Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN: 9780375703539
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Fodor's World Weather Guide makes looking up a region's weather easier than ever. At-a-glance regional weather charts for over 200 countries are easy to read and chock-full of the information you need: monthly average and record temperatures; relative humidity - and the average level of discomfort from heat and humidity; hours of sunshine each day; and number of wet days each month." "Also included are weather station maps, a glossary of specialist weather terms, and articles on world climates and global warming." "Arranged in easy-to-use A-Z format by country, with an index listing over 2,000 travel destinations worldwide, Fodor's World Weather Guide is a must for frequent travelers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Random House Webster's Pocket American Dictionary
Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN: 9780375703539
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Fodor's World Weather Guide makes looking up a region's weather easier than ever. At-a-glance regional weather charts for over 200 countries are easy to read and chock-full of the information you need: monthly average and record temperatures; relative humidity - and the average level of discomfort from heat and humidity; hours of sunshine each day; and number of wet days each month." "Also included are weather station maps, a glossary of specialist weather terms, and articles on world climates and global warming." "Arranged in easy-to-use A-Z format by country, with an index listing over 2,000 travel destinations worldwide, Fodor's World Weather Guide is a must for frequent travelers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN: 9780375703539
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Fodor's World Weather Guide makes looking up a region's weather easier than ever. At-a-glance regional weather charts for over 200 countries are easy to read and chock-full of the information you need: monthly average and record temperatures; relative humidity - and the average level of discomfort from heat and humidity; hours of sunshine each day; and number of wet days each month." "Also included are weather station maps, a glossary of specialist weather terms, and articles on world climates and global warming." "Arranged in easy-to-use A-Z format by country, with an index listing over 2,000 travel destinations worldwide, Fodor's World Weather Guide is a must for frequent travelers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Dyslexia and other learning difficulties
Author: Mark Selikowitz
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191654582
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts addresses problems many intelligent children face who, while having normal IQ levels, still struggle to learn in the classroom setting. A short attention span, restlessness, an inability to write clearly, and reading comprehension well below age level are all indicators of learning disabilities, and this book offers a clear and sympathetic guide to the difficulties that parents and teachers face when working with a child with these sorts of obstacles to learning. The book deals with difficulties in traditional academic areas such as reading, spelling, and arithmetic, but also looks into lesser known conditions like clumsiness, social unease, and hyperactivity. Providing practical advice to parents to help understand their children's difficulties and to help them overcome problems and improve their self-esteem, Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts also offers a number of suggestions for managing difficult behaviour. This new edition has been fully updated and draws on the most recent research on learning difficulties and some associated disorders and their treatments. It also provides information about electronic and computer aids that are now available to help individuals with learning difficulties. This encouraging approach and easy-to-read style will appeal to parents as well as to professionals who work with children with learning disabilities.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191654582
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts addresses problems many intelligent children face who, while having normal IQ levels, still struggle to learn in the classroom setting. A short attention span, restlessness, an inability to write clearly, and reading comprehension well below age level are all indicators of learning disabilities, and this book offers a clear and sympathetic guide to the difficulties that parents and teachers face when working with a child with these sorts of obstacles to learning. The book deals with difficulties in traditional academic areas such as reading, spelling, and arithmetic, but also looks into lesser known conditions like clumsiness, social unease, and hyperactivity. Providing practical advice to parents to help understand their children's difficulties and to help them overcome problems and improve their self-esteem, Dyslexia and other learning difficulties: The Facts also offers a number of suggestions for managing difficult behaviour. This new edition has been fully updated and draws on the most recent research on learning difficulties and some associated disorders and their treatments. It also provides information about electronic and computer aids that are now available to help individuals with learning difficulties. This encouraging approach and easy-to-read style will appeal to parents as well as to professionals who work with children with learning disabilities.
Random House Webster's Pocket Bad Speller's Dictionary
Author: Random House
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN: 9780375702129
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published as: Random House bad speller's dictionary.
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN: 9780375702129
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published as: Random House bad speller's dictionary.
