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9780140512007 | 2 edition (Viking Pr, June 1, 1987), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in standard written English.
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Explains the exact meanings and offers advice on the proper usage of a variety of commonly misused words
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9780816019335 | Rev sub edition (Facts on File, July 1, 1988), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Explains the exact meanings and offers advice on the proper usage of a variety of commonly misused words
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Contains scores of unusual stories and anecdotes from major league stars and games of the past
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9780813800448 | Iowa State Pr, January 30, 1989, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Contains scores of unusual stories and anecdotes from major league stars and games of the past
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Product Description: Bill Bryson drove 14,000 miles in search of the mythical small town of his youth. Instead he found a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger joints; a continent lost to itself through greed, pollution and television, and lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country...read more
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9780060161583 | Harpercollins, August 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When a native of Iowa returns from England to wander across America's heartland in search of the perfect small town, the result is a string of hilarious anecdotes and biting social commentary
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9780060920081 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1990), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When a native of Iowa returns from England to wander across America's heartland in search of the perfect small town, the result is a string of hilarious anecdotes and biting social commentary
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9780745141213 | Chivers Audio Books, April 1, 1993, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: Bill Bryson drove 14,000 miles in search of the mythical small town of his youth.
9781559941440, titled "The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America" | Harperaudio, May 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An unsparing and hilarious account of one man's rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.
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9780385658614, titled "The Lost Continent" | Doubleday of Canada, August 13, 2002, cover price $22.01
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Product Description: How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and explores the countless varieties of English and the perils of marketing brands with names like Pschitt and Super Piss...read more
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9780688078959, titled "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Offers a journey through the intricacies, puzzles, and quirks of the English language, tracing the history of English from its earliest origins to the present day
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9780380715435, titled "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, March 1, 1996), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Provides a humorous history of the English language covering such topics as spelling, pronunciation, swearing, and wordplay.
9780140143058, titled "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" | New edition (Gardners Books, September 26, 1991), cover price $15.90 | About this edition: A witty, irreverent but very useful account of the peculiarities of the English language.
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9781439505854 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language?
9781417671489, titled "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" | Turtleback Books, November 1, 2001, cover price $25.80 | About this edition: Provides a humorous history of the English language covering such topics as spelling, pronunciation, swearing, and wordplay.
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Product Description: This dictionary is aimed specifically at those working with words and phrases on a daily basis. It provides details of spelling for commonly misspelt words and explanation of abbreviations used in everyday language.
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9780670837670 | Viking Pr, January 1, 1992, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Provides correct spellings for difficult words, foreign expressions, unusual plurals, proper names, and abbreviations
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9780140512021 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, March 1, 1995), cover price $12.50 | About this edition: This dictionary is aimed specifically at those working with words and phrases on a daily basis.
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An account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights, describing the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna.
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9781568958316 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, February 1, 2000), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: An account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights, describing the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna.
9780688103118 | 1st edition (William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1992), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: An account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights, describing the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna
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9780380713806 | Reprint edition (Perennial, March 1, 1993), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: An entertaining account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights as the author describes the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna.
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9780553456219 | Bantam Audio, March 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights, describing the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna.
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9780553525762 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, March 1, 1999), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: An account of a European trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights, describing the bleak lands of Norway, the exotic scenes of Istanbul, and the cities of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rome, Geneva, and Vienna.
9780745142425 | Chivers Audio Books, March 1, 1994, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: Bill Bryson shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe.
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Traces America's history through the language of the time and discusses words culled from everyday activities in a discussion of American English.
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9780688103125 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1995, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Offers a look at the origins of American English, including why strippers' apparel is called a G-string and what--or who--is the real McCoy
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9780380713813 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, March 1, 1996), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A history of the American English language consists of entertaining anecdotes that reveal the bizarre and often humorous origins of such familiar words as 'Hollywood' and 'macaroni.
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9780060730291 | Unabridged edition (Harperaudio, May 30, 2005), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Traces America's history through the language of the time and discusses words culled from everyday activities in a discussion of American English.
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9781417671502 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 1996, cover price $25.80 | About this edition: In this sequel to his history of the English language, "Mother Tongue", Bryson takes an informed and fond look at the history of Americans through their popular culture and language.
