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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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Unabridged International Dictionary features more than 476,000 entries, including an updated and expanded Addenda Section of new words and meanings. Also includes a free one-year subscription to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Web site. Hardcover dictionary contains 2,783 pages.
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If big is better, the unabridged Webster's Third New International Dictionary is among the best. Weighing 12.5 pounds and measuring 4 inches thick, its 2,662 pages define more than 450,000 words spanning "a" to "zyzzogeton," including words ("disselboom" for instance) not found in other dictionaries, plus clear definitions, comprehensive etymologies, interesting asides, literary usage quotes, and a comfortable typeface. More than 150 years of accumulated scholarship helped collect the 10,000,000 usage examples that accurately provide definitions, and $3,500,000 went into producing this impressive volume. With Webster's Third you get a lot of dictionary for your money.
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DO NOT BUY THIS DICTIONARY.......2007-08-15
SINE I BOUGHT THIS IN APRIL, 2007, IT HAS MALFUNCTIONED: TRYING TO GO ONLINE LOCKS UP THE PROGRAM WHICH HAS TO BE SHUT DOWN BY CTRL-ALT-DELETE.
IT PRINTS PHONETIC SYMBOLS RIDICULOUSLY. IT WILL NOT PRINT BUT GIVES ERROR MESSAGES INSTEAD. I SPENT TWO DAYS ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR "TECHNICIAN" WHO SOLVED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. THEY AGREED TO A REFUND WHEN I SENT THEM BACK THE PRODUCT WHICH I DID IN EARLY JUNE, WITH A RECEIPT PROOF FROM THE USPS. AS OF 08-15-07, I HAVE RECEIVED NO REFUND AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE COURTESY TO ANSWER MY EMAILS.
A fascinating read!.......2007-06-27
I carried this wonderful tome along on my last backpacking trip in the Sierra. Boy, was I glad I had brought it! We got stuck in snow in one of those trailside shelter thingys for three days. My significant porter and I took turns bashing each other all over with it, not for any kind of kinky thrill, mind you, simply just to fend off cold and boredom. After we had done with breaking it in, we opened it to the letter M and used it as a pillow-for-two! It was really just serendipity that I brought it along in the first place--we had decided to leave the gaz backpacking stoves at home in order to practice our foraging skills. Since I had a little extra space I tucked it under the rubber chicken and ankle weights.
On the third day, we decided to use some of the grammar appendix to kindle a little warm-up flame. During snowbound days, we read definitions to each other. I recommend this book for any serious camper.
Dictionary review.......2007-06-27
I bought this unabridged dictionary for my grandson who is going into high school. I knew about the product before I purchased it on Amazon. Amazon's price was the best, service great as usual, and delivery arrived when they said it would.
The whole transaction gets 5 starts *****!
Webster Dictionary.......2007-05-09
I have had the second edition of Webster's International Dictionary for some 45 years and thought it was time to update to the relative new third edition. The new edition is a little smaller and lighter mainly due to the type of paper. Also there are mores entries in it. A great buy for all the wordsmiths out there.
Having a Webster's Dictionary Easily Accessible.......2007-05-06
I had been using the online Webster's but I found the listings incomplete and it was a bit of a nuisance to have to go online to get a listing. It is nice having the dictionary resident in my various computers. On the down side, I guess I expected to see more visuals, more graphics, more bells and whistles with every entry but perhaps it is the words I am requesting that are not conducive to such listings. I doubt if I would have purchased it without getting it back from my university professional fund since it is a bit pricey at roughly $50.
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The Seven Language Dictionary offers the convenience of a phrase book, a manual of conversation, and a dictionary combined in three, comprehensive volumes, making it an ideal reference tool for students, travelers, and business people.
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The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of intense controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals due to widespread disagreements about the nature of language and the role of the dictionary. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people who knew and worked with Gove, this is a human story as well as the story of the making of a dictionary. The author skillfully interweaves an account of Gove's character and working habits with the evolution of the dictionary. In spite of its rocky initial reception, Webster's Third is now widely regarded as one of the greatest dictionaries of our time.
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The most significant U.S. dictionary of the 20th century.......2000-09-04
If you're one of those people who consider a well done dictionary to be good early-morning reading material (and really, who isn't?) then this book is for you. Seriously, the Merriam-Webster Third Edition created a huge controversy when it was first released in 1961, being the first major U.S. dicitonary that took a mainly DESRIPTIVE rather than PRESCIPTIVE approach to the english language. Never mind that European dicionaries had been doing much the same for a hundred years or more, to many Americans this was heresy. The ripples from this storm are still bouncing about today. Too bad that Philip Gove, the editor and virtual godfather of the Third, was such a poor defender of it. Also too bad he didn't live long enough to see his editorial philosophy largely vindicated. Morton gives equal attention to Philip Gove, the dictionary itself, and the G. & C. Merriam Company. The historical section on Noah Webster and his dictionary, how it was acquired by the Merriam brothers, and the subsequent history of the company is most informative and fascinating. So is the discussion at the end of the lasting effects of Webster's Third. As it should be with any book about dictionaries, the material is well-organized, with everything clearly and logically laid out. A good read, and a must for lexiphiles.
