Category: General Reference

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

By: American Heritage

Price: $8.00

Publisher: : December 2014

Seller ID: 810822

ISBN-13: 9780395825174

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The all-new Fourth Edition of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language offers more information about the language, in a more accessible format, than any other dictionary in its class. And its elegant, inviting design makes it the most handsome reference book on the market. The Editors of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary have added over 10,000 new words and senses. From slang and popular culture to the latest medical, high-tech, and scientific terms, the Fourth Edition's vocabulary has been thoroughly updated to reflect our constantly changing language. Fresh, full-color d...
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Seventeenth Edition)

By: Bartlett, John/Kaplan, Justin

Price: $7.50

Publisher: : June 2011

Seller ID: 483239

ISBN-13: 9780316084604

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

First published in 1855, BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely updated and revised for the seventeenth edition by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. This 17th edition, under Kaplan's splendid direction, contains over 20,000 quotations, representing 2,500 authors, 90 of whom are new to BARTLETT'S. New comers include Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Tony Kushner, Tammy Wynette, Margaret Atwood, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, Frank O'Hara, Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis, Mother Teresa, Jacques Cousteau, Rudolph Giuliani, Alfred Hitchcock, L. M. Montgomery, Eric Ambler, Jerry Sein...
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The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

By: Booth, Wayne C.,Colomb, Gregory G.,Williams, Joseph M.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press : April 2008

Seller ID: 145282

ISBN-13: 9780226065663

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

With more than 400,000 copies now in print, The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for researchers at every level, from first-year undergraduates to research reporters at corporations and government offices. Seasoned researchers and educators Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams present an updated third edition of their classic handbook, whose first and second editions were written in collaboration with the late Wayne C. Booth. The Craft of Research explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to resp...
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Dictionary of Theories

By: Bothamley, Jennifer

Price: $8.00

Publisher: : October 2014

Seller ID: 91696

ISBN-13: 9781578590452

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How Did It Begin?: The Origin of Our Curious Customs and Superstitions

By: Brasch, Rudi/Brasch, Li

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 392157

ISBN-13: 9781606710722

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

110 Words You Need to Know

By: Bromberg, Murray

Price: $5.00

Publisher: : October 2009

Seller ID: 580986

ISBN-13: 9780764113659

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A Barron's bestseller for years, this book is better than ever in a brand new fourth edition. In addition to its standard vocabulary lists, this edition includes a new section called Panorama of Words. In this feature, each of the 1100 words appears in a sentence selected from among well known novels, plays, poems, and even newspaper editorials and TV broadcasts. The book is a vocabulary builder aimed directly at college-bound high school students, as well as college students who need extra vocabulary help. Students will find word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, entertaining word ga...
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World Factbook: Statistics and Analysis for Every Country on the Planet

By: Central Intelligence Agency

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 405091

ISBN-13: 9780760783023

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation

By: Cerf, Christopher,Navasky, Victor S.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Villard : July 1998

Seller ID: 525011

ISBN-13: 9780679778066

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Did you ever have the uneasy feeling the experts are not . . . well, expert? "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."--Irving Fisher, professor of economics at Yale University, October 17, 1929 "Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel."--Irving Thalberg's warning to Louis B. Mayer regarding Gone With the Wind "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."--Decca Recording Company executive, turning down the Beatles, 1962 "With over fifty foreign cars already on sale here the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big sh...
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Experts' Guide to 100 Things You Should Know How to Do, The

By: Ettus, Samantha

Price: $6.50

Publisher: : July 2015

Seller ID: 299626

ISBN-13: 9780307587718

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

-Utterly useful . . . its own cultural Rorschach.- -New York Times The simplest things are the hardest to master. This book provides unparalleled insights into how to accomplish your daily tasks better-more resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficiently-in a collection of brief, entertaining how-to essays by 100 of the world's leading authorities. Topics include: Interpersonal skills, such as how to listen by Larry KingEtiquette essentials, such as how to set a formal table by Peggy Post Home pointers, such as how to paint a room by Bob Vila Beauty basics, including how to apply lipstic...
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The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program

By: Evelyn Wood/Frank, Stanley D.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Fall River Press : June 1994

Seller ID: 544281

ISBN-13: 9781566194020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A system that works; a book that keeps selling. Since 1959, the Evelyn Wood Program of Dynamic Learning has been successfully employed by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, helping them break free of the self-imposed shackles that hinder learning. By teaching us to tap the natural power of the mind, the Evelyn Wood method helps us to dramatically increase reading speed, retain more of what we hear and read, improve comprehension and develop our powers of concentration. In just minutes, you'll notice a real difference in your reading speed, and in succeeding chapters of this seven-day p...
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Show Me How

