Chambers Mini Thesaurus is a handy and portable book that helps you find the right word for every occasion. It provides alternatives for about 9,000 common English words and also gives words with the opposite meaning (antonyms) where appropriate. Around 200 panels entries contain words relating to particular subjects, ranging from the technical to the general - so, in addition to the synonyms for 'flower', you will also find a list of types of flower (African violet, alyssum, anemone...) and a list of the parts of a flower (anther, calyx, capitulum...), adding an extra dimension to your vocabulary. A useful supplement on countries of the world gives information on capitals, official languages, largest and smallest countries by area and other helpful demographic data.

With more than 155,000 synonyms and antonyms, the Chambers Mini Thesaurus provides the perfect word for every occasion. Information is presented in a durable, compact-sized volume, just the right size to tuck into a backpack or briefcase. Also included are almost 200 panels that contain lists of words for such diverse topics as phobias and types of cake.

This thesaurus has been designed to provide users with the most useful words first. It includes over 300 panels of thematically related words, with more than 180,000 alternative words in all.

The Chambers Mini Dictionary helps you find the right word for every occasion, providing alternatives for about 9,000 common English words. It also gives words with the opposite meaning--antonyms--where appropriate. This new edition includes a "Good Writing and Spelling " supplement full of practical guidance--everything from words to impress to commonly confised words and roots of words and meanings. It also features a useful section on countries of the world that gives unformation on capitals, official languages, largest and smallest countries by aread and other helpful demographic data.

The Chambers Thesaurus sells more copies, and contains more synonyms, than any other English thesaurus. This 5th edition, new for 2015, retains the much-loved features of The Chambers Thesaurus, but also includes a brand new two-colour Word Lover's Ramble at the back, showing how English words and definitions have changed in recent years. The Chambers Thesaurus is now the UK's number 1 selling hardback thesaurus. It is regarded as the thesaurus of choice for crossword setters and solvers, and is popular with players of wordgames such as Scrabble(R) and Words With Friends(R). It is famous for its Scottish heritage, its thorough coverage of obscure words and its unique personality. "Chambers stands out like a baroque mansion in a city of faceless concrete." Melvyn Bragg

Horace G. Danner’s A Thesaurus of English Word Roots is a compendium of the most-used word roots of the English language. As Timothy B. Noone notes in his foreword: “Dr. Danner’s book allows you not only to build up your passive English vocabulary, resulting in word recognition knowledge, but also gives you the rudiments for developing your active English vocabulary, making it possible to infer the meaning of words with which you are not yet acquainted. Your knowledge can now expand and will do so exponentially as your awareness of the roots in English words and your corresponding ability to decode unfamiliar words grows apace. This is the beginning of a fine mental linguistic library: so enjoy!” In A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, all word roots are listed alphabetically, along with the Greek or Latin words from which they derive, together with the roots’ original meanings. If the current meaning of an individual root differs from the original meaning, that is listed in a separate column. In the examples column, the words which contain the root are then listed, starting with their prefixes, for example, dysacousia, hyperacousia. These root-starting terms then are followed by terms where the root falls behind the word, e.g., acouesthesia and acoumeter. These words are followed by words where the root falls in the middle or the end, as in such terms as bradyacusia and odynacusis.. In this manner, A Thesaurus of English Word Roots places the word in as many word families as there are elements in the word. This work will interest linguists and philologists and anyone interested in the etymological aspects of English language.

The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by the former poet laureate of the United States In The Back Chamber, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory—a cowbell, a white stone perfectly round, a three-legged milking stool—that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through his remarkable new collection. While Hall’s devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations—baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship—what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life’s end comes into view. The Back Chamber is far from being death-haunted, but rather is lively, irreverent, erotic, hilarious, ironic, and sly—full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America’s most popular and enduring poets.