The American Big Dictionary.......2000-05-27
Philip Gove spent his career producing this magnum opus. Morton traces the work and the explosion that occurred when the dictionary was published. It's the American version of "The Professor and the Madman".
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Sweet Valley is stunned by the news: Beautiful young Elizabeth Wakefield lies in a coma, on the brink of death after a horrible motorcycle accident.
Elizabeth's boyfriend Todd is consumed by guilt; he was driving and escaped unharmed. He feels totally helpless. All he can do is wait for a change in Elizabeth's condition--a change that might mean the loss of the only girl he's ever loved.
But no one is more shattered than Elizabeth's twin, Jessica. As she keeps watch over the silent body of her sister, she's overwhelmed by despair. Without Elizabeth, can life go on?
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One of the Top All Time Classic SVH books.......2006-02-18
This is probably one of the most memorable books from the SVH series. "A senseless tragedy" changes the persona of Elizabeth Wakefield; she becomes wild, reckless, and shameless to say the least. Her sweet, loyal and ethical persona has evaporated as an outcome of her accident, leaving a trail of devestation in her wake towards her friends and family.
Jessica notices the sudden change in her sister, and is immediately held responsible for her sister's actions; by both her parents and her friends. Here Jessica has to assume the role of the more "responsible" twin, which she loathes since it is getting in the way of her social life. Jessica changes only enough where she has to take on the responsible role of chaperone for her sister as well as defender to her sister's actions. In short, the character roles of Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield have (for the first and only time in this series) reversed. Only Elizabeth takes the role Jessica normally holds to a much higher and wilder level (i.e. allowing Bruce Patman of all people, attempts to seduce her twice). Jessica is left having to make excuses for her twin and stuck having to babysit the Percy twins, another stressor in her life that she could do without.
Todd's character is amazing. Even though Elizabeth has snubbed him countless times throughout, he still shows his commitment and devotion for "the only girl he's ever loved". He rescues her numerous times from her disasterous and reckless behavior, which only adds strength to his already revered character. His allience with Jessica is suprising, but not too surprising to notice that it lasts only as long as Elizabeth is going through her "mysterious illness".
Although there is a little critical note in which should be addressed. Personally, the book should have ended with Elizabeth hearing about all of her wild and crazy actions, or at least started up in the next book, "Heartbreaker." Also, it is not mentioned how Elizabeth gets out of the scrapes of her term paper or with her relationship with Enid. These key issues should have been addressed more fully.
All and all, a great book. One of my personal favorites in the series despite the personal criticism.
Great..........2006-02-11
This book was great. Evne though I read ti a long itme ago I'll try to write a good review. Elizabeth is in a coma from the motorcycle accident with Todd. Todd comes out ok, not hurt. Than all of a sudden... Elizabeth wakes up. Everyone thinks it's over with, it's a happy ending, but there wrong. She starts acting like Jessica! It gets to the point were she goes out with Bruce and she goes to his house! I know,shocking, I recomnd this book to any sweet valley fan.
Where Dangerous Love left off.......2005-03-07
Elizabeth Wakefield is in a coma after a motorcycle accident with Todd Wilkins,He had been in an the accident,too.He didn't get hurt.The Wakefield's cousin,Rexy,who isn't in any of the Wakefield Lagacy story's has been killed in a motorcycle accident.Everyone at SVH,including Enid Rollns goes for a ride on Todd's motorcycle. When Elizabeth comes out of it,She's just as wild and boy-crazy as Jessica.She kisses Bruce Patman.
A unique story.......2004-09-03
If you're a die-hard fan of - or recent convert to - any of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley series, it's easy to appreciate the escapist / fantasy reading involved. Much harder to appreciate is the driven formulaic writing approach adopted by Kate Williams; yet how else is it possible to churn out novels in such rapid succession without using a template of some sort? It's true that the later Sweet Valley High novels show much less imagination and originality in narrative style than the first 20 or so in this series. And it's also true that number 7 - Dear Sister - stands out as a story unique in its focus for a teenage romance series: the implications of deep and seemingly permanent psychological trauma for a young woman after a horrific motorcycle accident; the changed and almost surreal relationships in this young woman's life in the aftermath, especially that with her identical twin sister. Williams writes with a compassion, intensity and tenderness that seems lacking when the stories choose to focus on boys, dances and power-plays within the boundaries of the high school arena. Dear Sister explores death and disability, and the unpredictable power of the mind and subconscious, in a courageous stretch of the traditional boundaries of the teen romance genre - yet also with the inevitable understanding that not only will Elizabeth Wakefield not die, but that she will also recover.