By: Fagerstorm, Derek

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : June 2016

Seller ID: 664736

ISBN-13: 9780061662577

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Show Me How is a revolutionary reimagining of the reference genre, one part how-to guide, one part graphic art showpiece, and one part pure inspiration. In a series of 500 nearly wordless, highly informative step-by-step procedurals, readers learn how to do hundreds of useful (and fascinating and important and sometimes downright bizarre) tasks, including: Perform CPR, dance the tango, pack a suitcase, win a bar bet, play the blues, make authentic sushi rolls, fight a shark . . . and 493 more essentials of modern life. Packed with useful hands-on reference material, Show Me How is a work of ar...
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Do Elephants Jump?

By: Feldman, David

Price: $5.00

Publisher: : March 2012

Seller ID: 490629

ISBN-13: 9780060539146

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The tenth book in David Feldman's bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries Every day, we are confronted with innumerable small mysteries, which puzzle and confound. In his latest book, David Feldman answers 100 new and even more perplexing questions about food, popular culture, the human body, science, and more, such as: Why do pianos have 88 keys? Why is there no light in the freezer?And, of course, Do elephants jump? Like the other books in the Imponderables series, Do Elephants Jump? is in a question/answe...
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Do Penguins Have Knees?

By: Feldman, David

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : March 2016

Seller ID: 493950

ISBN-13: 9780060740917

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The fifth book in David Feldman's bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteriesCulled from the thousands of letters submitted by desperate fans, Do Penguins Have Knees? answers 100 new and even more perplexing questions about food, popular culture, the human body, science, and more, such as: Why are the oceans salty?Why is Rhode Island called an island when it obviously isn't an island?Why aren't there plums in plum pudding?Why do fish float upside-down when they die?And more With over 190 irresistible entries and...
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When Do Fish Sleep?: An Imponderables Book

By: Feldman, David

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : December 2015

Seller ID: 493952

ISBN-13: 9780060740931

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Ponder, if you will ...Why are tennis balls fuzzy? How come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires?What makes yawning contagious?Why, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in When Do Fish Sleep? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. Part of the Imponderables(R) series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, When Do Fish Sleep? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have...
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?

By: Feldman, David

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : February 2014

Seller ID: 493951

ISBN-13: 9780060740924

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Ponder, if you will ...What is the difference between a kit and a caboodle?Why don't people get goose bumps on their faces?Where do houseflies go in the winter?What causes that ringing sound in your ears?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most nagging questions. Part of the Imponderables(R) series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? challenges readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and alman...
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Why don't cats like to swim

By: Feldman, David

Price: $4.00

Publisher: : January 2014

Seller ID: 490628

ISBN-13: 9780060751487

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Why does an X stand for a kiss?Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit(R) gum?Why do people cry at happy endings?Why do you never see baby pigeons?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Don't Cats Like to Swim? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. Part of the Imponderables(R) series, Feldman's book arms readers with information about everyday life -- from science, history, and politics to sports, television, and radio -- that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. Where else will you learn what m...
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Funk & Wagnalls Standard Handbook of Synonyms Antonyms & Prepositions

By: Funk & Wagnalls/Fernald, James

Price: $6.00

Publisher: : June 2011

Seller ID: 144630

ISBN: 125832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Garner's Quotations: A Modern Miscellany

By: Garner, Dwight

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux : November 2020

Seller ID: 695960

ISBN-13: 9780374279196

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A selection of favorite quotes that the celebrated literary critic has collected over the decades.

From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, scabrous, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner's Quotations is like no commonplace book you'll ever read. If you've ever wondered what's really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable

Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens

By: Harrison, Kathy

Price: $7.50

Seller ID: 376254

ISBN-13: 9781603420358

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

If disaster strikes and public services are limited, you want to know that your family will be taken care of. Learn how to inventory and rotate your food supply, pack an evacuation kit, maintain communication with loved ones, and much more. You'll soon gain the ingenuity and resourcefulness to get your family through even the most unfortunate circumstances.
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Cultural Literacy: What every American needs to Know

By: Hirsch, E.D.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: : February 2015

Seller ID: 149138

ISBN-13: 9780618226474

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? Now more than ever, we need a source that concisely sums up the knowledge that matters to Americans -- the people, places, ideas, and events that shape our cultural conversation. With more than six thousand entries, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy is that invaluable source. Wireless technology. Gene therapy. NAFTA. In addition to the thousands of terms described in the original Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, here are more than five hundred new entries to bring America...
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Category: General Reference