本书原定价29.95美元,净重1830克,私藏自然旧。【图书分类:历史、地理 > 传记 > 世界人物传记 > 参考工具书 > 人名词典、姓氏词典、同姓名录】"Comprehensive collection of concise biographies. Over 30,000 entries. Includes birth and death dates, career highlights and historical significance. Provides accurate pronunciations for names."
编辑推荐: Weighing in at a hefty 1,170 pages, this addictive reference volume supplies brief lives of more than 30,000 men and women--the famous, the not-so-famous, and the downright obscure. Coverage of the non-English speaking world is particularly comprehensive. And thanks to the helpful pronunciation guidelines, names like Domitius Ahenobarbus and Abu al-Faraj alIsbahani will soon roll trippingly from the reader's tongue.
媒体推荐: It is so valuable and so reasonably priced that it can be considered essential. -- The Bloomsbury Review
The lives of over 34,000 men and women from around the world are celebrated in a dictionary reference which includes birth information, career highlights and profiles, and over 300 new entries in a revised edition. Highly recommended! -- Midwest Book Review
作者简介: Since 1937. Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. The company publishes a diverse array of print and electronic products, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – America's best-selling desk dictionary – and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster can be considered the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster. In 1843, the company bought the rights to the 1841 edition of Webster's magnum opus, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Corrected and Enlarged. At the same time, they secured the rights to create revised editions of the work. Since that time, Merriam-Webster editors have carried forward Noah Webster's work, creating some of the most widely used and respected dictionaries and reference books in the world.
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