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Hardback. Condition: Good. The Author's Cut : WITH 80 PAGES OF SUPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: author interviews, magazine reviews, press items and releases, done in scrapbook format . On the front and back covers: Adriana Lima photographed by Ellen von Unwerth. Chandler for the 90s: (*****) Word is pure 40s cool and paragraphs swing with voiceover rhythms that put Harrison Ford's Blade Runner monologues to shame. Beautiful babes, New York wasps and sleazy zillionaires flit through Word, larger than life and twice as interesting. - Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian (England) A torrent of L.A. buzzwords and insider cynicism unmatched since Odets and Lehman's Sweet Smell of Success took on Manhattan. The Hell-A hypechat will flick all of your fuses. - Kirkus Reviews Flashy and dark, this energetic Nathanael West retake offers a rich Hollywood menu of pandering, ambition, power, and retribution. - Publishers Weekly Magnificent Obsessions: Word, the book Bret Ellis didn't write, is Felske's satire of Hollywood, i.e., 'Star Camp, ' and he does a great job with female movie colony characters. - Playboy The Shallow Man turned fashion on its head bringing the term 'modelizer' into the collective conscious. With tough-talking Word, Felske is back, red-eyeing it over Tinseltown's turf. - Detour By page 3 of this sharp send-up of all things Hollywood, you'll be patting yourself on the back for having discovered Word before Variety announces its arrival at a theater near you. - Marie Claire If We Gave Out Book Awards: Edgiest Boy, Word. Felske's anti-hero hilariously manages to find some beating hearts inside the hippest Hollywood hyphenates. - Glamour Word belongs to the growing genre of Hollywood novels in which idealistic filmmakers experience disillusionment and con artists and charlatans occupy the positions of power. - USA Today Word is winningly told, with often ferocious humor, including a fresh, funny argot. Recommended for fiction collections. - Library Journal A vicious story of the movie-driven anathema of depth that is L.A, Felske's tale about aching for success and the price of achieving it will remind you why you live in Northern California. - San Francisco Metropolitan Word, is a jazzy, ironic appreciation of writing, filmmaking, and chasing skirt. In two of those arts, at least, downtown novelist Coerte V.W. Felske seems more than passingly adept. - New York Magazine The word on Word is all good. - Page Six, The New York Post.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The Author's Cut : WITH 80 PAGES OF SUPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: author interviews, magazine reviews, press items and releases, done in scrapbook format . On the front and back covers: Adriana Lima photographed by Ellen von Unwerth. Chandler for the 90s: (*****) Word is pure 40s cool and paragraphs swing with voiceover rhythms that put Harrison Ford's Blade Runner monologues to shame. Beautiful babes, New York wasps and sleazy zillionaires flit through Word, larger than life and twice as interesting. - Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian (England) A torrent of L.A. buzzwords and insider cynicism unmatched since Odets and Lehman's Sweet Smell of Success took on Manhattan. The Hell-A hypechat will flick all of your fuses. - Kirkus Reviews Flashy and dark, this energetic Nathanael West retake offers a rich Hollywood menu of pandering, ambition, power, and retribution. - Publishers Weekly Magnificent Obsessions: Word, the book Bret Ellis didn't write, is Felske's satire of Hollywood, i.e., 'Star Camp, ' and he does a great job with female movie colony characters. - Playboy The Shallow Man turned fashion on its head bringing the term 'modelizer' into the collective conscious. With tough-talking Word, Felske is back, red-eyeing it over Tinseltown's turf. - Detour By page 3 of this sharp send-up of all things Hollywood, you'll be patting yourself on the back for having discovered Word before Variety announces its arrival at a theater near you. - Marie Claire If We Gave Out Book Awards: Edgiest Boy, Word. Felske's anti-hero hilariously manages to find some beating hearts inside the hippest Hollywood hyphenates. - Glamour Word belongs to the growing genre of Hollywood novels in which idealistic filmmakers experience disillusionment and con artists and charlatans occupy the positions of power. - USA Today Word is winningly told, with often ferocious humor, including a fresh, funny argot. Recommended for fiction collections. - Library Journal A vicious story of the movie-driven anathema of depth that is L.A, Felske's tale about aching for success and the price of achieving it will remind you why you live in Northern California. - San Francisco Metropolitan Word, is a jazzy, ironic appreciation of writing, filmmaking, and chasing skirt. In two of those arts, at least, downtown novelist Coerte V.W. Felske seems more than passingly adept. - New York Magazine The word on Word is all good. - Page Six, The New York Post.