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Newly revised and updated, "Webster's II New College Dictionary" contains more than 200,000 definitions, including scientific, technology, and computer terms. 400 line drawings.

The Essential Writer's Companion is a complete guide to effective communication. It contains basic information on spelling, punctuation, word formation, style, grammar, and proofreading - all organized clearly and accessibly. Learn how to construct persuasive sentences and paragraphs to ensure that your written work is to the point and forceful throughout. Special sections on writing papers and reports and on doing research in the library round out this indispensable volume for school, home, or office.

The Compact American Medical Dictionary is an important new reference book for those who need a better understanding of health and who want to make knowledgeable decisions on personal health-care issues. Incorporating features of the best-selling American Heritage(R) dictionaries, it defines up-to-date medical terms in an easy-to-understand, comprehensive manner. It's more than 10,000 entries address all areas of medicine and health. In addition, clear, useful drawings and charts detail aspects of the human anatomy as well as vital preventative health and wellness information.

Survey of English usage, grammar, and style offering guidance on almost any writing problem imaginable.

Enter the world of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and the Dwarves as they continue their journey. This new book in the Hobbit range includes different fact files and activities designed to inform the reader about the story and its characters and invite them to participate using the stickers. Includes four pages of full-color photo stickers featuring the characters, and creatures from the films.

Education on the Brink - Reform Reconsidered

Sir John Houghton's definitive, full-colour guide to climate change is brought fully up-to-date with the latest IPCC findings for students across a wide range of disciplines. The simple, logical flow of ideas gives an invaluable grounding in the science, physical and human impacts, and need for action on global warming.

Global warming and the resulting climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world community. Global Warming: The Complete Briefing is the most comprehensive guide available to the subject. A world-renowned expert, Sir John Houghton explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change on human society, before addressing the action that could be taken by governments, by industry and by individuals to mitigate the effects. The first two editions received excellent reviews, and this completely updated new edition will prove to be the best briefing the student or interested general reader could wish for.

The best briefing on global warming the student or interested general reader could wish for.

55,000 entries selected by computer research.

The Houghton Mifflin Reading Series models a progressive, unified approach to improving reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills. By pairing skills and strategies with paragraphs and short selections, the series introduces each new concept in context. The readings represent a diverse range of sources, including textbooks, magazines, and literature--a sound framework for students to practice applying new skills and strategies.Eduspace is Houghton Mifflin' s online learning tool. Powered by Blackboard, Eduspace is a customizable, powerful and interactive platform that provides instructors with text-specific online courses and content in multiple disciplines. HM Reading Series' features include homework and cumulative pre-and post-tests.

Horizons best accommodates the needs of students in high-level developmental writing and low-level freshman composition courses. Its dual focus on thematic readings and rhetorical styles ensures that students remain engaged as they practice narration, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and other modes of writing. A diverse set of reading selections from a variety of sources model different rhetorical modes. A flexible organization also allows instructors to assign chapters in any order.

This casebook can supplement any Consumer Behavior course. Thirteen cases have been drawn various Houghton Mifflin Business titles. In addition, the casebook features four new cases that focus on practices and theories associated directly with Consumer Behavior.The text can be automatically packaged with any Houghton Mifflin text upon request or sold as a standalone product for use with any other CB title.Teaching Notes appear on the textbook web sites for Hoyer/MacInnis, Consumer Behavior, 3/e, and Assael, Consumer Behavior: A Strategic Approach.

More than 2,500 new entries have been added to keep pace with the technical, social, and linguistic changes of modern society. The Concise Third Edition features numerous usage guides and over 400 photographs and drawings to supplement the text.

The editors of the American Heritage(R) Dictionary offer readers this handy, up-to-date reference in a unique, practical format. With nearly 70,000 entries, including 35,000 main headwords, the dictionary invites frequent use. Included are new terms such as "biodiversity" and "World Wide Web", current geographic and biographical terms, and concise definitions.

Information on taxes, sports, daily living, celebrities, history, science, statistics, and world affairs.

**** Earlier editions of this standard have been cited in BCL3, Sheehy, ARBA. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Curious George and Me! has an unusual interactive twist—you, the reader, make it up as you go along! Each page has something new to complete, from favorite things to best pets. It’s fun, simple, and packed with an incredible amount of educational value—children can put a star on their home state, fill out their address on a postcard from George, circle the color of their eyes/hair, name favorite clothes, foods, games, and even think about the future, from cars to discoveries to the classic what-do-I-want-to-be-when-I-grow-up?

A children's "dictionary prepared according to the principles of Noah Webster".

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