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9781626365506 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, February 11, 2014, cover price $12.95
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9780819228680 | Morehouse Pub Co, November 1, 2013, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: This is one of the first books of its kind welcoming the voices of young adults in a discussion of faith, change, and community.
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9781620875971, titled "God Bless America: The Origins of Over 1,500 Patriotic Words and Phrases" | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, July 1, 2013, cover price $17.95
Product Description: "Hendrickson's account will appeal to general readers through his use of well-known first-person accounts to convey the human dimension of the fighting ...specialists will appreciate Hendrickson's argument that Grant's pursuit of Lee and his army was the only way to defeat an opponent determined to keep the field at any price...read more
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9780785820598, titled "Road to Appomattox" | Castle, October 30, 2008, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: "Hendrickson's account will appeal to general readers through his use of well-known first-person accounts to convey the human dimension of the fighting .
9780783893723 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, February 1, 2001), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Praise for Robert Hendrickson's The Road to Appomattox "An almost novelistically easy narrative, punctuated by well-done portraits of major players (Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Sherman, Sheridan, etc.
9780471148845 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, September 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the final days of the Civil War leading up to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, through reminiscences of participants, diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts
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9780471350606 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, March 20, 2000, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Recounts the final days of the Civil War leading up to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, through reminiscences of participants, diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts
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9781589792227 | Taylor Pub, December 30, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Citing the popularity and health benefits of tomatoes in America today, a guide to cultivating and cooking tomatoes provides forty favorite recipes and sections on such topics as container gardening and storing and preserving.
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9780816069668 | 4th edition (Facts on File, September 1, 2008), cover price $95.00
9780816048137, titled "Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" | 3 edition (Facts on File, December 1, 2003), cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Explains the origins of thousands of words, proverbs, idioms, foreign language expressions, animal and plant names, and nicknames.
9780816032662 | Revised edition (Facts on File, June 1, 1997), cover price $82.50 | About this edition: Explains the origins of thousands of words, proverbs, idioms, foreign language expressions, animal and plant names, and nicknames
9780816010127 | Facts on File, August 1, 1987, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: The most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind, the encyclopedia has been updated and expanded and now contains definitions and origins of over 15,000 words and expressions.
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9780816069675 | 4th edition (Checkmark Books, September 1, 2008), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: More than 15,000 entriesover 2,000 of which are new to this editionprovide information and anecdotes on the origin and development of a wide range of words and phrases, including: Fellini named the hyperactive photographer in La Dolce Vita Signor Paparazzo, after the Italian slang for mosquito, which lead to the popularity of the term, paparazzi.
9780816059928 | 3 edition (Checkmark Books, October 1, 2004), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explains the origins of thousands of words, proverbs, idioms, foreign language expressions, animal and plant names, and nicknames.
9780816040889 | Rev upd su edition (Facts on File, April 1, 2000), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explains the origins of thousands of words, proverbs, idioms, foreign language expressions, animal and plant names, and nicknames.
An A-to-Z reference to the English vocabulary in all its flavors and forms contains thousands of terms and phrases from every English-speaking region, including the U.K., the United States, Canada, Australia, India, the Philippines, the Caribbean, and Africa.
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9780471345183 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, April 26, 2001, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Contains definitions and explanations for thousands of terms and phrases from every English-speaking region, including the U.
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9780471197348 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, March 29, 2004, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: An A-to-Z reference to the English vocabulary in all its flavors and forms contains thousands of terms and phrases from every English-speaking region, including the U.
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9780785815556 | Castle, July 1, 2002, cover price $7.99
9780816021116 | Facts on File, May 1, 1996, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Defines New England expressions, from 'don't know enough to pound sand in a rat hole,' to 'go sandpaper the anchor'
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9780756766481 | Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2001, cover price $15.00
9780816035076 | Checkmark Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Defines New England expressions, from 'don't know enough to pound sand in a rat hole,' to 'go sandpaper the anchor'
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9780785815563 | Castle, July 1, 2002, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: New Yawk Tawk is a dictionary of the ethnically diverse and culturally dynamic expressions of the city and its surroundings.
