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1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die
Matthew Rye, ed. Steven Isserlis, preface.
Publisher: Universe.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780789315830.  Daedalus Item Code: 30492
 
From medieval madrigals to living composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, the finest classical music of all time is surveyed and discussed in this authoritative and entertaining guide. Sonatas, ... (Read More)
 
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AA Phrasebook French

Publisher: AA Publishing.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780749556648.  Daedalus Item Code: 32497
 
With more than 2,000 commonly used words and essential phrases, this compact book covers all the subjects and situations you are likely to encounter on your visit, from reserving a room for the night ... (Read More)
 
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AA Phrasebook Spanish

Publisher: AA Publishing.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780749556693.  Daedalus Item Code: 32501
 
With more than 2,000 commonly used words and essential phrases, this compact book covers all the subjects and situations you are likely to encounter on your visit, from reserving a room for the night ... (Read More)
 
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Aardvark to Zygote: Illustrated Dictionary with Sundry Articles and Diverse Supplements
Ian Brookes, ed.
Publisher: Collins.   Format: laminated cover.
ISBN: 9780007281022.  Daedalus Item Code: 22352
 
What hangs around in a group dubbed a shrewdness? What do you call a female lobster? And what might a Boanerges say to an Ananias? This fascinating compendium of facts, slang ... (Read More)
 
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
Nicholas Ostler.
Publisher: Walker & Company.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9780802716798.  Daedalus Item Code: 29725
 
The Latin language has been the one constant in the cultural history of the West over two millennia—the foundation of our education, the terminology of science and law, and until recent decades, the ... (Read More)
 
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Ambrose Bierce's Write it Right: The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers
Ambrose Bierce & Jan Freeman.
Publisher: Walker.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9780802717689.  Daedalus Item Code: 31864
 
Best known for his Devil's Dictionary, journalist and professional cynic Ambrose Bierce was also a maven of English usage, and in 1909 he gave us Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of ... (Read More)
 
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American Heritage Student Dictionary

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.   Format: laminated cover.
ISBN: 9780618256198.  Daedalus Item Code: 31977
 
This edition of the familiar classroom dictionary features more than 2,000 color photographs and illustrations, and 3,000 new definitions. Along with terms, idioms, geographical locations, and basic ... (Read More)
 
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Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
John Bemelmans Marciano.
Publisher: Bloomsbury.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781596916531.  Daedalus Item Code: 31867
 
The Earl of Sandwich, fond of salted beef and toast, found a novel way to eat them together. French finance minister Etienne de Silhouette was so notoriously cheap that his name became a byword for ... (Read More)
 
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Answers to Rhetorical Questions
Caroline Taggart.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781843173601.  Daedalus Item Code: 32478
 
A question that doesn't want an answer—what kind of question is that? The rhetorical question is one of those grammatical quirks that doesn't seem to have any logic to it. Never fear—thanks to this ... (Read More)
 
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The Bedbug Book: The Complete Guide to Prevention and Extermination
Ralph H. Maestre.
Publisher: Skyhorse.   Format: paperback.
ISBN: 9781616082994.  Daedalus Item Code: 30831
 
Bedbugs were believed to have been eradicated by DDT and organophosphates in the 1950s, but they are now reaching epidemic levels; some cities have seen a 1000% increase in bedbug infestations within ... (Read More)
 
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 14 Volumes

Publisher: Editions Grund, Paris.   Format: 14 vols, boxed.
ISBN: 9782700030709.  Daedalus Item Code: 22232
 
Since it was originally published in France in 1911, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists has been the unrivalled, indispensable work of reference for art historians, dealers, collectors, and students, ... (Read More)
 
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The Big Idea: How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future
Timothy Ferris, foreword.
Publisher: National Geographic.   Format: hardcover.
ISBN: 9781426208102.  Daedalus Item Code: 30599
 
From the Pythagorean theorem to the double helix of DNA, from the discovery of microscopic life forms to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the big ideas of science and technology shape our ... (Read More)
 
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