As expansive as the ocean itself, this entertaining, informative almanac offers hundreds of fascinating essays, anecdotes, facts, legends, and mysteries concerning the sea, its amazing inhabitants--both real and apocryphal--and the men and ships who have sailed it through the ages.

The Ocean Almanac - Being a Copious Compendium on Sea Creatures, Nautical Lore & Legend, Master Mariners, Naval Disasters, and Myriad Mysteries of the Deep

Robert. Hendrickson

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Hutchinson Reference

Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

Reference

Bdd Promotional Book Co

Grand Emporiums: The Illustrated History of America's Great Department Stores

UNKNO

More than 15,000 entriesover 2,000 of which are new to this editionprovide information and anecdotes on the origin and development of a wide range of words and phrases, including: 
Fellini named the hyperactive photographer in La Dolce Vita Signor Paparazzo, after the Italian slang for mosquito, which lead to the popularity of the term, paparazzi. 
Argentina takes its name from the Latin argentum meaning silver. Legend says that llamas grazing on Mount Posi in 1545 uprooted some shrubbery, beneath which was a vein of silver ore. 
Conjurer's assistants in the 17th century would eat toads so the magicians could demonstrate their miraculous healing powers. The assistants came to be known as "toad eaters," which became our modern insult, "toady."

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

FACTS ON FILE+

Hamilton II (1789-1804)

Mason/Charter

Author Robert Hendrickson delivers a volume notable for, if nothing else, an excellently self-descriptive title. This is, indeed, an encyclopedia describing the etymology of many well-known (as well as some not so well-known) words and phrases, full of trivia and opportunities for winning bets with your friends.

Educational Equality & Excellence: Perceptual Barriers to the Dream

Arts & Photography

Music

Nellnetta Promotions

The Facts On File Dictionary Of American Regionalisms

Chelsea House+publishers

Robert Hendrickson takes you inside the notorious Charles Manson Family and behind the scenes of the Crime and Trial of the 20th Century. Over 550 pages and contains the never before published (word for word) transcriptions of the interviews and private conversations made from late 1969-1972 in connection with the making of the 1973 MANSON movie. Reads like a novel, movie script and a textbook. The book measures 8"X11" & over an inch thick with over 100 original photos. So journey with Hendrickson into a bizarre world that never existed before America's 1960's revolution.

The new MANSON Book "Death to Pigs" by filmmaker Robert Hendrickson with intimate Charles Manson Family conversations

Tobann International Pictures

An encyclopedia of origins of words &amp; phrases.

The QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins: Fourth Edition by Robert. Hendrickson (2008-05-04)

QPB. 1 Paperback(s)

Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, 4th/ed

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