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|  | The Whitney Women & the Museum They Made by Flora Miller Biddle
Description not available.Fully told for the first time, the story of the Whitney Museum recalls its founding by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney as a studio in 1914 and the subsequent three generations of women who made it grow. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Flora Miller Biddle
PUBLISHER: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | Bartlett's Familiar Quotations by John G. Bartlett, Justin Kaplan
Description not available.A new edition of the classic reference, first published in 1855, features more than twenty thousand quotations, representing some 2,500 authors, including new selections from Bill and Hillary Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, Jacques Cousteau, Rudolph Giuliani, Alfred Hitchcock, J. K. Rowling, and many others. 100,000 first printing. AUTHOR: John G. Bartlett, Justin Kaplan
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Teach Yourself Latin Grammar by Gregory Klyve
Learning Latin has finally been made simple and straightforward. Teach Yourself Latin Grammar replaces the usual tedious teaching methods with interesting, clear, and easy explanations. Tackling a single grammar point per page, each section--Tenses, Cases, and Declensions, to name a few--is accompanied by plenty of practice. You'll find this book ideal for learning entirely on your own or as a supplement to your classwork. AUTHOR: Gregory Klyve
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Classic Spanish Stories & Plays by Marcel C. Andrade
Spanning El Cid (1140) to El burlador de Sevilla (1630), Classic Spanish Stories and Plays contains eight great Spanish classics works including Don Quixote, one of the masterpieces of world literature. Expertly abridged and adapted for the intermediate learner, each tale and play includes ample cultural notes and translations of difficult words. An extensive vocabulary is included at the back of the book. AUTHOR: Marcel C. Andrade
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Art of Spelling by Joanne Reilly, Marilyn Vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant, a columnist for Parade magazine, explores the history of English orthography while answering a variety of questions about spelling culled from her Ask Marilyn spelling survey. AUTHOR: Joanne Reilly, Marilyn Vos Savant
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecom Dictionary by Jade Clayton
This straight-forward, straight-talking blockbuster is the easiest way to make sense of the telecom industry for those who don't have an advanced degree--and a trusty reference for those who do. Designed to be of value even to novices, this collection of nearly 4000 to-the-point definitions helps readers decipher telecom and data terminology, concepts, insider jargon, and acronyms. The accompanying CD-ROM allows users to search the entire book and provides 1,000 bonus pages of related coverage from other McGraw-Hill titles--offering an unmatched vehicle for understanding today's complex internet worked telecom world.
* The only fully illustrated telecommunications dictionary anywhere
* 800 new definitions in this edition
* 100 new illustrations (about 400 in all)
* Up-to-date: new terms focus on streaming media and video communications--telecom's fastest growing applications
* Over 8000 references AUTHOR: Jade Clayton
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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