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American Horticultural Society A To Z Encyclopedia Of Garden Plants
Christopher Brickell
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Current:
9.4 |
Collecting contributions from 100 distinguished horticulturists, the handsome and lavishly illustrated American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants is a truly definitive gardening reference. With its 1,092 tiny-pr
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The Star Wars Encyclopedia
Stephen J. Sansweet, Timothy Zahn (Introduction)
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Current:
9.4 |
Since 1977, the Star Wars universe, conceived by George Lucas, has been explored by authors and artists eager to build on the foundation laid by the blockbuster movies. The Star Wars Encyclopedia is the essential guide to ever
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Q Is for Quantum : An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics
John R. Gribbin
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Current:
9.4 |
What's the deal with 20th-century physics? How and why did it get so complicated, so abstract, that even Einstein had trouble believing in it? Most of us need someone to come along and explain it all in words that make sense; fortunately, a
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Star Wars : The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
Bill Smith, David Nakabayashi (Illustrator)
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Current:
9.4 |
Star Wars has cool guns. Whether it's the BlasTech DL-44 heavy blaster that Han Solo favors or the classic Stormtrooper sidearm, the Imperial E-11, almost every fan has their favorite. Of course, Star Wars had other cool weapo
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Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms
Michael, Ph.D. Covington
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Current:
9.4 |
With 1,800 definitions and an abundance of Internet and online terms, this dictionary is perfect for new and intermediate computer users. The entries range from basic to advanced computer terminology and include historical terms and softwar
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Star Wars : The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
Daniel Wallace, Brandon McKinney (Illustrator)
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Current:
9.4 |
For the true Star Wars fan, the Essential Guide to Planets and Moons is crucial. You can keep track of all the places mentioned in the movies, books, and comics with this detailed reference. One hundred locations, from the wel
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Star Wars : The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
Bill Smith
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Current:
9.3 |
Every Star Wars fan knows that Slave I is Boba Fett's tricked-out bounty-hunting ride. But how many know about its short-lived successor, Slave II? And what average fan has ever laid eyes on an Imperial MT-AT walker? (I
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The Computer Glossary : The Complete Illustrated Dictionary (Computer Glossary (Book and Cd Rom), Ed 8)
Alan Freedman
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Current:
9.3 |
The seventh edition is substantially expanded with over 6,000 computer terms. This dictionary covers basic computer vocabulary, graphics and multimedia terminology, and a sampling of cyberslang and Internet terms, plus programming, networki
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Star Wars : The Essential Guide to Characters
Andy Mangels
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Current:
9.2 |
You can find countless guides to the many gadgets and gizmos in the Star Wars universe--Bill Smith's Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology, which covers everything from ship-mounted turbo-lasers to combat remotes, is just
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The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects
Barbara G. Walker
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Current:
9.0 |
If you look up the word lion in the dictionary on your desk, odds are you'll learn it's a large, carnivorous mammal. The entry may note that it's the emblem of Great Britain, too, and mention courage and literary acumen, but you won'
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Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (Index)
Paul F. Ford
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Current:
9.0 |
Since 1970 South Africa ended apartheid; Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti, deposed by military coup then reinstated; San Francisco suffered a major earthquake; and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics dissolved. So i
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Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, 4th Edition
Steven Labensky
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Current:
8.9 |
Computers--and the community of people that surrounds them--do an excellent job of generating jargon. They've created a world of RJ-11 jacks, Lempel Ziv compression, TACACS protocols, and data forks. Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fourth
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Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary
Mary Miller, Karl Taube
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Current:
8.9 |
Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary defines terms and acronyms pertaining to all areas of computing, including hardware, networks, programming, applications, and databases. Unlike some dictionaries, it does not attempt to tackle comp
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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
Mary Miller, Karl Taube
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Current:
8.9 |
Until now, no single-volume introduction has existed to act as a guide to the labyrinthine symbolic world of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The authors draw on their research in the fast-changing field of Maya studies and the latest anthropolog
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Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science
William Shakespaeare
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Current:
8.9 |
Here's a science dictionary worth poring over for hours. The concise, well-written text and amazing photos and drawings in The Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science provide an overview of science, from physics to biology, astronomy t
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The Klingon Dictionary : English/Klingon Klingon/English (Star Trek)
William Shakespaeare
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Current:
8.8 |
From the man who designed the Klingon language and culture for the Star Trek feature films and Star Trek: The Next Generation, here is a comprehensive sourcebook for Klingon language and syntax--the only one of its kind.
