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Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions
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Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic ExpressionsThere are books on antonyms, synonyms, and rhyming words, but this is the first paperback work on metaphors, the idiomatic words and phrases used to create images for the purposes of comparison, clarification, or whimsy. Contains three separate, self-contained listings: a dictionary, a thematic section, and a thesaurus. Includes suggestions for ad copy, public addresses, games, and crossword puzzles.
 
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The Portable Nietzsche (Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Nietzsche (Viking Portable Library)The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, 'Few writers in any age were so full of ideas', and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The "Portable Nietzsche" includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: "Twilight of the Idols", "The Antichrist", "Nietzsche Contra Wagner" and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".
 
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The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson
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The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio NelsonAdmiral Horatio Nelson captures our imaginations like few other military figures. A mixture of tactical originality, raw courage, cruelty, and romantic passion, Nelson in action was daring and direct, a paramount naval genius and a natural born predator. Now, in The Nelson Touch, novelist Terry Coleman provides a superb portrait of Britain's most revered naval figure.

 

 
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The American Revolution (Eyewitness History Series)
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The American Revolution (Eyewitness History Series)Synopsis

American history Burg does not claim to have been there himself, but collects narrative, chronicle, quotation, and biography that portrays the war of US independence from the perspective of people who were there. He warns students and other readers that the collection—indeed the entire Eyewitness History Series—provides only a broad overview, and that other books must be consulted for the detail; he recommends some. The arrangement is chronological from the prelude beginning in 1756 to the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Maps and biographical sketches are appended.

 
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Living and Working in the UK
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Living and Working in the UKMeant for HR professionals, a student, or a foreign national, this book includes information on immigration rules and regulations. It covers topics as: the category of visa needed to suit the circumstances; facts about the UK Education System; housing, tax, and healthcare; what to do on getting there; and the information to live in the UK. Whether you are a HR professional responsible for bringing in staff from overseas, a student or a foreign national interested in coming to the UK, this book is for you.
 
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