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The Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780765762061 | Jason Aronson Inc, August 30, 2015, cover price $35.00

Paperback:

9780070429222, titled "Classroom Teaching Skills" | 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill College, February 1, 1995), cover price $45.05 | also contains Classroom Teaching Skills

There's a Word For It: How 20th Century America Sparked an Explosion of Words

Product Description: Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first no-brow (1922) Neanderthal grunted meaningfully...read more

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780375426179, titled "There's a Word For It: The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900" | 1 edition (Crown Pub, April 27, 2010), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Word geeks (1984), rejoice!

There's a Word for It: The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900

By Sol Steinmetz

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Miscellaneous:

9780307717634 | Crown Pub, April 27, 2010, cover price $19.99

Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780375426124 | Random House Reference &, November 25, 2008, cover price $14.95

The Life of Language: The Fascinating Ways Words Are Born, Live & Die

Provides a close-up look at how popular culture, technology, business, globalization, and other forces transform and enrich the English language by forming thousands of new words every year and details the etymologies of a variety of words including infantries, frankenfoods, dinks, perps, and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.

By Barbara Ann Kipfer and Sol Steinmetz

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Paperback:

9780375721137 | Random House Reference &, July 11, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides a close-up look at how popular culture, technology, business, globalization, and other forces transform and enrich the English language by forming thousands of new words every year and details the etymologies of a variety of words including infantries, frankenfoods, dinks, perps, and more.

Dictionary Of Jewish Usage: A Guide To The Use Of Jewish Terms

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780742543874 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, July 31, 2005, cover price $76.00

Meshuggenary: Celebrating the World of Yiddish

An eclectic introduction to the Yiddish language and its culture in America throughout the past century considers its grammatical and vocabulary basics, offers a wealth of expressions and insults, and profiles Yiddish influences on the arts, food, and education. 25,000 first printing.

By Charles M. Levine, Sol Steinmetz and Payson R. Stevens

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Hardcover:

9780743227421 | Bilingual edition (Simon & Schuster, September 1, 2002), cover price $33.00 | About this edition: An introduction to the Yiddish language and its culture in America throughout the past century considers its grammatical and vocabulary basics, offers a wealth of expressions and insults, and profiles Yiddish influences on the arts, food, and education.

Webster's Desk Dictionary

Product Description: With 60,000 current and practical entries, this volume contains exactly the kind of information requested and needed for everyday use in school or the office, or at home. â¢ A compact edition of Random House Webster's College Dictionary--the bestselling dictionary of all timeâ¢ Several helpful supplements that include Metric and U...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Carol G. Braham (editor) and Sol Steinmetz (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780375425653 | Random House Reference &, July 1, 2001, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: With 60,000 current and practical entries, this volume contains exactly the kind of information requested and needed for everyday use in school or the office, or at home.

9780517181980 | Gramercy, July 1, 1996, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Contains over 60,000 entries, including biographical and geographical entries, usage notes, and supplements

Yiddish and English: The Story of Yiddish in America

Product Description: This is the only book to seriously treat the intriguing linguistic and cultural phenomenon of the intimate contact between Yiddish and English over the past 120 years. Yiddish arrived in America as the mother tongue of millions of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Sol Steinmetz

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Paperback:

9780817311032 | 2 edition (Univ of Alabama Pr, May 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This is the only book to seriously treat the intriguing linguistic and cultural phenomenon of the intimate contact between Yiddish and English over the past 120 years.

Youthopia USA

Product Description: Youthopia USA tells the story of a future government run by juveniles. The anti-hero of the novel is a Juvenocrat, Booper Simms, who finds himself at odds with the ruthless demands of his job and in the end becomes a criminal and fugitive...read more

By Sol Steinmetz

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Paperback:

9780595098378 | Writers Showcase Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Youthopia USA tells the story of a future government run by juveniles.

Chambers Dictionary of Etymology

The Old Ones had prophesied that someday dragon would fight dragon until there were none left in the world, and now this prophesy begins to come true as the legendary Charmed Dragons confront an army of Naturals, and Fortune, a half-caste, holds the key to survival. Original.

By Robert K. Barnhart (editor) and Sol Steinmetz (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780550142306 | Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd, September 15, 1999, cover price $45.00

Paperback:

9780061056475, titled "Dragoncharm" | Harpercollins, November 1, 1996, cover price $5.99 | also contains Dragoncharm | About this edition: The Old Ones had prophesied that someday dragon would fight dragon until there were none left in the world, and now this prophesy begins to come true as the legendary Charmed Dragons confront an army of Naturals, and Fortune, a half-caste, holds the key to survival.

Random House Webster's Dictionary

More than sixty thousand entries are accompanied by comprehensive definitions; advice on grammar, usage, and writing; etymologies; usage notes; and geographical and biographical entries. Reissue.

By Sol Steinmetz (editor)

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Paperback:

9780345383372, titled "Random House Webster's Dictionary" | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, February 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | also contains Educational Assessment on Trial | About this edition: A comprehensive guide to sixty-thousand current words and terms features idioms, helpful supplements on grammar, usage, and writing, etymologies, and usage labels

Random House Webster's School & Office Dictionary

An updated, all-purpose dictionary includes current geographical and biographical names, popular terms such as 'channel-surf' and 'information superhighway,' and glossaries of computer, multimedia, and business terms. Original. 35,000 first printing.

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Paperback:

9780679761587, titled "Random House Webster's School & Office Dictionary" | Revised edition (Random House Inc, August 1, 1995), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Offers over 60,000 entries drawn from the Random House Living Dictionary database and includes a new words section, a pronunciation key, and glossaries of business and computer terms

9780679744207, titled "Random House Webster's School & Office Dictionary" | Random House Inc, August 1, 1993, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: This portable reference tool, suitable for both home and office use, contains more than sixty thousand entries, featuring easy-to-read type, etymologies, and accurate definitions.

Random House Websters Concise Dictionary

Product Description: Special New-Words SectionOver 60,000 Entries, Completely Up-to-dateComputer and Business Glossaries

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780679416906 | Random House Inc, August 1, 1993, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Special New-Words SectionOver 60,000 Entries, Completely Up-to-dateComputer and Business Glossaries

Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology

Provides the linguistic derivations of more than twenty thousand American English words

By Robert K. Barnhart (editor) and Sol Steinmetz (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780824207458 | Hw Wilson Co, August 1, 1988, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: Provides the linguistic derivations of more than twenty thousand American English words

Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America

By Sol Steinmetz

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Hardcover:

9780817302580 | Univ of Alabama Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $20.50 | About this edition: This is the only book to seriously treat the intriguing linguistic and cultural phenomenon of the intimate contact between Yiddish and English over the past 120 years.

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