Reference Books

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Furnishes an enlightening overview of famous quotes and sayings, including quips, proverbs, one-liners, and more, and how they have been misapplied, misattributed, or miswritten.

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Good communication starts with choosing the right word--not always an easy task when the choise is between words of closely related meaning. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms makes the task easier by providing full discussions of synonymous terms and by describing the subtle distinctions that make one word more appropriate than another in a particular context.

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A best-selling annual incorporates into a latest edition a "steampunk" graphic-novel design, lists the decade's Top 50 Records, and provides access to free downloadable content.

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A revised compact edition of the acclaimed reference, written by a former educator at the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf, illustrates that different meanings of the same word might require different signs and includes more than 4,500 signs and definitions. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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A satirical travelogue by a pair of television comedy writers recounts their competition to travel around the world in opposite directions without the benefit of airplanes, dual journeys they took by ocean freighter, railway, and other methods through myriad regions, from the West Bank and the Aleutian Islands to Rio and Mongolia. Original.

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The editors of <IT>Coin World<RO> magazine present an essential, up-to-date guide to information about and values of more than fifty thousand American coins, along with tips on identification, the history of the Mint and coinage, a full index, and photographs. Original.

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The DESK REFERENCE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FROM DSM-IV-TR is a concise, affordable companion to the ultimate psychiatric reference, DSM-IV-TR. It includes all the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR in an easy-to-use, spiral bound format.

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A state-of-the-art atlas of the Middle East covers every facet of the turbulent region, with up-to-date maps that include cities, physical and cultural geography, and more, with new coverage of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Sudan, detailed fact boxes, a place-name index, historical timeline, commentaries, and thematic maps documenting population, natural resources, religion, and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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Complete with a CD-ROM directory of online sources, a guide to some four thousand sources currently offering students more than two billion dollars in scholarship assistance every year points readers in the direction of free money for education and features helpful tips on how to determine qualifications for awards, write application essays and cover letters, avoid scams, and more. Original.

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