This best-selling dictionary is an authoritative and comprehensive source of jargon-free legal information. It contains over 4,700 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal......

The scope of this \\\"Companion\\\" extends over all the main fields of decorative craftsmanship - as well as a number of minor and specialized ones. It includes prehistoric crafts, crafts like leather-working and ceramics that have arisen more recently, and specialized crafts, such as toys and embroidery....

Who is a typo pirate? Are they related to fat clients? And what is shovelware? The rapid rise of the Internet has changed our language. This dictionary allows you to keep up with those changes by concentrating in-depth on Internet terminology.......

Who is a typo pirate? Are they related to fat clients? And what is shovelware? The rapid rise of the Internet has changed our language. This dictionary allows you to keep up with those changes by concentrating in-depth on Internet terminology....

Here is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of linguistics available, fully revised for the second edition....

With more than 6,400 entries on all aspects of human and physical geography, the latest edition of the classic Dictionary of Geography provides up-to-date coverage of a field as wide as the world itself....

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject is a collection of over 7,000 quotations arranged thematically for easy look-up. Covering nearly 600 subjects, this book features a wealth of topics relevant to modern society, from Beauty, Baseball, and Belief to Patriotism, The Past, and Power....

This is the brand new Dictionary of Sports Studies. It contains over 1,100 clear, concise, and authoritative entries compiled by Professor Alan Tomlinson, a leading expert in the field....

Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition of this popular dictionary covers all aspects of chemistry from physical chemistry to biochemistry, and boasts broader coverage in forensics, metallurgy, and geology. It is the ideal reference resource for students of chemistry and related subjects at school or university. Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см....

A lively, authoritative, and up-to-date look at the world of rhyming slang, from its origins in London\'s 19th-century underworld to the buzzwords of 21st-century popney....

This invaluable reference work offers the best advice on English usage, drawing on the unrivalled resources of Oxford\'s English Dictionaries programme and language monitoring. This second edition of the \'Pocket Fowler\' harks back to the original 1926 edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler, born 150 years ago in 1858....

This major new reference offers the general reader, student, and professional clear and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All currently accepted terms are included, as well as traditional terms, more controversial newer terms, and terms belonging to linguistics....

This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day....

This brand new edition celebrating 20 years of R. W. Holder\'s popular and successful dictionary of euphemisms is packed full of traditional favourites, such as \'Dutch uncle\' or \'push up the daisies\', as well as euphemisms from the contemporary world such as \'restructuring\', \'coffee-housing\', \'extrajudicial killing\'....

The second edition of this established dictionary contains over 4,200 up-to-date entries on all aspects of astronomy. Edited by renowned author and broadcaster Ian Ridpath, with the help of over 20 expert contributors, it covers everything from space exploration and the equipment involved, to astrophysics, cosmology, and the concept of time....