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The great historians of our day take you on an exhilarating tourthrough the crucial moments in American history . . . "Easy reading and very informative."- Civil War News "All the interviews are fascinating."- Tampa Tribune-Tim...

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Ideal for students in the upper grades of elementary school, 100 Words Every Fourth Grader Should Know includes one hundred words of varying degrees of difficulty, representing the kind of vocabulary students often encounter in their classes and i...

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This A-to-Z reference is a fun way for elementary-school kids to improve their vocabulary—and become better readers and writers.   With 100 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know, parents and teachers can present new and challenging words t...

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The newest title in the popular 100 Words series, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know is the perfect book for people who enjoy reading about words that have absorbing histories, intriguing coinages, surprising but useful meanings, or have been ...

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100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is the perfect book for anyone seeking clear and sensible guidance on avoiding common pitfalls of the English language. Each word is fully defined and accompanied by a concise, authoritative usage not...

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100 Words to Make You Sound Smart is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening. Chosen by the editors of the Ameri...

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This latest installment in the bestselling 100 Word series settles the score on 100 controversies and misconceptions about words with difficult or slippery pronunciations.

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"100 Words for Lovers" provides both would-be and experienced lovers with the right words to get in the mood and set the tone. These are words used by famous lovers themselves and by famous writers describing the most torrid affairs of t...

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This reference helps students in grades six to eight and includes verbs, nouns, and adjectives. Each word has a definition and pronunciation, and appears with at least one quotation taken from a book that middle schoolers are familiar with.

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Find the right words to make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening!Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words can help anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator-as a worker, consumer, advoca...

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Following the success of 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries have developed this new book of 100 words tailored especially to high school freshmen. This second book in the 100 Words s...

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Avoid vocabulary mistakes with this fun guide to tricky and troublesome words!   With concise and authoritative usage notes from the editors of the American Heritage® Dictionaries, this guide explains common English-language errors—...

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"e;A book that will appeal to word lovers as well as parents hoping to boost their kids' verbal test scores."e; -BooklistMore is expected of middle schoolers-more reading, more writing, more independent learning. Achieving success in this ...

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This series of full-color board books, with both English and Spanish on each page, will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them. The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully ch...

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This series of bilingual, full-color board books will intrigue youngsters while helping them build vocabulary and an awareness of the world around them.The books feature charming illustrations and thoughtfully chosen words, offering an enchanting ...

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Providing a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, this history uncovers the origins of 500 everyday words--from Abracadabra to Zeus--whose surprising and often amusing stories offer insights into the history of humankind.

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The newest title in the popular 100 Words series, "100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know is the perfect book for people who enjoy reading about words that have absorbing histories, intriguing coinages, surprising but useful meanings, or have...

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In this companion to the popular "Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus," the most surprising stories in the history of English vocabulary are told as a series of brief notes written in a lively and entertaining style.

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The newest title in the popular 100 Words series is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening.

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Most people know that words like burrito and quesadilla come from Spanish, but there are many more English words that we would never suspect are Spanish until we look closely. Did you know that the words breeze and hammock come from Spanish? The j...

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In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history.American Heritage's Great Minds of American History takes you to critical moments in American history, imbuing the pas...

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A book with real cache . . . or is it cachet 100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents words that people cant keep straight, no matter how hard they try. It features helpful notes that provide guidance on tricky usage issues: the conf...

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Completely redesigned in a two-column format, this new edition contains more than 2,000 words along with photographs and drawings, as well as colored note boxes to help beginning readers build vocabulary, identify synonyms and antonyms, and more. ...

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A brand new edition of our superb dictionary for children in grades 3-6 (ages 8-12), with age-appropriate vocabulary, easy-to-understand definitions, lively example sentences, and delightful color images.The American Heritage¿ Children's Dictionar...

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British history records that there were tow major migrations form the near east into Britain in antiquity. One was the fleet migration form Syria led by Albyne around 1560 BC, and the other was the second fleet migration from the Trojan Dardanelle...

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Explore the lasting influence of the Finnish people in the Upper Peninsula. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish s...

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