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ISBN: 9780415477826 - Concise New Makers of Modern Culture Concise New Makers of Modern Culture
Wintle, Justin

ISBN10: 9780203884287  ISBN13: 9780203884287
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
A Who's Who of Western culture, from Woody Allen to Emile Zola... Containing four hundred essay-style entries, and covering the period from 1850 to the present, The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture includes artists, writers, dramatists... More

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ISBN: 9780080877747 - Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World

ISBN10: 9780080877754  ISBN13: 9780080877754
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Format: Electronic Book
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics... More

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ISBN: 9780521621816 - Cambridge Guide to English Usage Cambridge Guide to English Usage
Peters, Pam

ISBN10: 9780511192128  ISBN13: 9780511192128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The Cambridge Guide to English Usage is an A-Z reference book, giving an up-to-date account of the debatable issues of English usage and written style. Its advice draws on a wealth of recent research and data from very large corpora of American... More

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ISBN: 9780141012230 - Port Out, Starboard Home Port Out, Starboard Home
Quinion, Michael

ISBN10: 9780141909042  ISBN13: 9780141909042
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin
Format: Electronic Book
Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of... More

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ISBN: 9781605506524 - Little Red Book of Very Dirty Words Little Red Book of Very Dirty Words
Munier, Alexis

ISBN10: 9781440513572  ISBN13: 9781440513572
Publisher: F+W Media Adams Media
Format: Electronic Book
Inside this book: The dirtiest words in the English language! And we're not just talking about those infamous seven words you can't say on TV. We're talking about more than 1,000 of the blessedly profane insults, obscenities, and vulgarities... More

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ISBN: 9781843172789 - Lost English Lost English
Roberts, Chris

ISBN10: 9781843178255  ISBN13: 9781843178255
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Michael O' Mara Books
Format: Electronic Book
In the last thirty years or so a large number of once commonplace words, phrases and expressions have disappeared without trace from common usage. And with them, too, have gone a number of goods, services and everyday objects that were once an... More

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ISBN: 9781136649530 - Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication
Jackson, Jane

ISBN10: 9781136649530  ISBN13: 9781136649530
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary field of intercultural communication, drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from diverse backgrounds. More

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ISBN: 9781136649523 - Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication
Jackson, Jane

ISBN10: 9781136649523  ISBN13: 9781136649523
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary field of intercultural communication, drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from diverse backgrounds. More

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ISBN: 9781446032299 - Apocrypha Apocrypha
Anon

ISBN10: 9781446546772  ISBN13: 9781446546772
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Pomona Press
Format: Electronic Book
The Apocrypha, Translated out of the Greek and Latin Tongues. Being the Version Set Forth A.D. 1611 Compared with the most Ancient Authorities and Revised. Contents Include - I. Esdras - II. Esdras - Tobit - Judith - The rest of Esther ... More

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ISBN: 9780713675290 - Dictionary of Contemporary Slang Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
Thorne, Tony

ISBN10: 9781408102206  ISBN13: 9781408102206
Publisher: A&C Black
Format: Electronic Book
With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient... More