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'A Dictionary of Chemical Engineering' is one of the latest additions to the market leading Oxford Paperback Reference series. In over 3,400 concise and authoritative A to Z entries, it provides definitions and explanations for chemical engineering terms in areas including: materials, energy balances, reactions, separations, sustainability, safety, and ethics. The dictionary also covers many pertinent terms from the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. …

Authoritative and up-to-date, A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World History provides in-depth coverage of the major historical figures and events of this century. …

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components provide a complete, four-skills language development program…

The 'Let's Go Picture Dictionary' teaches a wide range of everyday topics. The 'Dictionary' can be used by itself or as a reference for the 'Let's Go' series.
Age Range: 3 and up

Frederick William Danker, a world-renowned scholar of New Testament Greek, is widely acclaimed for his 2000 revision of Walter Bauer’s 'A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'. With more than a quarter of a million copies in print, it is considered the finest dictionary of its kind. …

This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologist of the "Oxford English Dictionary", shows how different types of evidence can shed light on the myriad ways in which words change in form and meaning. He considers how such changes can be part of wider linguistic processes, or be influenced by a complex mixture of social and cultural factors. He illustrates every point with a wide range of fascinating examples. …