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| 100 Words to Make You Sound Great
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The Editors of American Heritage.
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780618883103. Daedalus Item Code: 31518 |
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| From "adamant" (in a speech by Barack Obama) to "yammer" (in Glenn Stout's introduction to Best American Sports Writing 2004), this collection of 100 words and quotations has been assembled by ... (Read More)
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| AA Phrasebook Italian
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| Publisher: AA Publishing. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780749556679. Daedalus Item Code: 32499 |
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| With more than 2,000 commonly used words and essential phrases, this compact book covers all the subjects and situations you are likely to encounter on your visit, from reserving a room for the night ... (Read More)
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| Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
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Nicholas Ostler.
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| Publisher: Walker & Company. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780802716798. Daedalus Item Code: 29725 |
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| The Latin language has been the one constant in the cultural history of the West over two millennia—the foundation of our education, the terminology of science and law, and until recent decades, the ... (Read More)
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| American Heritage Student Dictionary
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9780618256198. Daedalus Item Code: 31977 |
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| This edition of the familiar classroom dictionary features more than 2,000 color photographs and illustrations, and 3,000 new definitions. Along with terms, idioms, geographical locations, and basic ... (Read More)
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| The Art of the Epigraph: How Great Books Begin
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Rosemary Ahern.
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| Publisher: Atria. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781451693249. Daedalus Item Code: 29408 |
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| For a bibliophile, there are few things more telling about the book at hand than an epigraph. Those intriguing quotations, sayings, snippets of songs, or poems that appear just before Chapter One do ... (Read More)
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| Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 14 Volumes
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| Publisher: Editions Grund, Paris. Format: 14 vols, boxed.
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| ISBN: 9782700030709. Daedalus Item Code: 22232 |
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| Since it was originally published in France in 1911, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists has been the unrivalled, indispensable work of reference for art historians, dealers, collectors, and students, ... (Read More)
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| The Big Idea: How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future
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Timothy Ferris, foreword.
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| Publisher: National Geographic. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781426208102. Daedalus Item Code: 30599 |
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| From the Pythagorean theorem to the double helix of DNA, from the discovery of microscopic life forms to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the big ideas of science and technology shape our ... (Read More)
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| Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
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Bill Bryson.
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| Publisher: Broadway/QPB. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781607511724. Daedalus Item Code: 11493 |
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| What is the difference between "immanent" and "imminent," or between "acute" and "chronic"? What is the singular form of "graffiti?" And what is the former name of "Moldova"? Here the author of the ... (Read More)
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| The Butler's Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces
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Stanley Ager & Fiona St. Aubyn. Alastair Bruce, foreword.
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| Publisher: Potter. Format: laminated cover.
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| ISBN: 9780385344708. Daedalus Item Code: 29772 |
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| "Punctuality, organization, cleanliness. If you master these," assures Stanley Ager, former butler to the third Lord St. Levan, "everything else should fall into place." The Butler's Guide was ... (Read More)
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| Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
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Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson.
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780618593941. Daedalus Item Code: 32096 |
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| Here the author of Fast Food Nation teams up with a former New Yorker staff writer to offer an entertaining behind-the-scenes look at the fast-food business, written for readers in one ... (Read More)
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| The Complete Guide to 20th Century Antiques
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Martin Miller.
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| Publisher: Carlton. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781847325051. Daedalus Item Code: 22510 |
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| The great advantage of collectibles in the antiques market is that they need not be especially old nor cost a fortune to invest in. This guide by a British expert in 20th-century collectibles is ... (Read More)
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| The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: Newly Updated and Expanded
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Alberto Manguel & Gianni Guadalupi.
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781435125384. Daedalus Item Code: 30887 |
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| From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own. Here you will find Shangri-La ... (Read More)
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