Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 1992. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
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New Wave: Facts About Flags
Black Dog Publishing, May 2011. Trade Paperback. New Wave is an illustrated adventure into the incredible world of flags, revealing that there is often more than meets the eye. From the infamous national flags through to signal flags, artistic flags, sporting flags and many more. New Wave presents useful general..... More
Norton Dictionary of Modern Thought
W. W. Norton & Company, September 1999. Hardcover. How often are attempts to broaden your knowledge of modern thought frustrated by terms and allusions that you do not understand? In this age of rapid-fire informational exchange and unprecedented specialization, no one can honestly claim to know the whole vocabulary of..... More
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Oxford University Press, USA, September 1990. Hardcover. From Jacques Derrida's différance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. Yet a grasp of these terms can often enhance our enjoyment and understanding of literature. To help clarify the reader's bafflement, The..... More
Schott's Original Miscellany
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, January 2021. Hardcover. Intends to provide you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. This book contains the 13 principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, clothing care symbols, a list of the countries..... More
Dictionary of Indian Biography
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. / Gale Research Company, 1968. Reprint. Cloth. Dust stained chartreuse cloth covered boards with gold lettering in olive green rectangular title plate on spine. Dustjacket is missing. Bright, clean, olive green end pages. Mildly darkened top textblock edge. Small fingernail shaped dust stain textblock bottom edge..... More
Encyclopedia of the American Left
Garland Publishing, March 1990. Hardcover. First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (7 & 1/4 inches x 10 & 1/4 inches) Quarto without dustjacket in pictorial boards. Black end pages. Clean, sound, tight binding. Without markings. (928 pages). More
The English Language Folio Society in slipcase
The Folio Society, 2006. Hardcover. In dark red slipcase. More
Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues
Writer's Digest Books, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Ebbry-blastin'-theng ye needs must know-oo to lay tongue liker aargh-thentic pirate, by the devil's twisted tail. Take a tour through the world of piracy with the only authoritative work on the pirate language. A comprehensive course in pirate vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and..... More
The Academic Writer: A Brief Guide
Bedford/St. Martin's, December 2007. Trade Paperback. Much has changed since the first edition of Lisa Ede's "Work in Progress"; students need more rigorous help working with sources, creating effective arguments, and addressing the greater demands of academic writing in a digital age. Refocused on the kinds of academic writing students..... More
Wirespeak: Codes & Jargon of the News Business
Shorebird Press, June 1997. First Edition. Paper Back. Octavo; {6' x 9'}; shelf worn, curled textblock, dog-eared pages. Much of the wear appears to be the result of improper storage and handling. Uncommon title and excellent source for the jargon of the news business of 'old', assuming 24 years ago..... More
Rising to the Occasion: A Practical Companion for the Occasionally Perplexed
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, October 2001. Trade Paperback. A witty cross between an etiquette book and a Boy Scout manual, RISING TO THE OCCASION covers everything from opening a bottle of champagne to unclogging a sink with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams. Give this practical charmer to a young..... More
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang : A-G
Random House Inc, May 1994. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. The "only" historical dictionary of slang -- spanning three hundred years of slang use in America. Light shelf wear and a one inch closed tear on the jacket. Very lightly bumped corners on the boards. Edges of the print block lightly..... More
An Exaltation of Larks
Penguin Books, October 1977. Trade Paperback. Lightly toned with minor shelf wear. More
The Penguin Dictionary of American Usage and Style: A Readable Reference Book, Illuminating Thousands of Traps That Snare Writers and Speakers
Penguin Reference, January 2000. Trade Paperback. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
McCarthy's Field Guide to Grammar: Natural English Usage and Style
Chambers, May 2022. Hardcover. Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist and co-author of the 900-page Cambridge Grammar of English answers the awkward questions that regularly bother us about English grammar. In this helpful A-Z field guide, McCarthy tells us..... More
Composing Knowledge: Readings for College Writers
Bedford/St. Martin's, December 2006. Trade Paperback. Higher education has its own rules -- rules about who is heard, what counts as knowledge, what works as persuasion. They are conventions that must be learned -- and taught. So it is no wonder that for new students, college can be a confusing..... More
Origins. A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
The Macmillan Compnay, 1959. Cloth. Quarto (7 & 1/2 inch x 10 & 1/4 inch); 'Second edition (with some corrections and additions),' in price-clipped, mildly edgeworn, dustjacket. Heavy darkening at margins, spine & verso of jacket. Purple topstain. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine edge. Some fade & discoloration..... More
Language Contact in the Danish West Indies: Giving Jack His Jacket (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture)
Brill, July 2012. Hardcover. Language Contact in the Danish West Indies: Giving Jack His Jacket lays bare crucial roles played by community and resistance in the refashioning of heritage languages. Robin Sabino draws on her community relationships, her fieldwork with a last speaker, and research from a range of disciplines..... More
Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning
Random House Reference Publishing, April 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. A fun, new approach to examining etymology Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example: The word adamant came into English around 855 B.C. as a synonym for 'diamond, '..... More
Complete Survival Manual: Expert Tips from Four World-Renowned Organizations, Survival Stories from National Geographic Explorers, and More
National Geographic Society, March 2009. Hardcover. Provides survival information from the American Red Cross, U.S. Army, Boy Scouts of America, and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Covers preparation, shelter, food, water, fire, navigation, signaling, hazards and first aid in various environments. Pictoral boards and color photography throughout. Light shelf..... More
Etymologicon universale; or, Universal etymological dictionary: On a new plan.
Nabu Public Domain Reprints. Oversize Softcover. Facsimile of original text. Appears unread. Faint echo of cleaned off name on the spine. Appears unread. More
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