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  | | Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases(Reprint) (Multilingual Edition) by David Pickering, Martin H. Manser Encadernação Para Biblioteca, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Paw Prints ISBN-13: 978-1-4395-7376-1, ISBN: 1-4395-7376-X |
 | | The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs by David Pickering, Martin H. Manser, Rosalind Fergusson 499 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-2113-0, ISBN: 1-4381-2113-X |
 | | Facts on File Guide to Good Writing, The by Martin H. Manser, Stephen Curtis, David Pickering Paperback, 405 Pages, Published 2006 by Checkmark Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-8288-9, ISBN: 0-7394-8288-2 "For information contact: Checkmark Books An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-8288-9 Text design by Erika K. Arroyo Cover design by Cathy Rincon Printed in the United States of ..." |
 | | The Cassell Dictionary & Thesaurus(Updated) by David Pickering, Martin Manser, E. M. Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Mclaren Kirkpatrick Hardcover, 1,277 Pages, Published 1899 by Sterling Pub Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-304-35004-9, ISBN: 0-304-35004-4 "It's two books in one, with over 200,000 entries -- and that saves time and trouble!" |
 | | The Facts on File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions by David Pickering, Martin H. Manser 448 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-2111-6, ISBN: 1-4381-2111-3 "Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others." |
 | | Good Word Guide(5th Edition) Answers Everyday Language Problems by Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, Jonathon Green, Rosalind Fergusson, Elizabeth Mclaren Kirkpatrick, Jenny Roberts Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-6524-6, ISBN: 0-7475-6524-4 "As new words flood into conversations, presentations, e-mail correspondence and websites, ever more questions are generated as to how to speak and write correctly. This fully updated edition of the bestselling Good Word Guide offers information and advice on punctuation, pronunciation, spelling and grammar, and provides quick answers to everyday language problems." |
 | | Cassell's Thesaurus(Updated) (Cassell Value) by Betty Kirkpatrick, E.M. Kirkpatrick, Non Stated, Elizabeth Mclaren Kirkpatrick, Martin H. Manser, David Pickering Hardcover, 770 Pages, Published 2001 by Cassell Reference ISBN-13: 978-0-304-35733-8, ISBN: 0-304-35733-2 "Cassell's Thesaurus is now available in a new compact value format. It lists over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms in a user-friendly A-Z arrangement, giving brief definitions and generous labelling to to enable the user to pinpoint exact shades of meaning and correct usage. Part of Cassell's new range of attractively produced and competitively priced family reference titles, Cassell's Thesaurus will prove invaluable to writers of English, ..." |
 | | The Secret Life of the English Language Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs by Martin H. Manser, David Pickering Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Phoenix ISBN-13: 978-0-7538-2417-7, ISBN: 0-7538-2417-5 "A more-ishly browsable collection of words and phrases, linguistic quirks, lexical oddities and syntactic surprises.Our langauge is one of delight and curiosity. BUTTERING PARSNIPS, TWOCKING CHAVS is a guided tour of English, exploring the origins of words, their changing meaning, lexical peculiarities, word games and lost words, presented in lists, small passages of narrative text, amusing quotations and nuggets of amazing facts.This m ..." |
 | | The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs, Second Edition(2nd Edition) (Writers Reference) by Martin H. Manser, Rosalind Fergusson, David Pickering Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2007 by Facts On File ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6673-5, ISBN: 0-8160-6673-6 "A proverb is a saying, usually short, that expresses a general truth about life. Proverbs give advice, make an observation, or present a lesson in a succinct and memorable way. We use proverbs or allude to them often in everyday speech. Some examples of proverbs include: Better safe than sorry; The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. ""The Facts On File Dictionary of Pro ..." |
 | | Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth Century Phrase and Fable Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Elizabeth Martin, David Pickering, Alan Isaacs Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1994 by Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-304-34491-8, ISBN: 0-304-34491-5 |
 | | The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs(2nd Edition) (Facts on File Writer's Library) by Martin H. Manser, Rosalind Fergusson, David Pickering Paperback, 499 Pages, Published 2007 by Checkmark Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-6674-2, ISBN: 0-8160-6674-4 "This reference includes 1500 English-language proverbs that are widely recognized. Arranged alphabetically, entries give the meaning of each proverb, the date it was first recorded, variant forms of the proverb, other proverbs that are similar and opposite to it in meaning, and examples of the proverb's use. Proverbs covered include - "Absense makes the heart grow fonder", "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", "Every man is his ..." |
 | | Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs The Secret Life Of The English Language: A Miscellany of Curious and Extraordinary Words by Martin H. Manser, David Pickering Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by W&N ISBN-13: 978-0-304-36815-0, ISBN: 0-304-36815-6 "Why do some words die, never to be used again? With examples ranging from Shakespeare to text messaging, this is a browsable collection rich with amusing quotations, unusual anecdotes, and clever wordplay." |
 | | The Penguin Pocket Thesaurus by Rosalind Fergusson, Martin Manser, David Pickering, Stephen Curtis Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2005 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-101859-1, ISBN: 0-14-101859-3 ""The Penguin Pocket Thesaurus" offers a vast range of synonyms for a whole host of words in A-Z order - ranging from the everyday to the comparatively obscure. Invaluable and up-to-date, this is the ideal portable reference book for anyone stuck for precisely the right word or phrase, whatever the occasion." |
 | | The Macmillan Concise Encyclopedia A World of Knowledge for Busy People by Alan Isaacs, Elizabeth A. Martin, David Pickering Paperback, 800 Pages, Published 1991 by Pan Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-56403-5, ISBN: 0-333-56403-0 |
 | | Penguin Concise Thesaurus,The (Penguin Reference Books) by David Pickering, Rosalind Fergusson, Martin H. Manser, Martin Manser, Fergusson Et Al Paperback, 896 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-051520-6, ISBN: 0-14-051520-8 "Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z form, "The New Penguin Concise Thesaurus" offers a vast selection of synonyms for a whole host of words, ranging from the everyday to the comparatively esoteric and from standard vocabulary to contemporary slang and jargon ('e-tailer', 'chill out'). Each entry is simplicity itself to follow, and where a particular word has several different senses, these are clearly indicated and explained. This is a perfe ..." |
 | | The Facts on File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions (Facts on File Writer's Library) by Martin H. Manser, David Pickering Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2003 by Checkmark Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-4869-4, ISBN: 0-8160-4869-X "Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others." |
 | | New Penguin Thesaurus In A To Z Form(Updated) (Penguin Reference Books) by Rosalind Et Fergusson, Martin Manser, David Pickering Paperback, 676 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-051469-8, ISBN: 0-14-051469-4 "The word Thesaurus dates from the 19th century and means, from Greek through Latin, a storehouse, treasury or repository of information about words. And what a long way the concept has come since the thematic Roget's Thesaurus of Words and Phrases, published in 1852, which was fascinating but oh so difficult to use. The New Penguin Thesaurus, like most modern thesauri (thesauruses is a permitted alternative plural if you prefer) arrange ..." |
 | | The New Penguin Thesaurus (Penguin Reference Books) by Rosalind Fergusson, David Pickering, Martin H. Manser Hardcover, 676 Pages, Published 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-029311-1, ISBN: 0-14-029311-6 "The word Thesaurus dates from the 19th century and means, from Greek through Latin, a storehouse, treasury or repository of information about words. And what a long way the concept has come since the thematic Roget's Thesaurus of Words and Phrases, published in 1852, which was fascinating but oh so difficult to use. The New Penguin Thesaurus, like most modern thesauri (thesauruses is a permitted alternative plural if you prefer) arrange ..." |
 | | The Cassell Thesaurus(Updated) (Cassel English dictionaries) by Pekka Gronow, E. M. Kirkpatrick, Betty Kirkpatrick, David Pickering, Martin H. Manser, Elizabeth Mclaren Kirkpatrick Hardcover, 780 Pages, Published 1998 by Cassell ISBN-13: 978-0-304-34928-9, ISBN: 0-304-34928-3 "A completely new thesaurus, reflecting the state of the language in the 1990s The only thesaurus to attach definitions to numbered lists of synonyms Synonyms listed in easy-to-use A-Z format Contains over 300,000 synonyms Dictionary definitions included to pinpoint shades of meaning for each group of synonyms Full coverage of general, colloquial and regional English, including idiomatic expressions Generous labelling shows how to use sy ..." |
 | | Pan-Macmillan Encyclopaedia by Elizabeth Martin Ma, David Pickering Ma, Edmund Wright Ma, Hazel Egerton Ba, Alan Isaacs, Valerie Illingworth, John Daintith Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 1989 by Pan Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-330-30920-2, ISBN: 0-330-30920-X "This one-volume encyclopedia is constantly revised to meet the requirements of readers. Particular attention is paid to science technology and commerce. In addition, there are numerous biographies, with emphasis on 20th century celebrities, the arts, politics and sport." |
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