Summary: 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 MOSJones, George Fenwick
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 JONStockley, 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 STOBrewer, 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 BRESummary: 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: "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: "This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Ghana and the Ivory Coast with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 496.3385 ASASummary: Pictures labeled in English and Italian are grouped in such familiar categories as "Our House," "The Four Seasons," "In the City," "In the Ocean," and "Colors." Includes bilingual indexes with pronunciation guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J ITALIAN 453.21 LETSummary: Defines more than seventy-five thousand words and phrases and includes biographical and geographical names, foreign phrases, and advice on grammar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merriam-Webster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423 MERSummary: 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 MERSummary: Inspired by Merriam-Webster's popular Word of the Day digital feature, this charmingly illustrated book builds knowledge one day at a time with 366 masterful words, written especially for kids ages 8-12. Each unique word includes a scholarly definition, pronunciation, and an indubitable nonfiction fact as an example sentence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merriam-Webster Kids 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 1993