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"The Encyclopedia of World History"
Peter N. Stearns
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"Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words"
Archie Hobson
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Frank R. Abate
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"People on People : The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations"
Susan Ratcliffe
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Anne Skillion
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"The New Oxford American Dictionary"
Frank R. Abate
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The "New Oxford American Dictionary" delivers authoritative
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"How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for
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Rosalie Maggio
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"Atlas of the World (Atlas of the World, 9th Ed)"
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Naftal Kadmon
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Rosemary Rogers
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Garrett Wade
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