Elizabeth and Jessica are identical twins, sharing not only incredible physical beauty but also a special bond that began in the womb. Throughout the Sweet Valley High series, readers are never allowed to forget how special Elizabeth and Jessica are - not just to their family and friends, but predominantly to each other. Selfish, cruel and manipulative, Jessica is nonetheless her sister's fiercest defender and most devoted friend. Likewise, it is only when she is being protective of Jessica that loving, generous and honest Elizabeth can surprise her readers by being unfair, unjust and even merciless. This special bond between the twins, however, is strained almost to breaking point in the aftermath of Elizabeth's accident in Dear Sister. She regains consciousness from a coma only to wake in a world in which she cannot remember who she used to be, and why she should still want to be that person.
Dear Sister is told primarily from Jessica's point of view, so readers never get too close to exploring the psychological depths of darkness lying dormant in Elizabeth's mind. We can only assume that her inner world is surreal and unstable because of her outward actions - actions that contradict who `Elizabeth Wakefield' is meant to be, and which frighten and sadden Jessica because they speak of another personality: her own! Jessica's identity crisis, and her struggle to cope with new responsibilities and expectations, is treated with great sympathy and tenderness by Williams, and though it's blatantly apparent that Jessica is the author's favourite character in the series, in this instance, Jessica truly does deserve what she gets. Not only is she threatened with the loss of her beloved twin - through the initial threat of death and then through psychological trauma - Jessica must also continue to protect Elizabeth from her own destructive behaviour, and the consequences these have upon both their lives - shielding Elizabeth's pathological change of character from their loving family. Elizabeth becomes a hard and almost gruesome caricature of Jessica at her worst: selfish, heartless, aggressive, rebellious, almost crazed. It's a very unlovely picture of the girl who is always used by the author as a foil to her popular, fun-loving (and by no means innocent) twin, and readers will be taken aback by her hateful behaviour towards Todd Wilkins, her adoring boyfriend whose motorcycle she rode and from which she was thrown. Jean and Joan Percy, identical twins who visit the Wakefield household in midst of all the turmoil, underscore the loss with which Jessica is threatened if Elizabeth is unable to get well. Like Elizabeth and Jessica, they also share a special bond unique to twins.
Bruce Patman, always the villain incarnate in the Sweet Valley High series, is justifiably malevolent in Dear Sister, though it must be owned that his status as `villain' is mostly due to his infamous relationship with Jessica - as opposed to a more complex or deeper study of the nature of his exploitative traits. Here, however, his attempted seduction of a vulnerable and mentally unhealthy Elizabeth gives readers a more specific reason to dislike and distrust his character. There is an almost tangible tension and expectation in the scenes in the Patman beach house - a reading experience you'd expect more from a thriller than from a teen romance. How Elizabeth finally regains her memory and identity in the dark is so simple, so rational and yet so wholly unexpected that it neatly merges with the escapist / fantasy tradition of this genre without losing its believability.
BEST OF THE SERIES.......2004-01-12
I read this book so long ago and its still with me now. I think it was the first book to ever make me cry and I will always love it for that. Sweet Valley High gets an awful lot of rap for being unreal and out of date but I have to say that I think they are almost timeless-can any of us ever say that we wouldnt love to be almost anyone of the character portrayed. DEAR SISTER is a gorgeous gorgeously sweet book and certainly, to my opinion, the best of the ENTIRE series. I loved both Elizabeth and Jessica as a child and still love to have a flick through my ancient battered falling apart copy today- I;m twenty-one! I really think that this is a book perfectly designed for young girls. The pious social messages are tonic to a nasty nasty world. Lose your self in the lives of the twins for a while and i promise you you'll come out loving, laughing or at the very least smiling.
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Dear Sister
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I loved this book, its the best yet........1999-02-25
This book was the best I have ever read. The epilogue left me hanging. I think John Hall should write a Dear Sister 2: The revenge of Trisha. I loved the way it always left you hanging, and it made you think it was Joanna was the killer. I never thought it would be Trisha! I think John Hall should definately write a sequel! Thanks for the best book yet!
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Sweet Valley High #7 Dear Sister
Francine Pascal
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Querida Hermana/Dear Sister (Las Gemelas de Sweet Valley Escuela Superior)
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