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The Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes

Advantages: Easy to use, comprehensive
Disadvantages: None

Let's suppose you are a poet or a song writer and you need a rhyme. Rather than beating your brains out for hours on end wasting paper, what you need is a copy of what is probably the world's best English language rhyming dictionary, the Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. Actually, it is not just a English language rhyming language dictionary, as well as proper names and pace names, it contains foreign teems, too. Unlike some behemoth rhyming dictionaries, this one is of a sensible size. I can imagine a poet in his or her garret, notebook in one hand, pen or pencil between teeth, with the Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes in their other hand. How is the book laid out? Firstly there is a preface which explains what the book is and also why it is. Then there is the introduction by John Lennard. Actually, this is more than a mere introduction. It ...

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Oxford Dictionary of Ecology

Advantages: Very useful
Disadvantages: None

The new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Ecology is a very handy reference work for the student of ecology or for those interested in environmental matters. It is listed in alphabetical order (as one would expect) and covers all branches of ecology and related fields. As well as covering "things" (such as haboob -a local Sudanese name for a dust storm- hadalpelagic zone -the deepest part of he pelagic zone of the ocean- eustatic -applied to the worldwide changes in sea levels induced by growth or decay of glaciers or by tectonic movements- and raised bog -an ombrogeneous bog community-) it also covers personalities such as: Malthus, Cuvier, Engler, etc. The book is also fairly profusely illustrated with clear, concise drawings and some illustrative diagrams, too. The style of the entries in the book is clear and well ...

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Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management

Advantages: Wide coverage of many terms
Disadvantages: Some puzzling omissions

The Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management bills itself as: "best-selling dictionary, containing over 6,750 terms" And yes, that is a pretty accurate summation of this dictionary. So, I might as well get my coat then? No? You want to know a little more? Then I will tell you. This is not the first edition of this dictionary. The new (fourth) edition contains 250 new entries. It covers a wide range of different business terms, from economics to the laws as they relate to operating a business, and there is an appendix of useful business-related websites, too. Although the dictionary is generally good (some of the concepts are gone over in considerable depth, some with separate one or two page features) some of the categories are a little puzzling. For example, the entry for Netscape Navigator says: "Netscape: One ...

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