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1 volume (unpaged) ; 14 cm
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English
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What's in a name? If you want your new baby to grow up to be an astronaut, why not try Clayton or Claudie? Or perhaps you'd prefer a ballet dancer (Rudolf or Darcy) or even a scientist (Albert or Marie)? Whatever you hope your little bundle will grow up to be, you'll find the perfect name inside!
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ix, 416 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Growing a baby? Got to name it? No sweat. Take naming inspiration from the ultimate, most kick ass men and women in history. This baby name book is an A-Z of total badasses, explains what gives them serious swagger and the reasons why they are worthy of being your future son or daughter's moniker. From the world-changers and fearless adventurers, to the whip-smart inventors and scientists of the last five centuries, why not name your little bundle...
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127 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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Este diccionario de nombres personales con sus significados está dividido en segmentos de los siguientes tipos de nombres : alemanes, árabes, eslavos, españoles, franceses, griegos, hebreos, hindúes, ingleses, japoneses, mayas, en náhuatl [aztecas], escritores mexicanos (hombres) y mujeres famosas.
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701 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"More than 6,000 baby names and their meanings, with each name accompanied by an inspiring quotation. Includes naming customs, guided meditations for selecting a name, and indexes of names by meaning and ethnicity. Also includes popular names by decade, terms for grandparents, and popular pet names"--Provided by publisher.
"What's in a name? Thoreau thought 'all the poetry in the world.' How does a parent live up to that? Here, parents find more...
15) The word detective: searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary : a memoir
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xvi, 364 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments, its quirks, and its quiddities than the former chief editor of the OED,...
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815 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Timeʼ by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. Over the course of fifteen books and millions of words, the world that Jordan created grew in depth and complexity. However, only a fraction of what Jordan imagined ended up on the page, the rest going into his personal files. Now The Wheel of Time Companion sheds light on some of...
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English
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Rethinking documentation for the digital age. The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, as an e-book, or perhaps listened to in an audio version. On the Web, modes of publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified....
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255 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
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English
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The bestselling classic has been revised and updated! A colorful guide to the world's most consequential trivia, Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless is a reference book like no other. It now includes 18 all new graphs and 23 updated ones. It helps us make sense of our world by putting the data we are bombarded with every day -- health findings, technological advances, cultural touch points, war statistics -- into creative visual perspective. Like...
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xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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If you've ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O'Neill recalls, you feel like a magician. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn and a lifetime to master. Steeped in grammar tomes and outdated textbooks, O'Neill faced an increasing certainty that she was not only failing to master Arabic, but also driving herself crazy. She took a decade-long hiatus,...
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