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2. "Encarta World English Dictionary"
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While becoming the world's new lingua franca, English has been changing at breakneck speed. The "Encarta World English Dictionary" covers all the new developments in the language thoroughly and efficiently, creating a reference tool for anyone hooked into the global culture. We're really quite "chuffed." Read more

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3. "The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants"
The undisputed gardening-reference champion, "The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants" weighs in with more than 15,000 entries and 6,000 photos and illustrations of North American plants, trees, and flowers. It includes answers for every gardening question, from light requirements to heirloom-seed varieties. Read more

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In "Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay," indefatigable verbivores Richard Lederer and Richard Dowis present a quick-and-dirty grammar guide, tip a few sacred cows, and even offer some helpful hints on orthography and punctuation. Now, if only they could do the actual writing for us. Read more

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5. "Random House Webster's Quotationary"
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Looking for a pithy quote for your next speech? Maybe you're just curious about who said, "Great minds are like eagles, and build their nest in some lofty solitude" (Schopenhauer, if you really must know). Random House Webster's "Quotationary" offers over 20,000 quotations by everyone from Edward Abbey to Emile Zola. Read more

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6. "Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary"
Inveterate logophiles that we are, we love the 100th-anniversary edition of "Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary." With over 200,000 entries, authoritative usage guides, etymologies, and synonym paragraphs, this dictionary, we think, would make Noah proud. Read more

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7. "Why I Write"
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Will Blythe gathers 25 essays detailing the joy of writing by fiction writers as diverse as David Foster Wallace, Ann Patchett, and Terry McMillan in "Why I Write." More than a meditation on the art of writing, "Why I Write" celebrates fiction's power to inspire, challenge, and liberate our imaginations. Read more

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8. "DK Millennium World Atlas"
The "DK Millennium World Atlas" is a big, lush book, at home whether displayed on a coffee table or on a library's reference shelf. State-of-the-art cartography has never looked so good. Read more

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9. "Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus"
Need a word in a hurry? Look no further than "Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus." Combining the traditional Roget's-style thematic index with the convenient alphabetic organization of the modern lexicon, it's a veritable orgy of synonymy. Read more

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10. "Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2000"
Curious about the inner workings of a jet? Wonder how crystals are formed? You'll find this and more wonderfully deconstructed information in "Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2000." Read more

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