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Eating and Drinking in Italy
Andy Herbach, Michael Dillon
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Current:
8.7 |
More than a dictionary--this pocket-size book contains a brief commentary on travel in Italy; dining specialties and customs found in all regions of the country. Read moremore]
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101 American English Idioms : Understanding and Speaking English Like an American
Harry Collis, Mario Risso (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.5 |
This collection of whimsically illustrated cartoons, dialogues, and narrative is specially designed to develop "American" English comprehension and pronunciation skills. Includes book and 2 cassettes. --This text refers to the more]
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The New Hacker's Dictionary
Eric S. Raymond(Compiler)
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Current:
8.4 |
This third edition of the tremendously popular Hacker's Dictionary adds 100 new entries and updates 200 entries. In case you aren't familiar with it, this is no snoozer dictionary of technical terms, although you'll certainly find accurate
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The Dictionary of American Slang
Robert L. Chapman
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Current:
8.4 |
Dollars to doughnuts, your reference shelf lacks a good slang dictionary, and that's a fine how-de-do. Whether you're a stuffy writer looking to gussy up your prose, a poindexter who thinks studying dictio
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
Christine Ammer
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Current:
8.4 |
Nothing expresses the vitality, history, and character of a language quite like its idioms. Ask any non-native English speaker to make sense of a phrase such as "beg the question" or "keep your eyes peeled"; they can't d
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Scheisse! : The Real German You Were Never Taught in School
Gertrude Besserwisser, David Levine (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.4 |
Another entry in the bestselling, Merda! series, this humorous book helps readers navigate the world of real Low German. Scheisse! introduces readers to the fine art of cursing and basic slang to spice up their German speech. On-air radio g
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Mierda! : The Real Spanish You Were Never Taught in School
Frances De Talavera Berger
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Current:
8.4 |
Here is the complete guide to vulgarismo--the key to understanding Spanish as it is really spoken--from basic vocabulary to fanciful colloquialisms, from hardcore curses to pithy epithets for all occasions. The survival guide for everyone w
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The F-Word
Jesse Sheidlower, Ross MacDonald (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.3 |
There's something special about a lexicon in which more than half the entries begin with the same letter. The F-Word earned its title the hard way: editor Jesse Sheidlower and the staff of Random House combed vast numbers of books, m
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Drek : The Real Yiddish Your Bubbe Never Taught You
Yetta Emmes
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Current:
8.2 |
One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words that have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning a
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The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary : A Cyclopedic Reference to More Than 7,000 Words, Names, Phrases, and Slang Expressions That Define the Game, Its
Paul Dickson
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Current:
8.2 |
Baseball is an etymologist's delight. The game coins words and phrases faster than Mark McGwire hits home runs (a.k.a. dingers, taters, round-trippers, four-baggers), and much of what begins as baseball-specific verbiage seeps into common u
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The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary : A Cyclopedic Reference to More Than 7,000 Words, Names, Phrases, and Slang Expressions That Define the Game, Its
Paul Dickson
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8.1 |
Baseball is an etymologist's delight. The game coins words and phrases faster than Mark McGwire hits home runs (a.k.a. dingers, taters, round-trippers, four-baggers), and much of what begins as baseball-specific verbiage seeps into common u
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Merda! : The Real Italian You Were Never Taught in School
Roland Delicio, Kim Wilson Eversz (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.0 |
At last, a humorous, uncensored language guide to the colorful slang and rude colloquialisms that are so essential to a true understanding of everyday Italian. For the first time, all those words and phrases that were deemed off-color for t
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Cliches : Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained
Betty Kirkpatrick
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7.9 |
The cliché is " ... the bad guy of the English language. Furthermore it is the worst kind of bad guy--the bad guy that used to be a good guy before it suffered a fall from grace or, in the case of the cliché, a fall from
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21st Century Dictionary of Slang (21st Century Reference Series)
Princeton Language Insitiute, Karen Watts (Compiler)
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Current:
7.9 |
Gathers together five thousand contemporary slang terms from more than forty subject areas--including politics, teen talk, music, education, and travel--in one comprehensive handbook. more]
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Ntc's Dictionary of Everyday American English Expressions : Presented According to Topic and Situation
Richard A. Spears
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Current:
7.9 |
This delightful guide to the idioms of American English and their usage includes more than 8,500 such expressions, each clearly defined and illustrated with at least two context sentences. The book provides 12,000 entertaining examples of u
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Mas Mierda! : More of the Real Spanish You Were Never Taught in School
Frances De Talavera Berger, Kim Wilson Eversz (Illustrator)
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Current:
7.8 |
A new collection of hard-core curses, colorful colloquialisms, and streetwise slang never taught in Spanish class includes sample conversations, painless quizzes, tips on body gestures, and discussions of Spanish history, culture, and cuisi
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Computer Desktop Encyclopedia
Alan Freedman
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Current:
7.8 |
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Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 13th Edition
Richard J. Lewis
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Current:
7.6 |
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A Dictionary of Symbols
Jean Chevalier
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Current:
7.6 |
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Dictionary of Geological Terms
Robert L. Bates, Julia A. Jackson
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Current:
7.5 |
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Companion to Narnia
Paul F. Ford
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Current:
7.5 |
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Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts (Trade Version)
Steven Labensky
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Current:
7.5 |
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A Dictionary of Japanese Food : Ingredients & Culture
Richard Hosking
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Current:
7.4 |
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The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions)
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce(Preface)
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Current:
7.4 |
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Heavens to Betsy! and Other Curious Sayings
Charles Earle Funk, John Marlin
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7.2 |
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Slang and Euphemism : A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Sexual Slang and Metaphor, Racial Slurs, Drug Talk, Homosexual Lingo, and Related Matte
Richard A. Spears
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7.1 |
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Dictionary of American Idioms
Adam Makkai
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7.0 |
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Merde! : The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
Genevieve, Michael Heath (Illustrator)
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7.0 |
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Street Spanish 1 : The Best of Spanish Slang
David Burke
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Current:
6.9 |
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Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, H-O (Vol 2)
J.E. Lighter
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Current:
6.8 |
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NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Richard A. Spears
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Current:
6.8 |
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Weapons : An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
Diagram Group
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Current:
6.7 |
From primitive flint axes to nuclear and biological warfare, Weapons is the most comprehensive one-volume reference to the history of weaponry. Drawing from museums and private collections, this updated edition describes the exact specifica
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Straight from the Horse's Mouth : And 8,500 Other Colorful Idioms (New Artful Wordsmith Series)
Richard A. Spears
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6.7 |
This delightful guide to the idioms of American English and their usage includes more than 8,500 such expressions, each clearly defined and illustrated with at least two context sentences. The book provides 12,000 entertaining examples of u
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Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts : A Detailed Guide to Real-Life Conversation and Small Talk
Richard A. Spears
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6.7 |
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