English Dictionaries





A Dictionary of Space Exploration

$24.00
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Paperback Dec 2005 ISBN13: 9780192806314ISBN10: 0192806319 This dictionary offers 2,000 entries exploring every facet of space exploration

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary

The Classic First Edition
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$39.95
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Hardback Jul 2011 ISBN13: 9780199696123ISBN10: 0199696128
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A New Dictionary of Eponyms

$45.00
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Paperback Oct 1997 ISBN13: 9780195093544ISBN10: 0195093542 Entertaining histories behind hundreds of words, from hooker to sideburn
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Oxford Book of Aphorisms

$19.95
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Paperback Mar 2003 ISBN13: 9780192804563ISBN10: 0192804561
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Dictionary of American Family Names

3-Volume Set
$475.00
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Hardback Mar 2003 ISBN13: 9780195081374ISBN10: 0195081374 Booklist Editors' Choice, 2003
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Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions

Making Sense of Transatlantic English
$37.95
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Hardback Nov 2002 ISBN13: 9780195157048ISBN10: 0195157044 An engaging and often witty look at English, as heard on both sides of the pond.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

$18.95
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Paperback Jun 1993 ISBN13: 9780192830982ISBN10: 0192830988

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The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words

$18.95
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Paperback Mar 2004 ISBN13: 9780195173284ISBN10: 0195173287 A revolutionary new pocket dictionary that illuminates precisely those words we need a dictionary for
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A Dictionary of American Proverbs

$85.00
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Hardback Nov 1991 ISBN13: 9780195053999ISBN10: 0195053990 A treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims --the first major collection based on oral rather than written sources.
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Australian Oxford Dictionary

Second Edition
$75.00
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Hardback Jan 2005 ISBN13: 9780195517965ISBN10: 0195517962 A major revision of the landmark Australian dictionary that was first published in 1999.
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“A new era in the historical study of English”  —David Crystal

cover The first historical thesaurus ever written —over 40 years in the making and covering 920,000+ words from Old English to the present— the HTOED is a groundbreaking view of the historical inventory of English.


From ancient Greece to the modern era...

cover ...the art of persuasion has been used, discussed, and debated for over twenty-four hundred years. Now the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric provides balanced coverage of classical rhetoric and the rhetorical turns in contemporary critical thought


From feudalism to fiduciary

cover The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History captures the true interdisciplinary nature of economics.