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1	Samuel Johnson's Dictionary more books like this by Jack Lynch (Editor), Samuel Johnson add to wishlist Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, "Samuel Johnson's Dictionary," published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $24.88! \| first editions
2	The English Language: A User's Guide more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist A highly popular writing guide, originally online, now available in book form. Entries are arranged alphabetically and are written in a highly readable and engaging tone. Updated and expanded from one of the most popular grammar sites on the web, this book provides a modern guide to English usage for the 21st century. With topics arranged ... see all copies from $7.03! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
3	Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright Into the Bard more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist "Becoming Shakespeare" begins where most Shakespeare stories end--with his death in 1616--and relates the fascinating story of his unlikely transformation from provincial playwright to universal Bard. Unlike later literary giants, Shakespeare created no stir when he died. Though he'd once had a string of hit plays, he had been retired in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny more books like this by Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch add to wishlist When movie star Jack Black ("School of Rock", "King Kong") and his musical compadre Kyle Gass get together, they are better known to their legions of fans as the 'acoustic metal' band Tenacious D. After a hit TV series, a smash album and sell-out tours, the hilarious, hard rockin' duo have now got their very own movie: "Tenacious D in: The Pick of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
5	Samuel Johnson's Insults: A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master by Jack Lynch (Editor) add to wishlist Lackbrain, oysterwench, wantwit, clotpoll--Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary of 1755 contained some of the ripest insults in the English language. In Samuel Johnson's Insults, Jack Lynch has compiled more than 300 of the curmudgeonly lexicographer's mightiest barbs, along with definitions only the master himself could elucidate. Word lovers will ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| SVS
6	Anniversary Essays on Johnson's Dictionary more books like this by Jack Lynch (Editor), Anne McDermott (Editor) add to wishlist Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, the first great English dictionary and one of the most famous books in the English language, appeared in April 1755. To commemorate the 250th anniversary, this volume brings together fourteen original essays by international scholars representing several disciplines: literature, lexicology, ... see all copies from $22.49! new only from $33.17! \| SVS
7	The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance, and the historical, intellectual, and cultural uses to which the past was put during the period. Scholars, editors, historians, religious thinkers, linguists, and literary critics of the period all defined themselves in ... see all copies from $69.99! new only from $75.70!
8	Samuel Johnson's Insults: A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master by Samuel Johnson, Jack Lynch (Editor) add to wishlist For those who can't think of anything nice to say, the 18th-century master, Samuel Johnson, shows how to raise the insult to an art form. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.99!
9	I Am Not a Machine Book I: Thinking Without Words more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist The humanist's plaintive cry, "I am not a machine" is in response to the mainstream cognitive science view that the human mind is similar to a computational machine, what scientist's call a formal system. In a series of three books, Dr. Lynch challenges these mainstream theories by showing how human cognition consists of two parts: a part ... see all copies from $13.05! new only from $13.05! \| SVS
10	Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Language more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist Samuel Johnson' s 2,300-page "Dictionary of the English Language," published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language that was in desperate need of standards. It was the first English dictionary to devote so much space to everyday words, to be so resoundingly thorough in its definition, and to illustrate usage by quoting from Shakespeare and ... see all copies from $15.36! new only from $44.83!
11 view cover	I Am Not a Machine-Book II: Thinking with Words more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist This book, the second in a series of three on cognitive science, explains how natural language is not just a means of communication but is essential to what is often referred to as human thought or reason. An analog model of human cognition is developed and used to explain how humans have created mathematics, science, literature, history and ... see all copies from $20.17! new only from $20.17! \| SVS
12	Monterey (a Bragg Novel) by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist In the first extended treatment of the debates surrounding public deception in eighteenth-century Britain, Jack Lynch contends that forgery, and fraud make explicit the usually unspoken grounds on which Britons made sense of their world. Confrontations with inauthenticity, in other words, bring tacitly understood conceptions of reality to the ... see all copies from $77.11! new only from $77.11!
14	Sausalito (a Bragg Novel) by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $92.15! \| first editions
15 view cover	Wolf House more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.87! \| SVS
16	Seattle more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
17	The Missing and the Dead by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Coaching for Performance Improvement more books like this by Jack Ramsay, Jim Lynch, Sean Covey (Foreword by) add to wishlist In Coaching for Performance Improvement, authors Jack Ramsay and Jim Lynch link successful coaching in the athletic arena to effective business management. In sports, as in business, the management of people is crucial. The authors have put together an outline for becoming an exceptional leader through their more than twenty years of experience ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $26.56! \| SVS
19	San Quentin, by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Nice Row, Mit more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist This memoir, written by a Junior Varsity oarsman from the class of 1963, relates how a squad of unathletic kids at a non jock school carrying the normal heavy academic work load that all MIT students carry somehow managed to live up to a legendary sprint and in their senior year became the "lightweight crew to beat." In the telling of the story we ... see all copies from $5.86! new only from $7.25! \| SVS
21	Bragg by Jack Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Uncommon Sense more books like this by Jack J W Lynch add to wishlist see all copies from $4.25! new only from $9.92! \| SVS
23	Handbook on Public Budgeting and Financial Management more books like this by Thomas Dexter Lynch, Jack Rabin add to wishlist see all copies from $35.99!
24 view cover	I Am Not a Machine Book III: Rethinking Cognitive Psychology more books like this by Jack Lynch add to wishlist The humanist's plaintive cry, "I am not a machine," is in response to the mainstream cognitive science view that the human mind is similar to a computational machine-what scientists call a formal system. In a series of three books, Dr. Lynch challenges these mainstream theories by showing how human cognition consists of two parts: a part inherited ... see all copies from $12.88! new only from $12.88! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park more books like this by Jack W Lynch add to wishlist For language buffs and lexicographers, copy editors and proofreaders, and anyone who appreciates the connection between language and culture--the illuminating story of "proper English." In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers--those who have tried to regulate, or otherwise organize, the way we speak. "The Lexicographer's ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS

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