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Drunk
The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $19.95
Here it is—from the Guinness World Records holder for the most English synonyms ever recorded, for the word “drunk.”
Wise-guy lexicographer Paul Dickson, a consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, has long held the record for collecting the "Most Synonyms" for any term in the English language. He made the Guinness Book of World... Read more >
The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary
Written by Paul Dickson
Illustrated by Brian Rea
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $19.95
Here it is—from the Guinness World Records holder for the most English synonyms ever recorded, for the word “drunk.”
Wise-guy lexicographer Paul Dickson, a consulting editor at Merriam-Webster, has long held the record for collecting the "Most Synonyms" for any term in the English language. He made the Guinness Book of World... Read more >
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Semantic Antics
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $14.95
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How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $14.95
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Build Your Power Vocabulary, Second Edition
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $12.95
Build Your Power Vocabulary will help students, writers, professionals, and anyone else improve their vocabulary. It provides all the necessary tools to expand your knowledge of the English language and speak and write with an enhanced vocabulary. Build Your Power Vocabulary has been updated to include all vocabulary, slang and jargon... Read more >
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $12.95
Build Your Power Vocabulary will help students, writers, professionals, and anyone else improve their vocabulary. It provides all the necessary tools to expand your knowledge of the English language and speak and write with an enhanced vocabulary. Build Your Power Vocabulary has been updated to include all vocabulary, slang and jargon... Read more >
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Semantic Antics
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,' very different... Read more >
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Written by Sol Steinmetz
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $14.95
"My favorite popular word book of the year"
-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008
A fun, new approach to examining etymology!
Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:
The word adamant came into English around 855 C.E. as a synonym for 'diamond,' very different... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Random House Webster's Pocket Power Vocabulary
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $7.95
• Ten-minute-a-day program for building a better vocabulary
• Over 100 tests for improving word mastery Read more >
Written by Random House
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $7.95
• Ten-minute-a-day program for building a better vocabulary
• Over 100 tests for improving word mastery Read more >
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Trivia Lovers' Lists of Nearly Everything in the Universe
50,000+ Big & Little Things Organized by Type and Kind
Written by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $24.95
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50,000+ Big & Little Things Organized by Type and Kind
Written by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Format: eBook, 656 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2007
Price: $24.95
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Trivia Lovers' Lists of Nearly Everything in the Universe
50,000+ Big & Little Things Organized by Type and Kind
Written by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $24.95
This gargantuan gift book for trivia lovers is packed with lists of nearly everything imaginable: from card games, guns, mental states, and shapes to greetings, mushrooms, citrus fruits, artificial sweeteners, and stars. The casual browser will love this impulse buy for its unexpected treasures—such as the 22 types of animals that... Read more >
50,000+ Big & Little Things Organized by Type and Kind
Written by Barbara Ann Kipfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $24.95
This gargantuan gift book for trivia lovers is packed with lists of nearly everything imaginable: from card games, guns, mental states, and shapes to greetings, mushrooms, citrus fruits, artificial sweeteners, and stars. The casual browser will love this impulse buy for its unexpected treasures—such as the 22 types of animals that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Written by Paul McFedries
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 17, 2004
Price: $23.00
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Vicious Vocabulary
Written by Phil Eisenhower
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate–
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine–and made them... Read more >
Written by Phil Eisenhower
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.95
Timorous tenderfoots, lackadaisical slouches, and closed-minded obscurants should avoid this fun and devious vocabulary book. Everyone else will delight in its blend of flabbergasting words, wacky quotes, and creative quizzes. Educator Phil Eisenhower has selected the words SAT and GRE takers love to hate–
such as obdurate, edacious, and vulpine–and made them... Read more >
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Written by Max Decharne
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2002
Price: $15.00
Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex... Read more >
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Written by Max Decharne
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2002
Price: $15.00
Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Written by Max Decharne
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $15.00
Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex... Read more >
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
Written by Max Decharne
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2001
Price: $15.00
Righteous jive for all you weedheads, moochers, b-girls, gassers, bandrats, triggermen, grifters, snowbirds, and long-gone daddies.
Much of the slang popularly associated with the hippie generation of the 1960s actually dates back to before World War II, hijacked in the main from jazz and blues street expressions, mostly relating to drugs, sex... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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