This is an updated encyclopedia that explores the origins of thousands of words and phrases.The most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind, "The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Fourth Edition" has been completely updated and expanded and now contains definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and ...
As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have sailed it through the ages.
Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the Toxicology certification exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need ...
As everyone knows there is currently a shortage of tomatoes, and the prices in stores are skyrocketing. There is no better time than now for people to learn how to grow their own. Hendrickson provides tips on how to grow tomatoes year round. American Tomato is chalk full of information on storing and growing tomatoes, the different varieties of ...
This eye-opening, well-researched examination of mankind's oldest competitor is filled with weirdly fascinating information about the history of the rat and the way it consistently outsmarts man. Illustrations.
None of the founding fathers seems more elusive than Thomas Jefferson. A Virginian nationalist, a slave-holding philosophe, an aristocratic democrat, a provincial cosmopolitan, a pacific imperialist--the paradoxes loom as meaningful and portentous as America itself. Indeed, they represent the deep contradictions of his policies as well as ...
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Presenting important advances in the psychological study of gender differences and similarities across the lifespan, this edition features new contributors, additional topics, and many completely new chapters to provide a broad overview of current knowledge and bring the field thoroughly up to date.
"We have adopted as words Bartlett's and Webster's; maybe some day, we'll have Hendrickson's as a generic term." Library Journal, from a review of Human Words From Pittsburgh to Portsmouth to Papua, a lively tour of English usage around the world English is spoken by more than a billion people around the world, and each English-speaking region has ...
Criticizing the military assault on Iraq as a disproportionate and inhumane response, the authors contend that President Bush seized on the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to crystallize his vision of a "new world order" that would reclaim America's position of world leadership. By leaving Iraq in chaos, America has succumbed to an "imperial temptation" ...
Each regional volume contains thousands of entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords -- both historical and contemporary -- excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, and newspaper articles. An extensive introduction provides in-depth coverage of each area as well as its many different dialects. New York Tawk ...
An updated and expanded edition, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Third Edition contains definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, making it the most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind. Anecdotes and information on the development of a wide range of words, including slang, proverbs, ...
In ten chapters that will endlessly entertain any aficionado of the printed word, here is an astonishing wealth of anecdotes, quotations, lists, puzzles, and quizzes concerning books, authors, publishers, and booksellers. "A wonderful divertissement".--The New Yorker. Illustrated.
With more than 100 million devotees throughout the U.S., gardening is our most popular leisure activity. And the vocabulary of gardening that has grown over the ages is every bit as colorful as the flowers themselves. Here are intriguing and amusing stories behind plant and insect names and many common phrases.
This compendium traces the origins of more than 9000 words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, place names, historical expressions and phrases from literature.
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