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2022.
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"Most of us give little thought to the back of the book-it's just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. Here, for the first time, is the...
11) Shakespeare A to Z: the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more
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Nearly 3,000 entries and over 50 illustrations provide information on all facets of Shakespeare's life and works
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etween 1932 and 1953, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, of Oxford, England, translated four volumes compiled by the renowned Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, written during the Third Age of Middle Earth, far longer ago than the Celtic, Germanic and Icelandic manuscripts Professor Tolkien was used to deciphering. The result wasThe Hobbit, and readers have never beenthe same since. In 1954, seventeen years after The Hobbit first appeared,...
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[1987]
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"A comprehensive index to the 27 volumes of the Civil War series. At the bottom of each page is a key that explains the abbreviations used to represent the various volumes. Page numbers in roman type denote text reference; those in italic type indicate illustrations."-- P. 38.
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