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Author's Cut : WITH 80 PAGES OF SUPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: author interviews, magazine reviews, press items and releases, done in scrapbook format . On the front and back covers: Adriana Lima photographed by Ellen von Unwerth. Chandler for the 90s: (*****) Word is pure 40s cool and paragraphs swing with voiceover rhythms that put Harrison Ford's Blade Runner monologues to shame. Beautiful babes, New York wasps and sleazy zillionaires flit through Word, larger than life and twice as interesting. - Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian (England) A torrent of L.A. buzzwords and insider cynicism unmatched since Odets and Lehman's Sweet Smell of Success took on Manhattan. The Hell-A hypechat will flick all of your fuses. - Kirkus Reviews Flashy and dark, this energetic Nathanael West retake offers a rich Hollywood menu of pandering, ambition, power, and retribution. - Publishers Weekly Magnificent Obsessions: Word, the book Bret Ellis didn't write, is Felske's satire of Hollywood, i.e., 'Star Camp, ' and he does a great job with female movie colony characters. - Playboy The Shallow Man turned fashion on its head bringing the term 'modelizer' into the collective conscious. With tough-talking Word, Felske is back, red-eyeing it over Tinseltown's turf. - Detour By page 3 of this sharp send-up of all things Hollywood, you'll be patting yourself on the back for having discovered Word before Variety announces its arrival at a theater near you. - Marie Claire If We Gave Out Book Awards: Edgiest Boy, Word. Felske's anti-hero hilariously manages to find some beating hearts inside the hippest Hollywood hyphenates. - Glamour Word belongs to the growing genre of Hollywood novels in which idealistic filmmakers experience disillusionment and con artists and charlatans occupy the positions of power. - USA Today Word is winningly told, with often ferocious humor, including a fresh, funny argot. Recommended for fiction collections. - Library Journal A vicious story of the movie-driven anathema of depth that is L.A, Felske's tale about aching for success and the price of achieving it will remind you why you live in Northern California. - San Francisco Metropolitan Word, is a jazzy, ironic appreciation of writing, filmmaking, and chasing skirt. In two of those arts, at least, downtown novelist Coerte V.W. Felske seems more than passingly adept. - New York Magazine The word on Word is all good. - Page Six, The New York Post.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A major revision of the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. This new printing, which marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the original American Heritage Dictionary, presents the most up-to-date research about the words in our language in an accessible and elegant design, featuring thousands of revisions, including more than 150 new words and senses. This is the fiftieth anniversary printing of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language. This beloved dictionary has become the premier resource for anyone who wants to know precisely what words mean, where they come from, and how to use them effectively. It is renowned for presenting accurate and comprehensible definitions, etymologies based on the latest research, and authoritative usage guidance from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. The fifth edition of the dictionary, published in 2011, included 10,000 new words and senses, as well as 4,000 new full-color images. This comprehensive update continues the tradition of exhaustive research and thorough review. Thousands of revisions to definitions and etymologies, 150 new words and senses, and new usage advice make this updated printing the most current print dictionary of its size available today.The American Heritage Dictionary combines clear, precise definitions with useful features that make it easier to choose your words and express yourself clearly. Your words really do define you. Make the most of them with the guidance of this respected work of reference.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. A major revision of the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. This new printing, which marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the original American Heritage Dictionary, presents the most up-to-date research about the words in our language in an accessible and elegant design, featuring thousands of revisions, including more than 150 new words and senses. This is the fiftieth anniversary printing of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language. This beloved dictionary has become the premier resource for anyone who wants to know precisely what words mean, where they come from, and how to use them effectively. It is renowned for presenting accurate and comprehensible definitions, etymologies based on the latest research, and authoritative usage guidance from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. The fifth edition of the dictionary, published in 2011, included 10,000 new words and senses, as well as 4,000 new full-color images. This comprehensive update continues the tradition of exhaustive research and thorough review. Thousands of revisions to definitions and etymologies, 150 new words and senses, and new usage advice make this updated printing the most current print dictionary of its size available today.The American Heritage Dictionary combines clear, precise definitions with useful features that make it easier to choose your words and express yourself clearly. Your words really do define you. Make the most of them with the guidance of this respected work of reference.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A major revision of the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. This new printing, which marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the original American Heritage Dictionary, presents the most up-to-date research about the words in our language in an accessible and elegant design, featuring thousands of revisions, including more than 150 new words and senses. This is the fiftieth anniversary printing of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language. This beloved dictionary has become the premier resource for anyone who wants to know precisely what words mean, where they come from, and how to use them effectively. It is renowned for presenting accurate and comprehensible definitions, etymologies based on the latest research, and authoritative usage guidance from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. The fifth edition of the dictionary, published in 2011, included 10,000 new words and senses, as well as 4,000 new full-color images. This comprehensive update continues the tradition of exhaustive research and thorough review. Thousands of revisions to definitions and etymologies, 150 new words and senses, and new usage advice make this updated printing the most current print dictionary of its size available today.The American Heritage Dictionary combines clear, precise definitions with useful features that make it easier to choose your words and express yourself clearly. Your words really do define you. Make the most of them with the guidance of this respected work of reference.