Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Title | Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Ratcliffe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 1723 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0198614179 |
Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Title | The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Quotations |
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The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Title | The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Ratcliffe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Reference |
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From Ambition to Youth, Health and Fitness to Technology, this little dictionary is packed full of more than 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects. Arranged by theme and with an author index, this new edition contains simply the best quotations from three millennia. Fascinating andentertaining, it is guaranteed to amuse and delight.On Imagination'I'm up to my neck in the real world, every day. Just you try doing your VAT return with a head full of goblins.'Terry PratchettOn the Twentieth Century'The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.'Bill Clinton
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Title | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
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Pages | 484 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780192813244 |
The new edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, is a collection of 5800 well-known quotations by 1100 authors. Ranging in time from the eighth century BC to the 1970s and in space from Russia to South Africa, it provides excellent browsing among a varied company of authors and includes a generous index to guide the reader to a particular quote or selection of quotes.
The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
Title | The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Andrews |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 1214 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780231071949 |
Over 11,000 of these 18,000 quotations have never before appeared in a quotation book. Chosen not for their familiarity but for their quality and their relevance in the 1990s, these provocative quotations cover subjects from adolescence and adoption to yuppies and zoos.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Title | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations PDF eBook |
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Release | 1975 |
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
Title | The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Iain McLean |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 2009-02-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0191018279 |
This best-selling dictionary contains over 1,700 entries on all aspects of politics. Written by a leading team of political scientists, it embraces the whole multi-disciplinary specturm of political theory including political thinkers, history, institutions, and concepts, as well as notable current affairs that have shaped attitudes to politics. An appendix contains timelines listing the principal office-holders of a range of countries including the UK, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and China. Fully revised and updated for the 3rd edition, the dictionary includes a wealth of new material in areas such as international relations, political science, political economy, and methodologies, as well as a chronology of key political theorists. It also boasts entry-level web links that don't go out of date. These can be accessed via a regularly checked and updated companion website, ensuring that the links remain relevent, and any dead links are replaced or removed. The dictionary has international coverage and will prove invaluable to students and academics studying politics and related disciplines, as well as politicians, journalists, and the general reader seeking clarification of political terms.