Dictionaries category: 3071 books
A Sea of Words
A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: “A gem of a book” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his...
by A. L. Mayhew, Walter W. Skeat
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This book contains what the title promises: a Middle English Dictionary. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and anyone interested in the history and literature of the English language.
Dirty Words
A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This witty reference steps in where time-honored discussions of the birds-and-the-bees typically fall short. Each of the 90-some entries are formally defined and further explained through reflective and ribald definitions, essays, and stories by some of today's most exciting writers. Everything from...
by Sidney L. Landau
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today.
by Dottie Randazzo
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Never before have 442 cosmic / universal laws ever been defined in one place.Have you ever wondered how many cosmic and universal laws exist? I bet you have no idea how many of these laws affect you every day, second-by-second.One of these laws states that the three points of a triangle...
El Chingonario
Diccionario de uso, reuso y abuso del chingar y sus derivados
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 27, 2015
El Chingonario es un diccionario del verbo má usado en México: chingar, en él usted podrá encontrar, en orden alfabético, palabras y expresiones derivadas del mismo, así como su definición y nuevas invenciones con las que puede jugar. Además, cada definición se acompaña de ejemplos en los...
The Deeper Meaning of Liff
A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
A rollicking, thought-provoking dictionary for the modern age, featuring definitions for those things we don't have words for, from the New York Times bestselling author behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, and TV producer John Lloyd.
Does the sensation of Tingrith(1)...
The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide
Every Indie Author’s Essential Directory—To Help You Prepare, Publish, and Promote Professional Looking Books
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
“An essential reference to the best publishing resources for every self-published author. Highly recommended.” -- Mark Coker, Smashwords founder
“This short-cut to the top pros—editors, designers, marketers, bloggers, distributors—is just exactly what we’ve...
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits--a merciless "American Swift" whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this...
Lessons in Esperanto
Learn more with your Kobo, take tests and translate
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Learn Esperanto with this book full of exercises, including tests for you to translate Esperanto to English and English to Esperanto.
As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic language. It has been described as "a language lexically predominantly...
by Samantha Ward, Corinne Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
This pocket-sized guide identifies common American legal phrases and concepts and provides accurate Spanish translations. The book is divided into sections based on substantive areas of law including criminal law, family law, labor and employment law, personal injury and medical malpractice, immigration,...
by Nam Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
The Essential 120,000 English-Japanese Words Dictionary is a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their Japanese equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone...
by Eugene Ehrlich
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Between TV talk shows, radio call-in programs, email and the Internet, spontaneous-talk media has skyrocketed in the '90s. People are interacting more frequently and more fervently than ever before, turning the English language into an indecipherable mess. Now, this unique and concise compendium presents...
by AA. VV.
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Il Dizionario Spiegato dei Sinonimi e dei Contrari è un'opera completa e funzionale rivolta a tutti coloro che, per studio o per lavoro, vogliono trovare la parola giusta potenziando la propria abilità lessicale.
Il potente indice consente di muoversi con facilità all’interno del testo e di trovare immediatamente ciò che si desidera.