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Robert Hendrickson

Author Robert Hendrickson traces the sometimes bizarre, always fascinating origins and development of more than 9,000 words and phrases from A to Zzz, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place-names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign-language expressions, and phrases from literature. This greatly expanded and revised version of the critically acclaimed 1987 original contains more than 2,000 new entries. Comprehensive, authoritative, and eminently readable, The Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins will delight the logophile and serve as an invaluable reference tool for all students of language and literature.

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Joyce Bourne

A guide to over 2,500 operatic characters, along with synopses of over 200 major works. From Arabella to Wozzeck and from Aeneas to Zaida, this book includes information on the main characters in the repertoire of both opera and operetta, ranging from brief identifications of minor characters to extensive multi-page essays on major figures. Each entry provides a full description of the role, indicates its vocal category, and discusses who first created the part and other notable performers. This new edition has been revised and fully updated, with a new appendix of contemporary operas of the last ten years, including detailed synopses and world premiere cast lists, plus a list of opera-related web links. In addition, the volume contains more than two dozen feature articles on major characters, written by well-known personalities who themselves constitute a who's who of opera. For instance, Placido Domingo discusses the character of Otello, perhaps his greatest role, and Janet Baker writes about Mary Stuart.

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ilustrador F. Noriega

En este libro ilustrado para niños el elefantito Trompi nos muestra los nombres de varios objetos y animales en el dormitorio, el baño, la cocina, el salón, la escuela, el parque, la calle, el mercado, la granja, la playa, y el zoológico. In this illustrated book for children the little elephant Trompi shows us the names of various objects and animals in the dormitory, bathroom, kitchen, living room, school, park, street, market, farm, beach and zoo.

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Evelyn Goldsmith

An easy to use dictionary presented in large format and clear typography, it both illustrates and uses full sentences to explain many words.