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Words You Should Know 2013
F+W Media 2012; US$ 12.95The most influential words and phrases of 2013! Every day, hundreds of new words join our vocabulary, whether they're scientific creations, cultural terms, or politically and historically charged additions. With Words You Should Know 2013 , you will not only be able to keep up with the changing language, but also discover how these important concepts... more...
Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableThe Raupo Pocket Dictionary of Modern Maori is a portable reference source for speakers of English and Maori at all levels. This new edition has been fully revised by the author. It features: - More than 20,000 entries divided into Maori-English and English-Maori sections. - The most frequently used words in both languages. - A guide to Maori... more...
Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori 2nd Edition
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThe Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori: a modern classic - Contains over 50,000 concise entries divided into Maori-English and English-Maori sections. - Includes all the words most commonly used by fluent Maori speakers. - Features a vocabulary list with words for new inventions, metric terms, modern concepts and scientific, computer, technological... more...
The Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThe Raupo Essential Maori Dictionary is an invaluable introductory dictionary for students of te reo Maori. It features: - clear, easy-to-follow Maori-English and English-Maori sections, with the Maori and English alphabets at the top of each page, - all the words a learner is likely to encounter, including contemporary usage and modern terms,... more...
The Raupo Concise Maori Dictionary
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThe Raupo Concise Maori Dictionary is an invaluable reference work, providing an essential list of words and their equivalents in Maori and English. First published in 1948, the dictionary has been revised and updated numerous times since, giving testimony to its ongoing reliability as a reference guide to everyday Maori words. It also includes a... more...
Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso
Scarecrow Press 2013; US$ 109.99This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, maps, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent... more...
Historical Dictionary of Malawi
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 124.99Malawi, established as the British protectorate of Nyasaland in 1891, gained its independence in 1964 and moved immediately into three decades of one-party rule. Since the mid-1990s, however, the country has held multi-party elections, as directed by its constitution, and President Bingu wa Mutharika is currently serving his second term. The fourth... more...
Historical Dictionary of Benin
Scarecrow Press 2012; US$ 119.99The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers the history of Benin through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point... more...
Kunstadressbuch Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz 2014
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 293.00This reference work offers extensive and up-to-date information concerning art in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The user can find in the 24th edition some 33,000 museums and public galleries, art associations, art and antiques dealers, numismatics, galleries, auctioneers, restorers, art publishers, art magazines, antiquarian bookshops and art bookshops,... more...
Baseball Team Names
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 55.00Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers.") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center);... more...









