This volume is a reference source to literature in the English language throughout the world.

Henry Watson Fowler initially aimed his Dictionary of Modern English Usage, as he wrote to his publishers in 1911, at "the half-educated Englishman of literary proclivities who wants to know Can I say so-&-so?

The South Sea Bubble, Witch Mania, Alchemy, the Crusades, Fortune-telling, Haunted Houses, and even 'Tulipomania' are only some of the subjects covered in this book, which is given a contemporary perspective through Professor Norman Stone's ...

Has more than 600 phrases, sayings, and expressions and contains explanations.

This work offers remedies for all the ills known to 17th century society.

This volume is a reference source to literature in the English language throughout the world.

The book is alphabetically arranged by author and indexed by keyword for ease of use.

This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck.

Published between 1776 and 1788, this text is acknowledged as a masterpiece of English historical writing.

Arranged in alphabetical form, the entries in this thesaurus are suited to home, office and student use and are designed to provide the word being sought quickly.