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Product Description: Mark Beech's 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serializations. This extended and updated version covers more genres than just rock (e.g. pop, punk, indie, reggae, soul, country, blues, folk, jazz, heavy metal, grunge and rap artists and bands) and will appeal to music fans internationally, as well as being the must-buy book for pub quiz fans...read more

Hardcover:

9781844158072, titled "A Dictionary of Rock and Pop Names: The Rock and Pop Names Encyclopedia from Aaliyah to ZZ Top" | Remember When Pub, July 19, 2009, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Mark Beech's 1998 predecessor, The A-Z of Names in Rock generated over 50 radio interviews, 15 articles, 7 features in nationals and two serializations.

Hardcover:

9780548162576, titled "A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames of Persons, Places and Things" | Kessinger Pub Co, July 30, 2007, cover price $45.95
9781558889019 | Reprint edition (Omnigraphics Inc, April 1, 1990), cover price $54.00

Paperback:

9781430458579, titled "A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames of Persons, Places and Things" | Kessinger Pub Co, January 30, 2007, cover price $30.95

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Provides definitions and origins for such name-based words as decibel, braille, raglan, spartan, and vandal

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9780805059427, titled "What's in a Name?: How Proper Names Became Everyday Words" | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Provides definitions and origins for such name-based words as decibel, braille, raglan, spartan, and vandal

Paperback:

9780805059434, titled "What's in a Name?: How Proper Names Became Everyday Words" | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 2000, cover price $14.00
9780756764036, titled "What's in a Name?: How Proper Names Became Everyday Words" | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 1999, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Think of it.

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Discusses the sources and meanings of the proper names of places, people, literary characters, musical groups, holidays, and sports teams

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9780304344475 | Cassell, August 1, 1994, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Discusses the sources and meanings of the proper names of places, people, literary characters, musical groups, holidays, and sports teams

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Hardcover:

9780670825738 | Rev upd su edition (Viking Pr, December 1, 1991), cover price $29.95

Hardcover:

9780825429620 | Kregel Pubns, February 1, 1990, cover price $26.99

Paperback:

9780825429613 | Subsequent edition (Kregel Pubns, December 1, 1990), cover price $22.99

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Identifies heroes, heroines, gods, goddesses, kings, queens, and soldiers mentioned in Greek and Roman mythology

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9780844254739 | Natl Textbook Co, July 1, 1990, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Identifies heroes, heroines, gods, goddesses, kings, queens, and soldiers mentioned in Greek and Roman mythology

Essential facts about proper names, includes persons, places, events, and mythological figures

Hardcover:

9780136119470 | Prentice Hall Direct, June 1, 1980, cover price $30.00 | also contains Cashing in on Pre-foreclosures and Short Sales: A Real Estate Investor's Guide to Making a Fortune Even in a Down Market
9780136119395 | Prentice Hall Direct, June 1, 1973, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Essential facts about proper names, includes persons, places, events, and mythological figures

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