Pottle, Jules
Summary: An illustrated collection of 3,000 common words designed to build vocabulary and early writing skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Pairing words and pictures, the 6-Language Visual Dictionary offers you an effecient and fun way to learn and memorize thousands of terms common in six widely spoken European languages." -- Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 413 SIXSummary: An alphabetically-arranged reference lists synonyms, related and contrasted words, idiomatic equivalents, and antonyms, and provides a concise definition and usage examples for each main entry. Contains more than 275,000 word choices, examples, and explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated 2018
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 423 MERMaclennan, Malcolm
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published jointly by Acair and Mercat Press
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491 MACSummary: "Introduce toddlers to the helpers in their community with a first words book that teaches over 100 foundational vocabulary words from the world around them. My First Brain Quest First Words: Community Helpers introduces baby to more than 100 foundational vocabulary words from scenes in bustling neighborhood where helpers of all kinds-from crossing guards to EMTs and librarians to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDGustason, Gerilee.
Summary: A comprehensive visual guide for signing English words for beginning to advanced signers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Signs Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 GUSMcClain, S. (Sally)
Summary: Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Nuevo Publishers 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A newly revised and updated 8th edition of the world's bestselling thesaurus, the only thesaurus based on Peter Roget's original reference classic of 1852. This hardcover thumb-indexed edition includes more than 325,000 words and phrases (more than 2,400 of which are new) in 1,075 categories"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: CollinsReference, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 423 ROGAdelson-Goldstein, Jayme
Summary: The third edition of the best-selling Oxford Picture Dictionary provides unparalleled support for vocabulary teaching to meet the needs of today's English language learners. 4,000 English words and phrases with meaningful, real-life contexts presented within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food, and Recreation, New and updated topics such as job search, career...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.17 ADEBrewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Summary: Much loved for its wit and wisdom since 1870, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable takes you on a captivating adventure through its trademark blend of language, culture, myth and legend. Nowhere else could the histories of the guillotine and Guinness stout sit so comfortably alongside the KGB and the Keystone Kops. Brewer's is a catalogue of curiosities and absurdities that, over almost 150...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brewer's, an imprint of Chambers Publishing Limited
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 423 BREBurke, Arthur E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Technical Society
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2 available in Reference, Call number: R 720.3 BURGrant, Russell.
Summary: Hundreds of precise definitions to help decode the messages received while sleeping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Main Street 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 154.63 GRAMabberley, D. J.
Summary: Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including conifers), plus ferns and clubmosses, besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 580.3 MABSummary: Abridged from the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of World Religions this is the most comprehensive dictionary of religion available in paperback. Written by an expert team of contributors, the volume contains over 8,200 entries, an extensive topic index, and an original and in-depth introductory essay. The editor, Professor John Bowker, is an established authority on religious studies and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 200.3 CONSummary: This comprehensive medical reference resource helps students, nurses, and healthcare professionals make sense of complex medical terms. This volume includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions, as well as the latest information on pathophysiology, treatment and interventions, and nursing care. More than 2,450 color photographs and line drawings demonstrate and explain complex conditions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elsevier 2022
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 610.3 MOSSummary: Compiled for beginning and intermediate students, contains more than seventy thousand translations, phrases, and examples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill -Chicago 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH 463.2 VOXDean, Kim
Summary: "Learning new words is fun and cool with Pete the at! Discover 100 groovy words paired with pictures from Pete's adventures."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DEA (BOARD)Stockley, Corinne.
Summary: Contains definitions and explanations of physics terms and concepts, grouped in the categories of mechanics and general physics, heat, waves, electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, and general physics information, and includes diagrams and illustrations, cross-references, an index, and Internet links.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J530 STOSummary: "Contains over 65,000 legal terms, each clearly and precisely defined in plain English. Fully revised with new material on every page, the 12th edition features over 2,500 new terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomson Reuters 2024
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 340.03 BLASummary: The pups of Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol introduce babies and toddlers to 101 words and objects in this oversized board book. Follow Rubble, Marshall, Skye, and the rest of Adventure Bay's amazing pups from breakfast to bedtime as they introduce a world of 101 words. Children ages 0 to 3 will love the colorful images and big, sturdy pages of this board book that will make learning exciting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2024
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Summary: "The author has provided a lengthy introduction on German names -- actually a treatise -- with chapters devoted to (1) the origin and significance of given names; (2) the need and origin of surnames; and (3) Christian names. A substantial work in itself, the introduction discusses the development of German names, name sources, name variations, and some of the special characteristics of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1990
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.4 JONNave, Orville J. (Orville James)
Summary: Nave's Topical Bible, " the best known of all topical bibles, has been a valuable Bible-study reference and a best-seller for more than 75 years. It is a comprehensive digest of over 20,000 topics and subtopics with more than 100,000 associated Scripture references. The most significant references for each topic actually include the full text of the verse cited--saving the need to separately...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Topical Bible Pub. Co. 1897
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.3 NAVSummary: A listing "alphabetically by state, 'of every county, city, town, village and post-office in the United States ... and the population of the same according to the Census of 1890.'" The listing for each place also includes the county in which it was located.--Intro., p.vii.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 917.3 AMESummary: Organized by such common subject categories as home, health, and work, a colorful, illustrated bilingual dictionary covers more than six thousand words and phrases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019