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"More then 5,000 terms defined and explained; covers stocks and bonds, banking, economics, real estate, corporate finance, tax law, mutual funds, and more; explains changes in financial regulations and investment strategies caused by the recent global financial crisis; instructive charts and diagrams"--Cover.
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c2007
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xvi, 1024 p. ; 26 cm.
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[A] reference resource - created not only for psychologists, clinicians, students, and professionals from allied mental health disciplines, but for all interested readers - offers definitive information on the lexicon of the field. -- Back cover.
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[2024]
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30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Budding astronauts can blast off into the galaxy with this dictionary featuring 50 awe-inspiring words, cosmic illustrations, fascinating photos and more, along with Grover the rover, who keeps space-loving kids engaged.
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Updated with new terms such as 'human rights' and citing recent changes in laws and judicial interpretations, this handy dictionary cuts through the complexities of legal jargon and gives you definitions and explanations that you can understand. Here's a handy guide to 'legalese' for consumers, business proprietors, legal beneficiaries, investors, property owners, litigants, and all others who have dealings with the law.
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From the cover. Look up the sign to find the right word! This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might...
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Pocket Universal Principles of Art is a portable but still comprehensive reference for all artists, and a companion volume to Rockport Publishers' best-selling Universal Principles of Design. This new, pocket volume of the Pocket Universal Principles of Art provides a handy, portable, reference for art enthusiast, art students, and any artist on the go. This is the same excellent information as the original Universal Principles of Art, but now...
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2011.
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672 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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Using more than 6,000 color photos and illustrations, this dictionary analyzes all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in stunning visual realism. Cutaways and exploded views provide an illuminating new perspective on everything from the inside of a volcano to the inner workings of a car.
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If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, The Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck. Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton separates the myths from the reality with his priceless blend of sidesplitting humor, caustic commentary, and the...
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2020.
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620 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"This dictionary was originally derived from the Concise Science Dictionary, first published by Oxford University Press in 1984 (seventh edition, retitled A Dictionary of Science, 2017). It consisted of all the entries relating to chemistry in that dictionary, including those on physical chemistry, as well as many of the terms used in biochemistry. Subsequent editions included special feature articles on important topics as well as several chronologies...






