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This encyclopedia has become the one indispensab; le reference for families, students, and businesses across North America. Unmatched in scope and authority, it has been acclaimed for its unique visual appeal and instantly accessible organization.
Comprehensive and up-to-date, this handy volume provides the maximum amount of information in the least amount of space. Illustrated throughout, including maps and diagrams, this book contains 10,000 entries and 500,000 words, covering all fields of knowledge from Art and Biology to Religion and Sports. Also features biographical, geographical, and political entries.
Offers profiles on many of firms in film, radio, television, cable, media, and publishing of various types including books, magazines and newspapers. This book contains many contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. It provides profiles of nearly 400 of top entertainment and media firms.
New! The only hardcover thesaurus available in mass market size - the perfect companion to theRandom House Webster's Concise Dictionary. With its simple and familiar A-Z format, handy small size, and up-to-the-minute entries, theRandom House Webster's Concise Thesaurusis an essential reference for writing at home or on the go. This comprehensive hardcover reference will rescue those elusive words from the back of your brain and the tip of your tongue. Features 11,000 clearly labeled, alphabetical entries, over 200,000 synonyms and antonyms, and over 400 synonym studies An indispensable, handy, and durable thesaurus derived from the renowned Random House Webster's Thesaurus Includes a New-Words essay and helpful suggestions on how to avoid insensitive and offensive language Offers a wide range of vocabulary from formal speech to colloquialisms From the Hardcover edition.
Body piercing is in. So are buffalo wings, killer apps, and yada-yada-yada. If it's an important new word, you will find it here first...in the all new 50th Anniversary edition of the RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY. Unlike any other college dictionary, Random house Webster's uses the state-of-the-art Living Dictionary Database(TM) to enable its team of expert editors to add new words as soon as they become current--faster than any other dictionary. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY not only brings you Newer Words Faster, but always lists the most common, up-to-date meanings first, to help you find what you're looking for more quickly and easily. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLL...
NPR SPRING PICK An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon’s profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in American publishing and literature. A multifaceted genius, Toni Morrison transcended her role as an author, helping to shape an important period in American publishing and literature as an editor at one of the nation’s most prestigious publishing houses. While Toni Morrison's literary achievements are widely celebrated, her editorial work is little known. Drawing on extensive research and firsthand accounts, this comprehensive study discusses Morrison's remar...
The multi-million-copy bestseller WONDER showed how choosing kindness and empathy can change the lives of those around you. Now, in AUGGIE & ME, you can discover a new side to the WONDER story in three new chapters from three different characters: Julian: Auggie's classroom bully Christopher: Auggie's oldest friend Charlotte: Auggie's classmate These three stories are heartbreaking, surprising, funny and hopeful. Just like WONDER, AUGGIE & ME will make you laugh, cry and try to choose kind. Praise for WONDER: "Remarkable . . . It has the power to move hearts and change minds" (Guardian) "Incredibly charming, brutal and brilliant" (Observer) "It wreaks emotional havoc . . . To finish it with ...
Big Frank tells young readers all about firefighting and the many other important jobs firefighters do: fire safety training, fire inspection, helping at accident scenes, and more. It's all in a day's--and night's--work for our firefighting friend and his crew. The detailed full-color illustrations in this paperback book will fascinate readers.