Brewer'S Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable

By Adrian Room

... This Treasury Of 'words That Have A Tale To Tell' Has Established Itself As One Of The Great Reference Classics -- The First Port Of Call For Tens Of Thousands Of Terms, Phrases, And Proper Nam...

Brewer'S Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable

By Adrian Room, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Revised By Adrian Room. Previous Ed.: 1989.

Brewer'S Dictionary Of Names

By Room-Adrian, Adrian Room, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897. Dictionary Of Names

Reveals the origins of familiar names from personal names to place names, brand names, to astronomical names. It includes a selection of names of animals, mythological and literary characters, spor...

Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary Of First Names

By Adrian Room

The Penguin Dictionary Of Confusibles

By Adrian Room

This unique dictionary is must for the shelf of every student, journalist, businessman, or teacher - or for anyone who has ever mistaken 'effect' for 'affect' or 'flaunt' for 'flount'.

The Penguin Dictionary Of British Place Names

By Adrian Room, Michael Waldron, Yoko Nobuoka, Sasmita Patnaik, Shaily Jha, Neeraj Kuldeep

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Dictionary Of Britain

By Adrian Room

A unique illustrated reference guide to British life and institutions, with entries on public events, personalities, geography, food, work, traditions, sport, and other topics.

A Concise Dictionary Of Modern Place-Names In Great Britain And Ireland

By Adrian Room, ADRIAN, Room

This dictionary fills a major gap in the study of British and Irish place names, being the first to give full coverage to the origins of names that have arisen since 1500. Room traces the origins o...

Dictionary Of Britain: An A-Z Of The British Way Of Life

By Adrian Room

Interesting, amusing, puzzling and even frustrating aspects of life in Britain are explained in this new dictionary. Over 3,000 alphabetically arranged entries give up-to-date coverage of Britain a...

Dictionary of Britain

By Adrian Room