glossaries, vocabularies, etc

A lift-the-flap book which teaches young readers essential phrases in English and French; includes a CD-ROM with pronunciations of the words.

Labeled illustrations and Spanish and English text introduce the things a child sees while on a walk.

A dictionary of terms that were first coined in William Shakespeare's plays. Each entry explains the source of the word, how the word is used throughout history, and where each word appears in Shakespeare's works.

Provides information about the Roman alphabet and the people who used it as a medium for the transmission of their civilization.

Explores the slang of twentieth-century American youth from before the 1920s through the 1990s, with individual discussion of each era and an alphabetical word list with definitions.

A writer's guide to life in America from the passing of the National Prohibition Act in 1919 through the end of World War II in 1945, covering popular slang, prohibition, the Depression, World War II, crime, transportation, fashion, radio, and music and dance.