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|  | Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English; The World's Most Trusted Dictionaries by Press Boulevard Company Staff
This fascinating reference includes more than 8,000 entries that explain words and terms borrowed from other countries that enliven the English language. Detailed information is provided on spellings, histories, and usage of the words from more than 40 languages used in cooking, fashion, music, arts, history, politics, business and travel. AUTHOR: Press Boulevard Company Staff
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | The Sweet Life by Laura Stoddart
Description not available.An anthology of Laura Stoddart's exquisite, tiny drawings celebrates the art of relaxation, the pleasures of a well-kept house, and the charms of a peaceful garden in a collection of illustrations of figures puttering about in the garden or lazing around on a patch of green grass with a cool drink in hand instead of a trowel. AUTHOR: Laura Stoddart
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Silences by Tillie Olsen
Tillie Olsen`s classic collection of essays and observations on women as writers, the creative process and what silences it, and the terrible losses caused by those silences. AUTHOR: Tillie Olsen
PUBLISHER: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Writing to Win by Steven Stark, Steven D. Stark, P. E. G. Staff
Description not available.Explains the fundamentals of legal writing covering such topics as editing prose, improving arguments, litigation and technical writing, and writing memos, briefs, and contracts AUTHOR: Steven Stark, Steven D. Stark, P. E. G. Staff
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The Other Side of Silence by Arden Neisser
A forceful, ardent portrayal of the deaf. -- Kirkus Reviews An outstanding choice for public and academic libraries. -- Library Journal Arden Neisser's classic on American Sign Language (ASL) is again available, with a new prologue. The Other Side of Silence chronicles the culture and issues of the Deaf community through telling interviews and research from across the country. In widely varying encounters, Neisser heard Deaf individuals recall how teachers suppressed the use of ASL in the school, how linguists foster conflicting theories, and how various institutions diluted ASL to suit hearing patrons. This seminal book reveals the warmth, creativity, and resilience of Deaf people, and culminates in an update of the community today. AUTHOR: Arden Neisser
PUBLISHER: Gallaudet University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | McGuffey Third Reader by William H. McGuffey
Since 1836, children have been delighted by these volumes filled with exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. The Third Eclectic Reader includes The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Wind and the Sun, and We Are Seve... AUTHOR: William H. McGuffey
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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