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The newest title in the popular 100 Words series, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know is the perfect book for people who enjoy reading about words that have absorbing histories, intriguing coinages, surprising but useful meanings, or have been used by famous writers throughout the history of English. Many of these 100 words are accompanied by notes that explain in detail the path the word has undertaken in its journey to its current meaning, providing useful etymological information about how the usage of a word develops over time. Additionally, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know features scores of quotations from classical and contemporary authors, from Henry James and Jane Austen to Sylvia Plath and William Golding, Douglas Coupland and Donna Tartt. A great gift for anyone who appreciates the beauty, history, and depth of the English language, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know will appeal to all who are avid readers and take pride in a vibrant, active vocabulary.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Developed by professional editors and educational consultants especially for preschoolers and children in the first years of school, the award-winning Picture Dictionary is a compilation of 900 of the words most commonly featured in elementary school reading programs and used every day by children in speech and writing. Entries are arranged alphabetically, introducing the concept that words in a dictionary are arranged in a sequence, and are illustrated with lively full-color drawings by distinguished children's illustrator Maggie Swanson. The same families and pets recur in the pictures, presenting children with a familiar cast of characters, engaging their attention. Playful example sentences show standard usage and encourage reading. The A-to-Z list is complemented by nine thematic illustrations at the back of the book that feature related vocabulary grouped in settings such as a classroom, a supermarket, and a zoo. Front matter includes an informative note to teachers and parents and guides them in using the book to best meet the needs of young readers. This book not only features a new cover, updated to match the line look of the other American Heritage(R) juvenile dictionaries, but it is for the first time presented in paperback, to match the new edition of the American Heritage(R) First Dictionary.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Developed by professional editors and educational consultants especially for preschoolers and children in the first years of school, the award-winning Picture Dictionary is a compilation of 900 of the words most commonly featured in elementary school reading programs and used every day by children in speech and writing. Entries are arranged alphabetically, introducing the concept that words in a dictionary are arranged in a sequence, and are illustrated with lively full-color drawings by distinguished children's illustrator Maggie Swanson. The same families and pets recur in the pictures, presenting children with a familiar cast of characters, engaging their attention. Playful example sentences show standard usage and encourage reading. The A-to-Z list is complemented by nine thematic illustrations at the back of the book that feature related vocabulary grouped in settings such as a classroom, a supermarket, and a zoo. Front matter includes an informative note to teachers and parents and guides them in using the book to best meet the needs of young readers. This book not only features a new cover, updated to match the line look of the other American Heritage(R) juvenile dictionaries, but it is for the first time presented in paperback, to match the new edition of the American Heritage(R) First Dictionary.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Developed by professional editors and educational consultants especially for preschoolers and children in the first years of school, the award-winning Picture Dictionary is a compilation of 900 of the words most commonly featured in elementary school reading programs and used every day by children in speech and writing. Entries are arranged alphabetically, introducing the concept that words in a dictionary are arranged in a sequence, and are illustrated with lively full-color drawings by distinguished children's illustrator Maggie Swanson. The same families and pets recur in the pictures, presenting children with a familiar cast of characters, engaging their attention. Playful example sentences show standard usage and encourage reading. The A-to-Z list is complemented by nine thematic illustrations at the back of the book that feature related vocabulary grouped in settings such as a classroom, a supermarket, and a zoo. Front matter includes an informative note to teachers and parents and guides them in using the book to best meet the needs of young readers. This book not only features a new cover, updated to match the line look of the other American Heritage(R) juvenile dictionaries, but it is for the first time presented in paperback, to match the new edition of the American Heritage(R) First Dictionary.…

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Hardback. Condition: Fair.

