Perigee Trade, July 2008. Hardcover. An obsessive word loveras account of reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover. aIam reading the OED so you donat have to. If you are interested in vocabulary that is both spectacularly useful and beautifully useless, read on...a So reports Ammon Shea, the tireless..... More
Adams Media, November 2023. Hardcover. Discover all the life hacks you've been missing with this perfect compendium of skills to answer all of life's most asked questions from BuzzFeed's popular lifestyle destination Tasty Home. Need help unclogging a drain? Can't seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally..... More
Countryman Press, November 2023. Hardcover. Words confirm and deny, guarantee and deceive, elucidate and obfuscate. The more words you know, the better you can express yourself and the more you can do in life. The founder of Grandiloquent Word of the Day accordingly presents a voluptuary of verbiage encompassing rare..... More
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Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2007. Trade Paperback. "So friendly, so classic, so delightful . . . Kalman has taken 'the little book' and made it even more elegant and uplifting." --Los Angeles Times The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most..... More
Longman, 1989. Paper Back. A practical, reference book for students and teachers which helps the user to avoid or correct those errors frequently made by foreign learners of English. It contains over 1700 common errors in alphabetical order, each entry contains an example of the error, a correct version and..... More
Pocket Books, June 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Routledge, March 2007. Reprint. Paper Back. The Chinese Lexicon is a detailed study of the words and word combinations used in modern Chinese. Yip Po-Ching defines the general properties of a language's lexicon, or vocabulary, prior to a thorough discussion of the organizational features of the Chinese lexicon. Comparisons are..... More
Littlefield, Adams Quality Paperbacks, 1968. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Well worn paperback with rubbing, scratches and edgewear. Lightened spine. Previous owner's name on first inside page. Fragments of a previous dealer's sticker affixed to back cover. [753 pages]. More
Cooperstown, 1824. Leather. Solid binding in origianl boards; Boards show general wear from age w/ chipping and fraying present at edges; Previous owner name present at front and rear end-pages along with some other minor markings; Text free of markings; Pages moderately foxed w/ some damp-staining present; Over-all an extremely..... More
Routledge, January 1978. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. More
Aspen Publishers, May 2002. Paper Back. Ideally suited for child-focused courses that deal with the juvenile justice system or child-parent-state issues, this concise new casebook offers a perfect balance of scope and depth. More
Oxford University Press, USA, October 1998. First Edition. Cloth. Here is a delightful and instructive compendium of the most memorable utterances of the world's most quotable writers. The Oxford Book of Literary Quotations covers all aspects of the literary life, from careful assessments of the relative value of literature ("The..... More
Oxford University Press, October 1988. Trade Paperback. The English language contains a large number of eponymic words--words derived from the names of people because of their close association with the product, service, or concept. Eponymic words fall into three categories: those derived from mythological or fictitious names; those which describe..... More
Oxford University Press, October 2004. Paper Back. Dazzlingly entertaining, this new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations contains over 5,000 quotations hand-picked by the writer and broadcaster Ned Sherrin. Containing a wide coverage of themes, including forty brand new ones such as Autobiography, Awards and Prizes, Parties, Presidents..... More
Oxford University Press, March 1993. Paper Back. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, Louis Armstrong and Mae West, Woody Allen and Dorothy Parker--these are but a few of the figures who have given voice to our century's most..... More
Stein & Day, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first In edgeworn dustjacket. Cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Yellow paper covered boards with author facsimile signature stamped in gold front panel. Previous reader's name inked ffep. [237 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, 1957. Cloth. {4 & 3/4' x 7 & 3/4'}{ Navy blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering & decortions. Leaning spine. Bumped mildly at head of spine. Previous reader's name in ink ffep. Unmarked internal text. [671 pages]. More
The Viking Press, February 1963. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo with missing dustjacket. Boards well worn at edges. Quarto. Black cloth covered spine with gold lettering along spine. Aqua blue colored cloth with gold lettering front panel, covering boards. Squash colored end pages. Grey stained textblock top edge. Silk ribbon marker with..... More
Oxford University Press, July 2001. First Edition. Cloth. Allusions give us a marvelous literary shorthand, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and the Bible to help us describe people, places, feelings, and events. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong man is a Samson or a Hercules, a...... More
Oxford University Press, October 1999. Paper Back. This volume brings together quotations crucial to a picture of the 20th century, offering the reader an overview of the social, political, cultural, and scientific concerns of succeeding decades. It concentrates on writers who were alive in or after 1914, taking the outbreak..... More
Oxford University Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? Who was the first to cry Women and children first? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in..... More
Harper Perennial, 1986. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. 2nd printing. [224 pages]. More
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, May 1997. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. More
Akadine Pr, February 2001. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. More
