flows of popular...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-08-23
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Your dream wedding starts with this first simple step.Your wedding day marks the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in your life, so you'll want to make sure it's as wonderful as you always dreamed it would be. This book will guide you through all the...
Editeur :
How to Books
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2007-07-01
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From the Globe at Bankside to the Wimpole Street home of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, London is, and always has been, crammed with literary life. Playwrights, novelists, diarists, poets and essayists throughout the centuries have roamed its streets, met in its cafes and...
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Penguin
Parution :
2007-06-07
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Words,Words, Words is all about the wonder of words.
Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life of its own: it only exists in the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-04-26
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Barlette's Words for the Wedding is an essential resource for anyone planning a wedding ceremony or renewing vows. Comprising passages from Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, Shelley, Auden, Rilke, and many others, this gorgeous edition is a source for inspiration and an...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2007-01-02
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People love weird facts. And judging from the success of the original Pocket Idiot's Guide to Not So Useless Facts, readers love the collection of wacky and interesting facts and factoids. Now, back by popular demand is The Pocket Idiot's Guide to MORE Not So Useless...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2006-12-05
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The bible on Parliamentary procedure ... For anyone who has ever had something important to say at their local school board or condo association meeting, only to be drowned out by others who knew how to take control of the meeting-or were just louder-this guide shows...
Editeur :
Dk
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2006-12-05
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2006-11-30
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Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk?Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can learn about all of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-10-23
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This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format.
What is a ham-and-egger?
What are Anglo-Saxon...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-10-12
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This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-09-14
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This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format.
The fascinating and informative Dictionary of First Names...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-07-27
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Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech.
Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-04-21
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