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Type: educational

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Alan Spooner

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Tags: dictionary thesaurus

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Description: Here is a new minithesaurus from Oxford, compact, reliable, easy to use--and brought to youHere is a new minithesaurus from Oxford, compact, reliable, easy to use--and brought to you by the makers of the most authoritative reference sources in the world. Alphabetically arranged for easy accessability, The Oxford Minithesaurus offers 8,000 entries and over 150,000 synonyms--more than
any other guide of its size--and is completely cross-referenced to lead readers easily to related groups of synonyms, as well as antonymns. With each entry divided into the part of speech it represents, and into numbered meanings (just like a dictionary), it is easy to find the particular sense
needed. This minithesaurus also offers example phrases that make the less obvious senses of words clear, marks words that are archaic or slang, and provides a unique noun catalog for generic words such as animal, vehicle, and vessel. Whether used in writings reports, letters, or essays, for doing
crossword puzzles, or simply to increase word-power, The Oxford Minireference Thesaurus is the handiest, most comprehensive guide available....

2006-07-14

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Type: business

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Status: I recommend

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Authors: Stephen R. Covey A. Roger Merrill Rebecca R. Merrill

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Tags: business leadership management time effectiveness Covey Merrill

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Description: "WE'RE constantly making choices about the way we spend our time, from the major seasons"WE'RE constantly making choices about the way we spend our time, from the major seasons to the individual moments in our lives..."...

2006-07-07

 

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Type: art

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Status: now reading

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Author: Ellen Lupton

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Tags: design ++ book

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Description: The organization of letters on a blank sheet -- or screen -- is the most basic challenge facingThe organization of letters on a blank sheet -- or screen -- is the most basic challenge facing anyone who practices design. What type of font to use? How big? How should those letters, words, and paragraphs be aligned, spaced, ordered, shaped, and otherwise manipulated? In this groundbreaking new primer, leading design educator and historian Ellen Lupton provides clear and concise guidance for anyone learning or brushing up on their typographic skills. "Thinking with Type" is divided into three sections: letter, text, and grid....

2006-06-23