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2362
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2362
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Random House Spanish-English English-Spanish Dictionary
Author: Random House
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345405471
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
RANDOM HOUSE SPANISH-ENGLISH ENGLISH-SPANISH DICTIONARY RELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 60,000 entries * Two sections, Spanish-English and English-Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing * The most current spellings and the latest alphabetization rules of the Spanish language academies * Hundreds of new words, including código (zip code), SIDA (AIDS), balterofilia (weightlifting), telefundir (to telecast), and aerobismo (aerobics) * Includes geographical names and their derivatives * Covers Western Hemisphere usage * American English spelling and vocabulary The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345405471
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
RANDOM HOUSE SPANISH-ENGLISH ENGLISH-SPANISH DICTIONARY RELIABLE, DETAILED, AND UP-TO-DATE * More than 60,000 entries * Two sections, Spanish-English and English-Spanish * All entries, from A to Z, in a single alphabetical listing * The most current spellings and the latest alphabetization rules of the Spanish language academies * Hundreds of new words, including código (zip code), SIDA (AIDS), balterofilia (weightlifting), telefundir (to telecast), and aerobismo (aerobics) * Includes geographical names and their derivatives * Covers Western Hemisphere usage * American English spelling and vocabulary The Random House imprint has long stood for excellence in the reference field. Random House reference books--prepared by its permanent lexicographic staff with the assistance of many hundreds of scholars, educators, and specialists--have been widely acclaimed for their outstanding quality and usefulness.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Author: Random House (Firm)
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1576
Book Description
Body piercing is in. So are buffalo wings, killer apps, and yada-yada-yada. If it's an important new word, you will find it here first...in the all new 50th Anniversary edition of the RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY. Unlike any other college dictionary, Random house Webster's uses the state-of-the-art Living Dictionary Database(TM) to enable its team of expert editors to add new words as soon as they become current--faster than any other dictionary. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY not only brings you Newer Words Faster, but always lists the most common, up-to-date meanings first, to help you find what you're looking for more quickly and easily. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY allows you to be up-to-date, guided by the best advice on English usage--such as how to avoid insensitive and offensive language in your writing or speaking. Best of all, this all-new edition features rewritten definitions for extra clarity and precision, to help you understand at a glance the meaning of words. Why Choose Any Other Dictionary? Over 160,000 entries and 175,000 definitions--more than any other college dictionary! Hundreds of new words and meanings found for the first time in a college dictionary--like "intranet, Ebonics, nonstarter, olestra, same-sex, Megan's law, TV-Y, and Web site. All new design and illustrations! A modern new type design and hundreds of completely new digitally rendered illustrations make definitions even easier to understand! Expert usage notes--written by noted usage specialists--offer clear explanations of important nuances of English usage. The one-step reference resource! Includes up-to-date biographical andgeographical entries--plus 8 pages of world maps. Also contains an indispensable Guide for Writers and additional essays to help you use English more effectively.
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1576
Book Description
Body piercing is in. So are buffalo wings, killer apps, and yada-yada-yada. If it's an important new word, you will find it here first...in the all new 50th Anniversary edition of the RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY. Unlike any other college dictionary, Random house Webster's uses the state-of-the-art Living Dictionary Database(TM) to enable its team of expert editors to add new words as soon as they become current--faster than any other dictionary. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY not only brings you Newer Words Faster, but always lists the most common, up-to-date meanings first, to help you find what you're looking for more quickly and easily. RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S COLLEGE DICTIONARY allows you to be up-to-date, guided by the best advice on English usage--such as how to avoid insensitive and offensive language in your writing or speaking. Best of all, this all-new edition features rewritten definitions for extra clarity and precision, to help you understand at a glance the meaning of words. Why Choose Any Other Dictionary? Over 160,000 entries and 175,000 definitions--more than any other college dictionary! Hundreds of new words and meanings found for the first time in a college dictionary--like "intranet, Ebonics, nonstarter, olestra, same-sex, Megan's law, TV-Y, and Web site. All new design and illustrations! A modern new type design and hundreds of completely new digitally rendered illustrations make definitions even easier to understand! Expert usage notes--written by noted usage specialists--offer clear explanations of important nuances of English usage. The one-step reference resource! Includes up-to-date biographical andgeographical entries--plus 8 pages of world maps. Also contains an indispensable Guide for Writers and additional essays to help you use English more effectively.
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Signing
Author: Elaine Costello, Ph.D.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307423719
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
American Sign Language is a wonderful silent language of hands, face, and body that is rich with nuance, emotion, and grace. Bantam is proud to present the newly revised Signing : How To Speak With Your Hands, a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide that has long been the invaluable and definitive guide for families, friends, and professionals who need to communicate effectively with deaf children and adults. Now this expanded edition, with redesigned interiors and updated material, includes even more signs; large, upper-torso illustrations clearly show formation and movement of the hands, and their relation to the face and body. All the beautifully illustrated signs are accompanied by precise, easy-to-follow instructions on how to form them. This complete guide includes chapters on common phrases, the alphabet, foods and eating, health, recreation, and the newest chapter covering technology, politics. education, and music.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307423719
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
American Sign Language is a wonderful silent language of hands, face, and body that is rich with nuance, emotion, and grace. Bantam is proud to present the newly revised Signing : How To Speak With Your Hands, a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide that has long been the invaluable and definitive guide for families, friends, and professionals who need to communicate effectively with deaf children and adults. Now this expanded edition, with redesigned interiors and updated material, includes even more signs; large, upper-torso illustrations clearly show formation and movement of the hands, and their relation to the face and body. All the beautifully illustrated signs are accompanied by precise, easy-to-follow instructions on how to form them. This complete guide includes chapters on common phrases, the alphabet, foods and eating, health, recreation, and the newest chapter covering technology, politics. education, and music.
The Elementary Spelling Book
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spellers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spellers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description