The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations


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Over 11,000 of these 18,000 quotations have never before appeared in a quotation book. Chosen not for their familiarity but for their quality and their relevance in the 1990s, these provocative quotations cover subjects from adolescence and adoption to yuppies and zoos.







The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations


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A collection of over 6,000 remarks, witticisms, judgements, and observations.




The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations


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The new edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, is a collection of 5800 well-known quotations by 1100 authors. Ranging in time from the eighth century BC to the 1970s and in space from Russia to South Africa, it provides excellent browsing among a varied company of authors and includes a generous index to guide the reader to a particular quote or selection of quotes.







Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations


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Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.







The Cumulative Book Index


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A world list of books in the English language.







Dictionary of Quotations


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