The Words You Need Today - Anytime, Anywhere Completely updated and redesigned, the new Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition sets a new standard in electronic dictionaries. Designed to help you communicate effectively, it combines high-quality language reference with state-of-the-art ... more »

Over 10,000 entries. This best-selling dictionary is indispensable both as a home medical guide and as an aid for all those working in the medical and allied professions. The entries are clearly laid out and jargon-free, making the book both accessible and informative. The terms and information in this ... more »

Authoritative and up to date, this eleventh edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary contains over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, covering general and specialist words, literary, historical, and technical terms, and new words that have recently entered the language. In addition there ... more »

A completely new type of dictionary that will help students write and speak natural-sounding English. Level: Upper-Intermediate to Advanced Key features Collocations - common word combinations such as 'bright idea' or 'talk freely' - are the essential building blocks of natural-sounding English. The ... 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 4,000 entries defining and explaining the major terms, concepts, processes, and organization of the law Compiled by practising lawyers Explains legal concepts as well as providing lexical definitions Written in a clear and accessible style Updated with 300 new entries to include all legal developements ... 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 »

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 »

Contains more than 4,700 entries , and covers 4,000 years of history Detailed historical analyses on every country in the world Biographical entries ranging from Moses to Tony Blair Up-to-date 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 »

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 »

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 »