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| The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English
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Mark Abley.
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780618571222. Daedalus Item Code: 92002 |
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| The author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (a New York Times Notable Book and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year) here takes a look at the wild, ... (Read More)
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| Say it in Indonesian (Malay)
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John U. Wolff.
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| Publisher: Dover. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780486244242. Daedalus Item Code: 10204 |
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| The Indonesian language unites a nation with nearly a quarter-billion people spread over 17,500 islands. Both the traditional and Malaysian dialect of Indonesian is encompassed in this reference ... (Read More)
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| The Shakespeare Miscellany
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David Crystal & Ben Crystal.
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| Publisher: Overlook. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781585677160. Daedalus Item Code: 22300 |
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| A champion of the English language (the author of How Language Works, The Fight for English, and The Stories of English) and his son, a Shakespearean actor, together present this ... (Read More)
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| Sloth: A Dictionary for the Lazy
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Jennifer M. Wood, ed.
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| Publisher: Adams Media. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781440528064. Daedalus Item Code: 30242 |
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| "Sloth (slawth), noun: Consistent aversion to exertion." No, don't get up; just relax, leave the work for tomorrow, and leaf at your leisure through this languorous dictionary, letting it define for ... (Read More)
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| Stokes Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles
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Thomas F. Tyning. Donald & Lillian Stokes, eds.
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| Publisher: Little, Brown. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780316817134. Daedalus Item Code: 23385 |
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| Illustrated with naturalist drawings throughout, this guide tells you what to look for—and how to interpret what you see—when you observe frogs, salamanders, turtles, lizards, alligators, and snakes ... (Read More)
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| There's a Word for It: The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
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Sol Steinmetz.
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| Publisher: Harmony. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780375426179. Daedalus Item Code: 21093 |
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| From the turn of the 20th century to today, our language has grown by some 500,000 new words—at least, that's today's best guesstimate (1936). What accounts for this quantum leap ... (Read More)
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| The Watkins Dictionary of Dreams
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Mario Reading.
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| Publisher: Watkins. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781842931714. Daedalus Item Code: 31335 |
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| This illuminating, entertaining guide to interpreting dreams is based on sources in folklore, fine art, superstition, science, psychology, and philosophy, but Mario Reading's interpretations are ... (Read More)
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| The Watkins Dictionary of Magic: 3,000 Entries on the Magical Traditions
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Nevill Drury.
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| Publisher: Watkins. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781842931523. Daedalus Item Code: 31336 |
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| With defining explanations for all things magical—from spells and rituals to folkloric creatures, as well as profiles of occult figures and descriptions of mystical practices like Kabbalah, Tarot, ... (Read More)
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| Webster's New Basic Dictionary: Office Edition
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| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780618947218. Daedalus Item Code: N7048 |
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| With more than 60,000 definitions, this compact dictionary features an emphasis on the evolving language of science, medicine, and technology, as well as regional expressions and slang. (Read More)
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| Weedopedia: A Totally Dank A-Z Reefer Reference
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Will B. High.
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| Publisher: Adams Media. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781440506451. Daedalus Item Code: 30243 |
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| There's more to marijuana than smoking it, says dedicated aficionado "Will B. High," who here describes a remarkably diverse marijuana culture in more than 800 entries, covering everything from ... (Read More)
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