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Heavens to Betsy! : & Other Curious Sayings
Charles Earle Funk
Paperback - $20.95
Whether it's like "a bump on a log" or "a bat out of hell, " these expressions have been around forever. Dr. Funk explains over 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events ...
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
George Davidson
Book - $19.95
Roget's Thesaurus is one of the greatest English language reference works. It is the authoritative desk companion for anyone wanting to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, complete an imaginatively-phrased CV or write any manner of p ...
Advanceditor Amharic Lexicon : A Supplement to Concise Amharic-English Dictionaries
Girma Y. Getahun
Paperback - $82.95
Name Dropping : Darwinian Struggles, Oedipal Feelings, and Kafkaesque Ordeals---An A to Z Guide to the Use of Names in Everyday Langua
Philip Gooden
Hardcover - $33.95
Words at Work : An Insider's Guide to the Language of Professions
Mim Harrison
Hardcover - $27.95
A fascinating view into the arcane nature of the workplace, this book delves into 15 professions--both ordinary and extraordinary--to discover the unique and colorful vocabulary that gives them their energy. Illustrations.
A History of Roget's Thesaurus : Origins, Development, and Design
Werner Hullen
Hardcover - $504.95
Roget's Thesaurus was first published in 1852 and has come to be one of the most famous and widely-used reference works in the world. This is the first account of its genesis. Werner Hullen contends that synonymy (words with similar meanings) is a fe ...
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association : A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Association
Paperback - $58.95
This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, widely used for over a century to transcribe the sounds of languages. The Handbook is in three parts: Part I contains an introduction to phonetic description and exemplificati ...
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association : A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Association
Hardcover - $143.95
This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, widely used for over a century to transcribe the sounds of languages. The Handbook is in three parts: Part I contains an introduction to phonetic description and exemplificati ...