Gathers quotations about individual artists, art movements, architecture, critical terms, and art history

A Dictionary of Art Quotations

Crofton, Ian

Arts & Photography

Schirmer Trade Books

Gathers quotations about composers, musical instruments, film music, the musical, conductors, opera, and musical concepts

Dictionary of Musical Quotations

Fraser, Donald

Music

Macmillan Pub. Co.

An exciting new series, building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist.* nearly 300 major articles in all, giving full coverage of the physical, chemical and biological sciences* accurate and up to date, covering the latest discoveries, events and ideas* expert authors capture the excitement of science* all text checked by specialist consultants* over 1300 illustrations - carefully selected photos and specially commissioned drawings and diagrams

Atoms and Elements (Young Oxford Library of Science)

Bradley, David

Oxford University Press, USA

This is an exciting new series, building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge, and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist. It features: nearly 300 major articles in all, giving full coverage of the physical, chemical and biological sciences; accurate and up to date, covering the latest discoveries, events and ideas; expert authors capture the excitement of science; all text checked by specialist consultants; and over 1300 illustrations - carefully selected photos and specially commissioned drawings and diagrams.

Atoms and Elements

Children's Books

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Pick any spot in the British Isles and you’re sure to find a touch of local color, as this authoritative guide so entertainingly demonstrates. The authors have selected 7,500 of the most interesting places and place-names, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch (scene of Ivanhoe’s unforgettable joust), to Wetwang, where builders recently discovered the 2,300-year-old grave of an Iron Age woman who was buried with a chariot. Tourists, scholars, and armchair travelers will revel in fascinating facts on everything from what’s odd about the name Avon River” to why Brits say God bless the Duke of Argyle!” when someone scratches an itch.

Brewer's Britain & Ireland

History

Ayto, John

Europe

UNKNO

Find the origins of obscure titles of over 1,500 films, novels, plays, paintings, and musical compositions. Some are humorous or ironic, others risqué or purposely baffling. "All Quiet on the Western Front" is an ironic reference to blacked-out news reports while thousands of soldiers were dying. "Hobson's Choice," a 1916 play, comes from liveryman Thomas Hobson (c.1544-1631) who always offered customers the horse nearest the door of the stable, and no other. A "Yankee Doodle" comes from the Dutch pejorative, a Jan Kees (John Cheese), meaning an arrogant fellow. See how many films and books you can list with insects in the title, or that start with "I Was a..." or "I Married a...". Then see how many you missed.

Brewer's Curious Titles: The Fascinating Stories Behind More Than 1500 Famous Titles

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

From the creators of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, considered by many the greatest trivia collection ever, comes another cool collection of fabulous facts, quirky quotes, and unbelievable-but-true happenings. The coverage includes various historic, literary, artistic, and scientific categorieseach supplying its share of the bizarre and the hilarious. Some examples: a list of royal nicknames, from William the Bastard (a.k.a. the Conqueror) to Harry Potty (today’s irrepressible Prince Harry); the longest and shortest wars, from the 100 Years’ War to the Thirty-eight Minutes’ War; the ship’s cat that won a medal; and why the planet Uranus was nearly officially named George.

Brewer's Cabinet of Curiosities

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

It’s totally revised, completely updated for the 21st century, and better than everfeaturing more than 8,000 of the most contemporary words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, names, nicknames, named” events, and book, film, and TV titles. And they’re all defined and fully explained in lively style. From bootylicious” to Hogwarts,” it focuses on the riches of the modern verbal imagination, and follows the time-honored Brewer’s tradition of telling fascinating stories about the derivation and origins of each. The new editing team of John Ayto and Ian Crofton have polished the entire existing text and added some 1,000 new articles covering the cultural spectrum from literature to music, comic strips to computer games.

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase &d Fable

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Cassell

This quirky and eclectic collection will open your eyes to a whole world of things you didn't know you didn't know and have you peppering your conversation with such diverse trivia as political nicknames, unusual weapons, notable cat lovers and heroic animals. This attractive volume includes snippets of classic Brewers phrase and fable as well as stranger-than-fiction facts, amusing anecdotes, quotations and weird news items. Amongst the pages you may encounter: the champagne monk - glow-in-the-dark testicles four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - Big Bertha Nostradamus - the Viennese Vegetable Orchestra - the Harmonious Breakfast Gris-jambon Vert - Kruptadia - Monsieur Mangetout the Dog of God - Indian Jasmine

Brewer's Nettle Knickers & Exploding Toads: Curious Facts from the Faintly Peculiar to the Downright Bizarre

Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd

Completely updated for the 21st century, this top-selling reference presents imaginative definitions and origins of thousands of words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, nicknames and events from TV, literature, music, comic strips and computer games.

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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