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The Pessimist's Guide to History

An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem—From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007

By: Doris Flexner,Stuart Berg Flexner

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The Pessimist's Guide to History

An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem—From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007

By: Doris Flexner,Stuart Berg Flexner

The classic irreverent look at the past—now updated with even more appalling facts! Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded—and it's been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics; for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler; for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This enthralling, enlightening, and devilishly entertaining chronicle of disasters and dastardly deeds brings to light the darkest events in history and the most abysmal calamities to strike the planet . . . so far. 88 BC: Mithridates VI Eupator provides an early example of genocide by massacring 100,000 Romans. 1347: Saint Vitus' Dance Epidemic shimmies across Europe like a deadly disco fever, leaving its victims twitching, uncontrollably leaping, and foaming at the mouth. 1888: Jack the Ripper stalks through the dark alleys of Whitechapel, England, turning the world's oldest profession into the world's most dangerous one. 1939: A Swiss chemist wins a Nobel Prize for developing DDT—and the environment gets another nail in the coffin. 2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. In a classic double whammy, the government response also devastates the Gulf Coast. And much, much more!

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0061980250

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Oxford Amer.dictionary

By: Eugene Ehrlich,Stuart Berg Flexner,Gorton Carruth,Joyce M. Hawkins

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Oxford Amer.dictionary

By: Eugene Ehrlich,Stuart Berg Flexner,Gorton Carruth,Joyce M. Hawkins

In Defense of Good Eanglish The words Oxford Dictionary have long stood for ultimate authority in the English language. Now students and general readers can get the some thoroughness, precision, and certainty in the long-awaited OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY, the first modern paperbound dictionary to lay down the law on correct grammar Hundreds of notes on usage clarify grammatical points and words that are easily confused: Should you use chairperson or chairwoman? Is disinterested an acceptable way of expressing lack of interest? Is it correct to say the media is doing anything? Can one catch a movie? The OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY is completely up-to-date and establishes a firm standard for all lovers of our language. While the dictionary follows the Oxford style and linguistic criteria, the editorial staff is headed by three eminent American lexicographers: Stuart Berg Flexner, noted for his work on American slang; Eugene Ehrlich of Columbia University, author of several books on American usage; and Gorton Carruth, former Editor-in-Chief of Funk and Wagnalls. Joyce Hawkins, who reviewed the material for the Oxford Dictionary Department, has been described in newspapers throughout the world as "the lady lexicographer who has declared a one-woman war on sloppy English.

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0380510529

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The Pessimist's Guide to History

An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem—From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007

By: Doris Flexner,Stuart Berg Flexner

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An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres, and Mayhem—From 14 Billion Years Ago to 2007

By: Doris Flexner,Stuart Berg Flexner

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The Random House School Dictionary

By: Stuart Berg Flexner

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The Random House School Dictionary

By: Stuart Berg Flexner

A dictionary for intermediate and junior-high students reflecting current American usage.

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0394000447

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9780394000442

Random House Thesaurus

By: Jess M. Stein,Helicon Publishing, Limited

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Random House Thesaurus

By: Jess M. Stein,Helicon Publishing, Limited

This thumb-indexed thesaurus gives detailed synonyms and antonyms with full-sentence examples in a single A-Z listing. Each separate meaning from the 11,000 main entry word lists is accompanied by a sample sentence to pinpoint exact meaning and different parts of speech are marked. Informal and slang words are properly labelled, providing coverage of all levels of vocabulary and usage.

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Oxford Amer.dictionary

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