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9780786207008 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 1996), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Before returning to America after spending twenty years in Britain, the author decided to tour his second home and presents a look at England's quirks and its endearing qualities
9780688147259 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Before returning to America after spending twenty years in Britain, the author decided to tour his second home and presents a look at England's quirks and its endearing qualities
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9780380727506 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1997), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Before returning to America after spending twenty years in Britain, the author decided to tour his second home and presents a look at England's quirks and its endearing qualities
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9780553525076 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, June 1, 1998), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Before returning to America after spending twenty years in Britain, the author decided to tour his second home and presents a look at England's quirks and its endearing qualities.
9780745166629 | Chivers Audio Books, July 1, 1996, cover price $74.95 | About this edition: Bill Bryson's farewell tour of the green and kindly island that has been his home for almost two decades.
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9781569902387 | Hanser Gardner Pubns, August 1, 1997, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: In a few short years, this has become the established reference for tool makers, heat treaters, and engineers seeking step-by-step "recipes" for properly heat treating a wide range of tool steels, plus practical information about machinability, shock resistance, wear, and extending tool life.
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9780754054535 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Sound Library, November 1, 2001), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail, stretches along the East Coast of the United States through some of the most arresting landscapes in America.
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9780754001669 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, September 1, 1998), cover price $89.95 | About this edition: Traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts.
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9780767903813 | Broadway Books, May 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, hardware stores, and other topics
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9780553526264 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, May 1, 1999), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: The author describes his return to America after two decades of living abroad and his disconcerting reunion with his homeland as he discusses motels, tax-return instructions, and hardware stores.
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9780552146487 | Abridged edition (Bantam Audio, November 1, 1999), cover price $18.70 | About this edition: An audio cassette featuring some of Bill Bryson's "Mail on Sunday" columns about that strange phenomena, the American way of life, in which he brings his bemused wit to bear on one of the world's craziest countries.
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9780553502596 | Unabridged edition (Random House, June 1, 2000), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: The author takes readers on a tour of the land Down Under that goes far beyond packaged-tour routes.
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9780754053439 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, June 1, 2000), cover price $94.95
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9780618074662 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 2000, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in the previous year, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
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9780618074679 | Mariner Books, October 26, 2000, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in the previous year, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
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9780618093298 | Unabridged edition (Houghton Mifflin, November 16, 2000), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in the previous year, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
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9780618093229 | Houghton Mifflin, November 16, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in the previous year, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
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Filled with loving photographs and essays--by David Bellamy, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Mabey, Marina Warner, and others--this illustrated tour of the English countryside takes readers on a vivid tour through one of the world's most beautiful landscapes. 10,000 first printing.
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9780670896806 | Viking Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Filled with loving photographs and essays--by David Bellamy, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Mabey, Marina Warner, and others--this illustrated tour of the English countryside takes readers on a vivid tour through one of the world's most beautiful landscapes.
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9780751510614 | Little Brown Uk, May 1, 2001, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: This is a collection of tall tales, absurd stories, and crazy true-life anecdotes.
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9780767910422 | 1 edition (Broadway Books, August 1, 2002), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: A revised and updated edition of a humorous primer to the English language, expanded for an American audience, contains entries on correct and questionable usage, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.
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9780767910439 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, September 14, 2004), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A revised and updated edition of a humorous primer to the English language, expanded for an American audience, contains entries on correct and questionable usage, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.
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9780767910477 | Broadway Books, September 17, 2002, cover price $12.95
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9780141040394 | Gardners Books, June 4, 2009, cover price $14.65
9780141001357 | 3 edition (Gardners Books, September 26, 2002), cover price $15.40 | About this edition: A revised edition of the dictionary that provides a straightforward guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in written English.
9780140266405 | Penguin Uk, June 1, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: This dictionary provides a straightforward guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in written English.
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9781400039982 | Goldmann Wilhelm Verlag Gmbh, January 1, 2003, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Where do wombats fly through the air?
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9780754075820 | New edition (Bbc Pubns, March 10, 2003), cover price $43.00 | About this edition: Compared to his Australian excursions, Bill Bryson had it easy on the Appalachian Trail.
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9780739302941 | Abridged edition (Random House, May 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are.
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9789706517586, titled "Una breve historia de casi todo A Short History of Nearly Everything" | Oceano De Mexico, January 2, 2005, cover price $27.75 | About this edition: One of the worlds best-selling writers takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer.
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