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If ever there were a book to make you switch off your television set, The Dangerous Book for Boys is it.

The 3rd edition, revised by Janet Whitcut, has been completely reset and brought up-to-date for modern usage. This classic guide, full of advice on how to avoid woolly expressions, bad grammar and poor vocabulary selection, guides the user through the difficulties of writing clear, direct English.

The DSM-IV-TR spans the gap between DSM-IV and DSM-V, incorporating relevant advances in knowledge of psychiatric illness and enhancing educational value. It includes additional information on associated features, including laboratory and physical findings, for many of the disorders.

Comprehensive and authoritative, and ideal for advanced learners of German, Collins German Dictionary is now available in colour and with all the new German spellings.

'Java in a Nutshell', fifth edition, covers all the extensive changes implicit in 5.0, the latest and greatest version of Java yet. Among the improvements: more discussion on tools and frameworks, and new code examples to illustrate the working of APIs.

A guide to the Bible . Its simple alphabetical arrangement and compact design make it easy to navigate the more than 225,000 entries. As well as listing verses that include each word treated, it quotes each passage briefly to provide an indication of context. It is also an useful study companion.

A comprehensive reference work dealing with different aspects of its subject: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. First published in 1965, this encyclopedia features entries which include those on cultural criticism, discourse, feminist poetics, and Chicano poetry.

Part of a series of cult word books devoted exclusively to the service of Superior People.

Indexes the King James Bible.

A guide to vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and herbs. It offers information about some 350 of the most important supplements available. It covers how these supplements work, how to use them and what to look for when choosing supplement products.

Briefly traces the history of knitting, discusses yarns, tools, and basic techniques, and tells how to design, make, finish, and care for knitware.

Explains the correct use of words that pose special problems of confused or disputed language.

A comprehensive guide to magical herbalism, detailing over 400 herbs and plants from all over the world.

Defines terms as they appear in the Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek.

A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporat. An excellent textbook on the essentials of copyediting, and an indespensible reference book for the workplace.

A revised edition of the best-selling dictionary of philosophy, now with recommended web links. Contains over 3,000 entries, including biographies of nearly 500 philosophers. A wide-ranging and authoritative source of reference for students, teachers and an excellent introduction to philosophy for the general reader.

This is a pocket-sized A-Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of typical work, accompanied by information on each image and its creator. Artists, styles and subject matter are cross referenced.

A dictionary that explores the symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. It includes entries that give its interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, cultural and religious - to bring meaning and insight to the symbol.

With insight, humour, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skilfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft: on writing from 'first thoughts', on listening, on using verbs, on overcoming doubts - even on choosing a restaurant in which to write. Goldberg sees ...