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Newly updated to incorporate recent additions to the English language, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins provides a fascinating exploration of the origins and development of over 3,000 words in the English language. Drawing on Oxford's unrival...

The third edition of the best-selling Oxford Picture Dictionary provides unparalleled support for vocabulary teaching to meet the needs of today's English language learners. -4,000 English words and phrases with meaningful, real-life contexts pres...

The Oxford Dictionary of Current English is the most comprehensive paperback dictionary of its kind, providing full and up-to-date coverage of English as it is used today around the world. The Dictionary offers over 120,000 words, phrases, and def...

Using the text of the popular 'Oxford Paperback French Dictionary', this colour dictionary provides quick and easy access to the essential vocabulary of French and English. It is a useful reference for both students and tourists.

The Fourth Edition boasts nearly 5,000 quotations--over 300 new to this volume. The additions reflect both key events of recent years and quotations from earlier periods that have lately come to light. The book showcases a who's who of politics, c...

This dictionary contains more than 50,000 up-to-date entries and related phrases and idioms; words with irregular forms and more than 200 illustrations. Like our other Bilingual Dictionaries, this has been specially compiled for learners of Englis...

The Compact Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary offers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary French and English. It covers all the words you need for everday use, carefully selected from evidence from the Oxford Lan...

This 5-volume, encyclopaedic study of India’s North-East is the result of the Author’s 11 years of service extended over three tenures in the region, followed by 6 years of library research after his retirement. Being the first of its kind, given ...

Business is the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods and services for money. It is the backbone of any society as the various activities of business cater to people’s demand for a variety of goods and services for satisfaction of...

A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese is the first comprehensive work on the subject that constitutes a new approach to teaching and learning by providing both a reference tool and a reader. This dictionary can serve bo...

Language fundamentally defines and distinguishes us as humans, as members of society, and as individuals. As we go through life, our relationship with language and with learning shifts and changes, but it remains significant. This book is an up-to...

The Well-Spoken Thesaurus is designed to help you improve your communication skills by expanding your vocabulary.The book includes over 200 words, arranged in easy-to-use categories, such as "positive emotions," "negative emotions," "intellectual ...

Compiled in collaboration with a team of expert linguists, the Webster's New World concise bilingual dictionaries are the perfect choice for beginning students and advanced speakers as well. Comprehensive and authoritative (yet clear and concise),...

The Understanding Diabetes chart is a dynamic reference for understanding the types and complications of diabetes. This includes graphic depictions of glucose metabolism and insulin action, as well as some of the complications from diabetes. Heavy...

This is a collection of Christmas poems for young children. The poems cover the journey to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus and all aspects of the traditional Christmas story. Alongside, there are poems about children's experiences of Christmas today.

An invaluable directory and reference resource covering over 30,000 academic institutions and 200,000 staff and officials. Covers universities, colleges, schools of art and music, libraries, learned societies, research institutes, museums and art ...

The Websters' Dictionary shows you how the big success stories in Web advocacy -- groups like MoveOn.org and Heritage.org, starting from very little achieved such massive success. And how you can too. This book lays it out from the basic to the so...

The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to lexicography and their applications within the field. This Handbook features key case studies and cutting-edge contributions from an international ...

T&P BOOKS THEME-BASED DICTIONARIES are intended to help you learn, memorize, and review foreign words. The dictionary contains over 5000 commonly used words. Recommended as additional support material to any language course. Meets the needs of...

The coverage of this 63rd edition spans a wide range of occupations, from heads of state and major political figures to art and entertainment, education and law. It acknowledges merit and achievement on a global scale.

From the Back CoverThe International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods covers all communication research methods, from data collection to data analysis, from qualitative to quantitative, and from classical to modern approaches (such a...

A systematic survey of all the countries of East Asia, South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.* Essential for anyone with a professional interest in the region* Keeps up-to-date with current economic and political developm...

This work provides access to statistics, directory information and current analysis with detailed surveys of over 250 countries and territories and a comprehensive listing of over 1650 international organizations.

An extensive and unequalled one-volume guide covering over 1,700 international and regional organizations, this title provides detailed and accurate information on a wide spectrum of international organizations from the UN to the International Cou...

From the Back Cover*APPROVED* 'Dandyrubs elbows with dasein; Kino-Eyejostles kitsch; Négritudeand Neo-pagansare nearest neighbours. Its entries elegantly conceived, beautifully written and boundlessly informative, this is not only an irreplaceable...

Offering a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Walter Benjamin, the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist, this Companion examines different significant aspects of Benjamin's work. Topics of contributions include Benjam...

The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix serves as an introduction to one of the most important and most complex artists of the nineteenth century. Providing an overview of his life and career, this volume offers essays by leading authorities on the a...

Marx was a highly original and polymathic thinker, unhampered by disciplinary boundaries, whose intellectual influence has been enormous. Yet in the wake of the collapse of Marxism-Leninism in Eastern Europe the question arises as to how important...

1,200 everyday core vocabulary words are included which reflect the immediate language needs of beginners. This edition contains exercises on every topic. Nouns, verbs, verb phrases and adjectives are included and a set of three Dictionary Cassett...

First published in 1928, the Aslib Directory is the leading information sources reference work on organizations of all kinds.Now published in its 14th edition, the title's diversity is reflected by the wide spectrum of entries. The Directory is wi...

Experts can hope to utilize clinical phrasing while working in vocations connected with the conclusion and care of conditions in the human body. These terms refer to various bodily processes and medical conditions. You can communicate clearly with...

10th Anniversary Edition of Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps and Time Lines, Volume 1 features over 200 Bible Charts, Maps, and Timelines--and includes MORE pages, 6 EXTRA topics, updated information, and a bonus 24" fold-out on Jesus' Family Tree....

The Pictorial Atlas of Soilborne Fungal Plant Pathogens and Diseases describes the soilborne fungal diseases caused by Oomycetes, Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, and Deuteromycetous (Anamorphic) fungi. Soilborne fungal diseases are signi...