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Hardback. Condition: Good.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A major revision of the Fifth Edition of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. This new printing, which marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the original American Heritage Dictionary, presents the most up-to-date research about the words in our language in an accessible and elegant design, featuring thousands of revisions, including more than 150 new words and senses. This is the fiftieth anniversary printing of The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language. This beloved dictionary has become the premier resource for anyone who wants to know precisely what words mean, where they come from, and how to use them effectively. It is renowned for presenting accurate and comprehensible definitions, etymologies based on the latest research, and authoritative usage guidance from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel. The fifth edition of the dictionary, published in 2011, included 10,000 new words and senses, as well as 4,000 new full-color images. This comprehensive update continues the tradition of exhaustive research and thorough review. Thousands of revisions to definitions and etymologies, 150 new words and senses, and new usage advice make this updated printing the most current print dictionary of its size available today.The American Heritage Dictionary combines clear, precise definitions with useful features that make it easier to choose your words and express yourself clearly. Your words really do define you. Make the most of them with the guidance of this respected work of reference.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Includes the newest definitions, photographs and illustrations, guidelines for using the dictionary, and other features.

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The Author's Cut : WITH 80 PAGES OF SUPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: author interviews, magazine reviews, press items and releases, done in scrapbook format . On the front and back covers: Adriana Lima photographed by Ellen von Unwerth. Chandler for the 90s: (*****) Word is pure 40s cool and paragraphs swing with voiceover rhythms that put Harrison Ford's Blade Runner monologues to shame. Beautiful babes, New York wasps and sleazy zillionaires flit through Word, larger than life and twice as interesting. - Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian (England) A torrent of L.A. buzzwords and insider cynicism unmatched since Odets and Lehman's Sweet Smell of Success took on Manhattan. The Hell-A hypechat will flick all of your fuses. - Kirkus Reviews Flashy and dark, this energetic Nathanael West retake offers a rich Hollywood menu of pandering, ambition, power, and retribution. - Publishers Weekly Magnificent Obsessions: Word, the book Bret Ellis didn't write, is Felske's satire of Hollywood, i.e., 'Star Camp, ' and he does a great job with female movie colony characters. - Playboy The Shallow Man turned fashion on its head bringing the term 'modelizer' into the collective conscious. With tough-talking Word, Felske is back, red-eyeing it over Tinseltown's turf. - Detour By page 3 of this sharp send-up of all things Hollywood, you'll be patting yourself on the back for having discovered Word before Variety announces its arrival at a theater near you. - Marie Claire If We Gave Out Book Awards: Edgiest Boy, Word. Felske's anti-hero hilariously manages to find some beating hearts inside the hippest Hollywood hyphenates. - Glamour Word belongs to the growing genre of Hollywood novels in which idealistic filmmakers experience disillusionment and con artists and charlatans occupy the positions of power. - USA Today Word is winningly told, with often ferocious humor, including a fresh, funny argot. Recommended for fiction collections. - Library Journal A vicious story of the movie-driven anathema of depth that is L.A, Felske's tale about aching for success and the price of achieving it will remind you why you live in Northern California. - San Francisco Metropolitan Word, is a jazzy, ironic appreciation of writing, filmmaking, and chasing skirt. In two of those arts, at least, downtown novelist Coerte V.W. Felske seems more than passingly adept. - New York Magazine The word on Word is all good. - Page Six, The New York Post.…