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"This first encyclopedia covers all the big topics for little learners, including science, history, space, and the natural world. Explore deep underground and high in the sky, travel the globe on ships and trains, and find out about dinosaurs, plants and animals, the human body, and much, much more. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Very First Encyclopedia features vibrant photography alongside more than 250 timeless illustrations from the World of Eric...
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"With more than 4,000 entries, this updated edition of First Children's Dictionary is an ideal reference book for children five and older. Designed with age-appropriate text and highly visual pages featuring more than 800 images. Definitions are written in full sentences, helping children learn how to write correctly, and example sentences illustrate use and meaning. Opposites are included, themed feature pages highlight related words, and spelling...
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"'I see, ' said the blind man, as he stumbled over a log." Since ancient times, people have engaged in clever word play, often creating humorous sayings of the same basic construction as this familiar one.
In modern times termed a "wellerism" because it is a form of expression reminiscent of Sam Weller and his father, two celebrated characters in Dickens's Pickwick Papers, this major subtype of the proverb has been popular in most European languages...
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This is the most comprehensive and authoritative one-volume dictionary of philosophy available in English. It is over 900 pages long, contains 4,000 entries and cross-references, and has been written by an international team of over 380 specialists in all areas of philosophy. It presents, in an accessible manner, the most up-to-date survey of philosophy yet produced by a community of professional philosophers
26) M is for music
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An alphabet book introducing musical terms, from allegro to zarzuela.
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The editors of Beginner Books have made this book of words as fun-filled as possible. It's full of ridiculous alligators, foolish bears, and giraffes' uncles all racing around getting involved in nonsensical adventures. The animals' zany antics focus children's attention and help them remember 1,350 basic elementary vocabulary words.
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Many Historians Claim The sideshow began with P. T. Barnum, yet the concept has existed for as long as there has been human curiosity. When something different or unusual appears before you-living or inanimate-you're intrigued, amazed, or maybe even disgusted. But you want to see it.
If you're walking down a street and you see a little person, you look. You don't blatantly stare or gawk-no, you follow the societal rules of proper conduct and sneak...
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Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms. This lighthearted look at how English is being mangled reveals the underlying meaning, as well as the attitudes behind the meaning, of more than 1,000 buzzwords. Readers will discover that "learning opportunity" is a nice way of saying "mistake;" a "lawn mullet" is a yard that's neatly trimmed out front but growing long in the back; and a "meanderthal" is someone...
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From Christine de Pisan's medieval love poetry to Nadine Gordimer's dissection of apartheid, the works of the 135 authors represent the entire spectrum of writing by women from around the world--in poetry, drama, the novel, and short fiction, from antiquity to the end of the twentieth century
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60,001+ Names "222 Lists " Your Trusted Resource -- 60,001 Best Baby Names is the essential resource you need to find the perfect name for your baby. This invaluable book includes not only Hollywood's latest picks (think Monroe and Bear) and modern trends in baby naming, but also thousands of classic and traditional names that even Grandma will like. Creative lists, indispensable information, and thousands of options will help you choose the right...
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"The Handbook of Denominations has been recognized as an accurate, objective, and comprehensive source of information on denominational groupings in the United States for over half a century. This new edition, offered at the dawn of a new millennium, has been thoroughly revised. However, it maintains the accessibility and readability that have been hallmarks of previous editions." "The eleventh edition presents updated entries on the major Christian...