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"The Thingummy"

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The world is full of thingummies - things we ought to know the names for, probably think we do know the names for, but when it comes to it we don't. This title offers an informative look at various things from a-line skirts to umbrellas. It provides us with the real names of those thingummies with the history, myth and anecdote behind them. With integrated line illustrations throughout. Hardback, 224 pages. Weight: 386g.
Author:  Danziger, Danny McCrum, Mark
ISBN:  038561456X
Publisher:  Transworld Publishers Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Hebrew Bible Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections: Volume 3, Taylor-Schechter Additional Series 1-31 Taylor-Schechter Additional Series 1-31"

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"Cambridge University Library Genizah Series" series; Comprehensive catalogue of Hebrew Bible fragments in the Taylor-Schechter Additional Series, describing 14,679 items. With 16 halftones. Hardback, 532 pages. Size: 205 x 306 mm. Weight: 1487g.
Author:  Davis, M.C. Outhwaite, Ben
ISBN:  0521816122
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Literary & Linguistic Reference Works (V. 3)

"Experts Guide to 100 Things Everyone"

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Full title: 'The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do'. How to do everything from tying a bow-tie to kissing, from the experts in their field. Hardback, 336 pages. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Ettus, Samantha
ISBN:  009191258X
Publisher:  Ebury & Vermilion
Date:  2006
Readership:  Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"British Logic in the 19th Century"

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Weight: 1537g.
Author:  Gabbay, D.M.
ISBN:  0444516107
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Date:  2007
Readership:  Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Faux Pas"

A No-Nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases From Other Languages

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If you have ever been bamboozled by the use of a foreign word or phrase, or simply want to spice up your vocabulary with some well-chosen bons mots, then this is the book for you. Hardback, 340 pages. Size: 198 x 148 mm. Weight: 382g.
Author:  Gooden, Philip
ISBN:  0713674970
Publisher:  A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Granta 65"

London, the Lives of the City

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"Granta (Viking)" series; Hardback, 351 pages. Size: 216 x 146 mm. Weight: 433g.
Author:  Granta Mag
ISBN:  0140141588
Publisher:  Granta Editions
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Dictionary of 1000 Jewish Proverbs"

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"Hippocrene Bilingual Proverbs" series; This multilingual collection of 1000 Jewish proverbs is extracted from the rich oral traditions of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic, and has been edited with both the scholar and the general reader in mind. covering a wide range of topics, the proverbs reflect lives whose spiritual abundance often contrasted a material impoverishment. Paperback, 125 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 185g.
Author:  Gross, David C. (Gross, David C., ed.)
ISBN:  0781805295
Publisher:  Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Date:  1997  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians"

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"Encyclopedia" series; An Essential Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. JACKET PRICE 17.95. With 350+ photographs & illus, maps. Hardback, 88 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Hall, Derek
ISBN:  1840137940
Publisher:  Grange Books
Date:  2005
Readership:  Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Directory of Writers' Circles"

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Size: 210 x 297 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Hayden, D.
ISBN:  1904065074
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Readership:  Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451"

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"Cliffs Notes" series; Features a graphical map to show how the novel's characters relate to one another. This book provides character analyses that take you into the minds and mechanical workings of Ray Bradbury's social criticism. It features glossaries and visual elements that complement the familiar format. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 210 x 134 mm. Weight: 85g.
Author:  Hiner, K
ISBN:  0764586505
Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Colloquial Catalan"

A Complete Course for Beginners

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"Colloquial Series" series; A course that teaches Catalan, as spoken in north-eastern Spain. It teaches the language through a variety of dialogues, reading texts, grammar explanations and exercises for practice and consolidation, and also provides an insight into the traditions and patterns of daily life in Catalonia. With illustrations. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 381g.
Author:  Ibarz, Alexander Ibarz, Toni
ISBN:  0415234123
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
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"Toujours Tingo"

Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World

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Drawing on the collective wisdom of over 280 languages and containing illustrations, this book is intended for those interested in words, language or the world around them. With illustrations. Hardback, 336 pages. Weight: 372g.
Author:  Jacot De Boinod, Adam
ISBN:  0140515860
Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Latvian-Eng/Eng-Latvian Dictionary and Phrasebook"

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This two dictionary and phrasebook is suited to travellers, business people, students and diplomats with essential vocabulary, as well as a concise phrasebook which covers topics such as eating out, sightseeing and elementary conversation. With 4500+ entries. Paperback, 204 pages. Size: 190 x 95 mm. Weight: 188g.
Author:  Jatniece, Amanda Zaeska
ISBN:  0781810086
Publisher:  Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Dr Johnson's Dictionary"

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. It was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, among others. This edition contains a selection from the original, offering passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. Hardback, 704 pages. Weight: 730g.
Author:  Johnson, Samuel (Crystal, David, ed.)
ISBN:  0713998873
Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
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"Chopin's the Awakening"

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"Cliffs Notes" series; This concise supplement to Chopin's The Awakening aims to help students understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. With illustrations. Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 209 x 138 mm. Weight: 112g.
Author:  Kelly, Maureen
ISBN:  0764586521
Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

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