This is the entrancingly entertaining yet amazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning of words that you have never seen or heard before, learn the history of words so that they come alive for you, master an invaluable and permanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days. This is the one book that makes you love to learn.
Choosing just the right name for your baby is one of the most important decisions a parent makes. "What to Name Your Baby" makes choosing easy and entertaining by providing the origins and meanings of more than 4,000 names, plus the stories of the actors and authors, politicians and poets who made them famous. This classic treasury, chock-full of ...
Explores the history of words, especially in English, their roots, meanings, and interrelationships as well as some of the stories behind them. Includes an index of words discussed.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Book Co
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair. Wraps. VG. English, Education. Tight book, nice text, some light rubbing, light wear to cover books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Fair. B0007E0EM8 Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall. TIght copy with clear text. Boards lightly soiled books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Book Co.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good+ 342 pages; Very Good Plus condition. Outside page edges lightly age tanning. Tiny curl to top corner tip. No reading creases. Solid, clearn. From the Preface: In writing this book I have tried to make the study of language pleasant and easy.... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1942
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo. There is no DJ. Cover is faded red cloth on boards, with rebound corners and spine in black. There is much wear to the edges and corners. Spine is rebound in black cloth, with hand written lettering. Cover, Pages and Binding are clean and tight. There are library markings in the book and the pages have yellowed with age. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very good hardback, with very, very clean pages, hinges strong and uncracked, & binding tight on front cover, a slight bit loose on back. Photograph SPECIFIC to this listing. PINK cloth spine, paper over boards. 240 pages, containing reprints of magazine cartoons: Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker Magazine, etc. Has EIGHTEEN Chapters. Among lists of names for boys and girls, there are chapters on: Choosing a Saint's Name, The Signs of the Zodiac, A garland of Flowers of the Month, Your Baby ... read more
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