Designed for readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam provides vividly-written, up-to-date, and authoritative entries. The Dictionary focuses primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries, providing a highly informative look at the religious, polit…
Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, ch…
The concise Oxford companion to English literature
by Birch, Dinah
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"Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 4,900 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivaled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters,…
This book provides a compact guide to all aspects of English literature. For this edition, existing entries have been updated and new entries have been added on contemporary writers such as Jim Crace and Pat Barker.
Presents a wide range of familiar catchphrases, with entries drawn from television, radio, books, films, songs, and music providing full details of who coined or employed each phrase, when, and in what context.
Presents a wide range of familiar catchphrases, with entries drawn from television, radio, books, films, songs, and music providing full details of who coined or employed each phrase, when, and in what context.
A dictionary of science
by Daintith, John, Isaacs, Alan, Martin, Elizabeth
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