About this title: This edition features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable Windows(/Mac( CD-ROM that contains the entire text, 68,000 audio pronunciations, 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations, and a college-level thesaurus with more than 260,000 synonyms.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780618701728ISBN:0618701729
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Description: New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 2112 p. Contains: Illustrations. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Hardcover). read more
Description: New. This edition features revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. This dictionary can also be purchased with a fully loadable Windows(/Mac( CD-ROM th... read more
""WORD HISTORY: The lowly kiosk where newspapers are sold or advertisements are posted is like a child in a fairy tale raised by humble parents but descended from kings. . . The open structures referred to by the Turkish word were used as summer houses in Turkey and Persia. The first recorded use of 'kiosk' in English refers to these Middle Eastern pavilions, which Europeans imitated in their own gardens and parks.""
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