In the eleventh edition of this popular dictionary, 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions are covered, including nine hundred new words, as well as rare, historical, and archaic terms, notes on grammar and usage, etymologies, and ...

Finally, the book is thoroughly cross-referenced and features an extensive and fully updated index of literary and social history.Ranging from Captain John Smith to John Updike, and from Anne Bradstreet to Anne Rice, the sixth edition of ...

From the authors of the popular Dictionary of Media and Communication, Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday, comes a title that complements and supplements their previous dictionary, and that will be of great use to social media marketing ...

"Abridgment of ... Dictionary of modern American usage, published in 1998"--Pref.

A one-volume encyclopedia designed for everyday family use, particularly to meet the needs of high school students.

This second edition, commissioned especially for Oxford Reference, contains over 25 new entries, and the whole text has been thoroughly revised and updated.

The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, this shows how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information.

The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, this shows how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information.

"First and second editions edited by Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock."

This new dictionary covers the full range of publishing-related topics, defining terms encountered in the processes of editing, producing, printing, and distributing books and digital content.