This dictionary is ideal for anyone who enjoys food and would like a handy, non-technical guide to the terms they encounter on food labels, in advertising, or in the media. With 6000 entries on all aspects of food and nutrition, it will be invaluable to consumers, cooks, and a range of students and practitioners ... more »

This Pocket edition is based primarily on Robert W. Burchfield's renowned The New Fowler's Modern English Usage . Robert Allen has taken all the key elements from the best-selling parent work, rewriting entries to present the arguments and recommendations in a more accessible and digestible form, and ... more »

10,500 entries Written by a leading authority, with the assistance of a distinguished team of advisory editors, this comprehensive dictionary is essential reading for professional psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and students of psychology and related disciplines such as nursing, sociology ... more »

Over 10,000 entries Derived from the highly praised The Oxford Dictionary of Music , this concise edition is a mine of information for lovers of music of all periods and styles. Providing thousands of entries on musical terms, works, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras, the dictionary ... more »

Over 17,000 entries Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology , the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology contains a wealth of information about the English language and its history. Find out where the words 'bungalow ... more »

8200 entries . This Concise version contains entries on all the major and many minor religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taois... more » more »

If you've been wondering what value there is in owning an eBook, you need look no further than our new Merriam-Webster® Dictionary for eBookMan® for your answer. This electronic dictionary combines the authoritative voice of Merriam-Webster® with the advanced search and linguistic technology of Franklin ... more »

This is the most comprehensive guide to modern poetry in English. Celebrated poets offer intriguing views on their fellow poets, such as Tom Paulin on Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney on Robert Lowell, and Anne Stevenson on Sylvia Plath. 1,500 poets are covered from W.H. Auden to Benjamin Zephaniah. There is ... more »

Over 4,000 entries From amphora to ziggurat , and Beaker Culture to molluscan analysis , this comprehensive dictionary, covers the essential vocabulary for archaeological work, including principles, theories, techniques, artefacts, materials, people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms ... more »

Based on the highly praised Oxford Companion to Classical Literature , this is the ideal reference book for anyone interested in the classical world and its literary heritage. It gives accounts of the lives of many classical authors and character entries and plot summaries for their works. General entries ... more »

Includes over 1,250 entries An absorbing and entertaining guide to English folklore and an authoritative reference source on such legendary characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood. The dictionary gives entertaining and informative explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore ... more »

Over 3,500 entries Derived from the celebrated Oxford Dictionary of Opera , this concise version designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera house or at home. Plot synopses and first performance details, bibliographies of works about opera, entries on singers (including ... more »