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"This newly revised dictionary for young students covers the vocab- ulary needed today, including many new words from the fields of science and technology. It contains more than 36,000 entry words and hundreds of full-color illustrations, photographs, and diagrams"-- Provided by publisher.
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From the cover. Look up the sign to find the right word! This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might...
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Pocket Universal Principles of Art is a portable but still comprehensive reference for all artists, and a companion volume to Rockport Publishers' best-selling Universal Principles of Design. This new, pocket volume of the Pocket Universal Principles of Art provides a handy, portable, reference for art enthusiast, art students, and any artist on the go. This is the same excellent information as the original Universal Principles of Art, but now...
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"This edition adds more than 100 new entries and many new illustrations; corrects and brings up to date the entries of the work of others; and brings the vocabulary and theory of bookselling and collecting into the modern commercial and academic world, which has been forced to adjust to a new reality thanks to worldwide medical and economic concerns"-- Provided by publisher.
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[2018]
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Although written primarily as a home reference guide, Barron's Dictionary of Medical Terms has been valued, used, and highly praised by medical instructors, student nurses, and others in the healthcare professions. This expanded and updated edition clearly and concisely describes medical terms in language that anyone can understand. Thousands of terms and definitions cover: Descriptions of diseases and their symptoms, Healthcare policy and law, First-aid...
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c2002
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xix, 647 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? Now more than ever, we need a source that concisely sums up the knowledge that matters to Americans - the people, places, ideas, and events that shape our cultural conversation. With a considerably large number of entries, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy is that invaluable source. Wireless technology, Gene therapy, NAFTA. In...
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If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, The Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck. Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton separates the myths from the reality with his priceless blend of sidesplitting humor, caustic commentary, and the...





