Need a rhyme but can’t spare the time? Want to make your jingles tingle or crack the code to the ode? The Penguin Pocket Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable companion for anyone who writes verse—from professionals to amateurs. This clearly arranged and easy-to-use guide offers an astonishingly wide range of rhymes for words, no matter how common or obscure. Contains a list of rhymes for more than 34,000 words and provides concise explanations of unusual words Distinguishes between close rhymes and less exact ones Includes separate sections for one-, two-, or three-syllable rhymes
Collins Maths Dictionary is a clear prqctical dictionary which can help you understand the meanings of over 375 Maths words. Find it fast Colour headwords, an A-Z on every page and a full index make it easy to find the right Maths word; Get it right Clear accessible explanations increase your understanding; Feel confident lllustrations and diagrams give extra clarity and information; Do more Extra material include help yourself activities and tests for even more support.
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There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately) that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Also included is the Great Convers
Writing may be a solitary endeavor, but whether you're craft-ing the great American novel, drafting a term paper, or penning a memoir, organizing your thoughts from a mass of scattered ideas to a cohesive--and readable--book requires more than a computer spellcheck. You need a companion at your side to offer advice both practical and inspirational--and The Oxford Essential Writer's Reference is it, whether you're a student working on a thesis, a manager preparing a presenta-tion, a beginning writer struggling to make that first sale, or a professional author seeking new resources in the infor-mation age.
"The Penguin Pocket Thesaurus" offers a vast range of synonyms for a whole host of words in A-Z order - ranging from the everyday to the comparatively obscure. Invaluable and up-to-date, this is the ideal portable reference book for anyone stuck for precisely the right word or phrase, whatever the occasion.
Combining scholarly authority with an awareness of today’s communication demands, Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus is the simple, reliable way to find the perfect word for your needs. It features an easy-to-use dictionary format plus a revolutionary Concept Index that arranges words by idea, thus enhancing the user’s process of association and leading to scores of additional selections. The inclusion of a wide spectrum of words and phrases with each entry(from sophisticated choices to completely new vocabulary in the language(brings users an exceptional number of alternatives to fit any variation of style and tone. Created by the highly respected Princeton Language Institute More word choices than any other thesaurus (OVER 1 MILLION WORDS!) Concise definitions for each main entry A revolutionary Concept Index (arranged by idea, it mirrors the way we actually think!) No obsolete terms (all synonyms and antonyms reflect modern usage)
Collins Gem English Dictionary is the world's most popular small dictionary. First published in 1902, it has remained a firm favourite with its handy size, ease of use, and comprehensive coverage. Using Collins Word Web, the world's largest language database, this new edition incorporates the very latest changes in the language. / New words for 2005 / Clear definitions / Spelling and grammar tips / Help with pronunciation All this promises to keep Collins Gem English Dictionary at the top for another century.
A new edition of the acclaimed Collins French Gem Dictionary, revised and updated with the latest vocabulary and now including a handy supplement of useful travel phrases. With its extensive coverage of French language in a compact form, the Collins French Gem remains the indispensable small dictionary for learners of French. Newly updated, its 35,000-plus references and 70,000 translations include the latest additions to the language. With clear and attractive layout and typography, featuring special entries relating to interesting aspects of French life and culture, notes warning the user of easily confusable words and a handy supplement on useful travel phrases, the French Gem is compact, reliable and completely up-to-date: the ideal small dictionary for school and general use.
The Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Idioms offers in-depth coverage of the most important idioms in English and provides additional information about their frequency, contexts, meanings, and usage. Clearly laid-out and easy-to-use, this volume will prove to be fascinating and invaluable to teachers and learners of English at all levels.
More than 4,000 quotations from people as diverse as Aristotle and Lily Tomlin can be found in Webster's New Explorer Dictionary of Quotations. There are eloquent, insightful, and amusing quotes from such time-honored sources as the Bible, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Confucius, and Cicero. More contemporary authors include Robert Frost, Pearl S. Buck, Winston Churchill, Lenny Bruce, Virginia Woolf, Jesse Jackson, Fran Liebowitz, and many more of the world's most fascinating leaders, writers, and thinkers. Quotations are arranged alphabetically by subject in over 400 categories like Success and Failure, Genius and Talent, Work, and Music. Editorial notes provide additional information about the quotation and its source, and an author index offers the reader another way to find just the right quote.
Combines topics with over 238 years of expertise. This title provides both facts as well as articles on various subjects. It features images of art, geography, science, sports, and more. It includes photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and diagrams. 24000 illustrations
This is the book that Bobbi Brown's fans have been waitingfor: her 25-plus years of makeup styling experience distilled intoone complete, gorgeous book. Bobbi looks at everything fromskincare basics to every aspect of facial makeup--from how to findthe right color and type of foundation for any skin tone to how toapply every detail of eye makeup (Brows, Eye Liner, Eye Shadow, andEye Lashes) no matter your eye color and shape. Of course there arenever-before-seen tips on blush, bronzer, lip liners, lipstick,etc. And Bobbi looks beyond the face with informative chapters on"Hands and Feet" and "Body Skin Care." Each chapter has thoroughstep-by-step basic directions for makeup application andeasy-to-follow photographs and line drawings, along with Bobbi'sexpert, yet assuring, advice. Plus, there's a groundbreakingsection of the book that will be of special interest to womenwho've wanted to know how makeup stylists do what they do: the topbeauty secrets only these artists know, essential equipment to keepon
This all-new edition makes it easier than ever to find the right word Feature of this book in include: 85,000 synonyms,related words,and antoyms; Alphabetical organiztion for quick lookups Portable and easy-to-use ,this invaluable resorce is ideal for home,school,and office.
We live in an era when the unprecedented speed of changemeans: The only certainty is uncertainty; you can't predict whatskills will be useful in ten years time; in most professionsknowledge is doubling every two or three years; and no job isforever--so being employable means being flexible and retrainingregularly. Accelerated Learning into the 21st Century contains a simple butproven plan that delivers the one key skill that every workingperson, every parent and student must master, and every teachershould teach: it's learning how to learn. The theory of eightmultiple intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical,visual-spatial, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal,and naturalist) developed by Howard Gardner at Harvard Universityprovides a foundation for the six-step MASTER-Mind system tofacilitate learning (an acronym for Mind, Acquire, Search, Trigger,Exhibit, and Review), and is enhanced by the latest findings on thevalue of emotion and memory on the process of learning.
Never be lost for words again 230,000 words, phrases and meanings – more than any other advanced learner’s dictionary 165,000 examples based on real, natural English from the Longman Corpus Network + an additional 1 million corpus examples on the DVD-ROM. Clear definitions written using only 2,000 common words. Over 18,000 synonyms, antonyms and related words + an additional 30,000 on the DVD-ROM. Over 65,000 collocations + an additional 82,000 on the DVD-ROM. The top 3,000 most frequent words in spoken and written English are highlighted to show which are the most important to know. NEW Integrated Collocations Dictionary. Over 65,000 collocations will improve students’ fluency. NEW Integrated Thesaurus. Over 18,000 synonyms, antonyms and related words will improve vocabulary range. NEW Register Notes focus on the differences between spoken and written English. Academic Word List highlighted. Grammar and warning notes ensure that st
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Science." A History is the enthralling story of the men and women who changed the way we see the world, nd the turbulent times they lived in: from Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books; from Marie Curie, forced to work apart from male students for fear that she might excite them, to Louis Agassiz,who marched his colleagues up a mountain to prove that ice ages had occurred. Filled with pioneers, visionaries, eccentrics and madmen, this is the history of science as it has never been told before.