9780816021147 | Facts on File, September 1, 1998, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Introduces readers to the vernacular of New York City
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9780816038695 | Checkmark Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Introduces readers to the vernacular of New York City
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9780816041565 | Facts on File, November 1, 2000, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Includes over 11,000 entries for regional expressions, with definitions and examples of usage, from such areas as New England, Appalachia, the Ozarks, New York, Gullah, the South, and the West.
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9780809230839 | Contemporary Books, August 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: By the author of The Literary Life, this book illuminates the glitter and the grit of show business through anecdotes about actors, theaters, directors, playwrights, critics -- and more -- from antiquity to present time.
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9781575663937 | Kensington Pub Corp, February 1, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Filled with rat attack stories, strange tales of elderly women living with rats, and other interesting information, a fascinating foray into the world of the rat examines the way these creatures have survived through the ages despite many attempts to annihilate them.
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9781853263873 | Wordsworth Edition, January 1, 1998, cover price $10.95
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9780816021130 | Facts on File, July 1, 1997, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Introduces readers to the vernacular of the Eastern U.
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9780816036929 | Checkmark Books, July 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Introduces readers to the vernacular of the Eastern U.
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9780028616070 | Macmillan General Reference, March 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses how to grow tomatoes, including information on planting, growing, starting from seeds, and controlling problems, and examines the different varieties
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9780883940952 | Bbs Pub Corp, March 1, 1996, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: An in-depth look at the events leading up to and encompassing the first battle of the War Between the States highlights the bizarre and tragic occurrences at Fort Sumter, in an informative look at the political and personal conflicts of 1861.
9780812831115 | Scarborough House, April 1, 1990, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Offers a detailed look at the firing on Fort Sumter, including its historical background, and decribes the ironies of the event
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9780440503927 | Reprint edition (Dell Books, May 1, 1991), cover price $8.99
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9780816021109 | Checkmark Books, January 1, 1993, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Defines southern expressions, from 'Adam's housecat' and 'all vine and no taters' to 'working without a full set of lights' and 'you-all'
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9780671522919 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, September 1, 1995), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Defines southern expressions, from 'Adam's housecat' and 'all vine and no taters' to 'working without a full set of lights' and 'you-all'
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9780816021123 | Facts on File, July 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Defines Western expressions, from 'above snakes' and 'acequia' to 'yippie-ki-yi-yay' and 'yucca country'
Presents a collection of unusual and entertaining facts and myths about writers, books, word origins, publishers, critics, grammar, and other aspects of the world of literature
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9780156527873 | Rev sub edition (Harvest Books, May 1, 1994), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of unusual and entertaining facts and myths about writers, books, word origins, publishers, critics, grammar, and other aspects of the world of literature
Explains the meaning and history of sports terms and phrases from 'according to Hoyle' and 'ace up one's sleeve' to 'win, place, and show,' and 'zebra' for referee
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9780671799090 | Macmillan General Reference, March 1, 1994, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Explains the meaning and history of sports terms and phrases from 'according to Hoyle' and 'ace up one's sleeve' to 'win, place, and show,' and 'zebra' for referee
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9780671799106 | Macmillan General Reference, November 1, 1993, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Provides the history of plant names from acanthus to zinnia, and includes folklore and sayings associated with each plant
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9780816015993 | Facts on File, March 1, 1990, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Gathers more than a thousand stories and witticisms from the lives of American writers and publishers
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9780140157895 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 1992), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Arranged alphabetically, this collection of literary anecdotes contains witty insights into the lives of famous American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, O.
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9780792446033 | Bdd Promotional Book Co, November 1, 1990, cover price $24.98
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9780816022472 | Facts on File, April 1, 1990, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Arranged alphabetically, this collection of literary anecdotes contains witty insights into the lives of famous British authors.
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9780816022489 | Facts on File, March 1, 1990, cover price $9.98 | About this edition: Gathers brief stories about poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, editors and publishers from around the world and from classical times to the twentieth century
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