Facts on File library of language and literature

Surveys the language families and writing systems of the world through text, maps, photographs, and charts, looking at the forces that have affected the dissemination and development of language, and discussing the issue of disappearing languages.

Presents a guide to improving writing, providing information on pre-writing, editing, proofreading, revising, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, and more.

Presents a comprehensive guide to conducting research, and explains how to find and access information from a variety of sources, contains indexes to government agencies, and more.

Contains definitions and examples of over 1,000 literary terms covering traditional, theoretical, historical, and cultural vocabulary; and features essays on some of the major themes in literature including adultery, death, love, and religious faith.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explain the meaning, history, origin and usage of over 4,000 cliches.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explain the meaning, history, origin and early uses, and present-day useage of over 3,500 cliches.

A comprehensive student dictionary containing about 90,000 American English words along with definitions, etymology and pronunciation keys, and language abbreviations.

A reference designed to help readers find thousands of precise terms related to animals and insects, architecture, art, clothing, electronics, the environment, finance, food and drink, language, law, medicine, music, occupations, religions, and ten other broad subjects, arranged in 314 thematic glossaries.

Traces the history of over nine thousand English words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, plant and animal names, place-names, phrases from literature, nicknames, historical expressions, and foreign-language expressions.