 | Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary -Thumb-Indexed Version
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by F. A. Davis Company
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 | Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach
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by Jossey-Bass
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(03 October, 2003)
(4 reviews) 
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 | The American Accent Guide, Second Edition: A Complete and Comprehensive Course on
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by Lingual Arts
Paperback
(January, 2004)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: most comprehensive and accurate I've found: See my review on the 1st edition for a comparative analysis of this book with others. |
 | The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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by Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover
(15 January, 2000)
(29 reviews) 
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 | The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts
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by Wings
Hardcover
(12 December, 1988)
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 | The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(01 November, 1991)
(39 reviews)
Editorial Review: Proper words in their proper places--and a good many improperones, too! If the OED's many obsolete definitions tend to be the mostenjoyable--shuff is dialect for "shy," dolt wasonce upon a time a verb as well, |
 | The Courage to Teach : Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
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by Jossey-Bass
Hardcover
(21 November, 1997)
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Editorial Review: As a spiritually inspirational book for teachers, The Courage to Teach is one of the best. The premise is concise and unarguable: good teaching comes from the identity and the integrity of the teacher. Teachers are encouraged to turn their inquiring minds inward--developing a deeper understanding of what it means to fulfill the spiritual calling of teaching. Good teachers share one trait, |
 | The DC Comics Encyclopedia
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by DK Publishing Inc
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(18 October, 2004)
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 | The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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by Longman
Paperback
(15 January, 2000)
(195 reviews)
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 | The Encyclopedia of Chicago
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by University of Chicago Press
Hardcover
(15 October, 2004)
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 | The Great World Atlas (Great World Atlas)
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by DK Publishing Inc
Hardcover
(20 September, 2004)
(2 reviews)
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 | The Greatest Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and
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by HarperResource
Hardcover
(18 March, 2003)
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 | The Gregg Reference Manual (Spiral w/Flap)
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by McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Spiral-bound
(01 January, 2001)
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 | The Marilyn Encyclopedia
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by Overlook Press
Paperback
(04 September, 2001)
(19 reviews)
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 | The Million Word Crossword Dictionary
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by HarperResource
Hardcover
(02 March, 2004)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Best crossword puzzle resource I've found: I bought this book for my father. He says it's the greatest book around for working crossword pussles. |
 | The Mother Tongue
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by Perennial
Paperback
(01 September, 1991)
(82 reviews)
Editorial Review: Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. |
 | The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(09 December, 2004)
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 | The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (20 Volume Set)
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(01 March, 1989)
(24 reviews)
Editorial Review: The Oxford English Dictionary has long been considered the ultimate reference work in English lexicography. Compiled by the legendary editor James Murray and a staff of brilliant philologists and lexicographers (not to mention onehomicidal maniac), |
 | The Stories Of English
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by Overlook Press
Hardcover
(02 September, 2004)
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 | The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in
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by Free Press
Hardcover
(01 September, 1999)
(10 reviews)
Editorial Review: In a time when educators and politicians in the United States are fumbling for a fix--from vouchers to smaller class sizes--for ailing public schools, it's refreshing to read the more sophisticated take on what can be done to improve American education found in The Teaching Gap, |
 | TOEFL Test Preparation Kit (Book & CD-ROM)
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by Educational Testing Service
Paperback
(November, 2000)
(8 reviews)
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 | Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
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by Center for the Difficult Child
Paperback
(01 April, 1999)
(43 reviews)
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 | Wiley GAAP 2005 : Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting
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by Wiley
Paperback
(08 October, 2004)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Amazon - help your users!: My rating has nothing to do with this book, but about trying to figure out why this edition (Nov 2003) was so much more expensive than the earlier edition (Oct 2003). |
 | Words Their Way, Third Edition
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by Prentice Hall
Paperback
(07 May, 2003)
(13 reviews)
Customer Review: Practical and Indispensible: While at the University of Nevada, Reno (where co-authors Donald Bear and Shane Templeton teach), I was required to have this book for my language arts method class. |
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