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The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory: Fifth Edition
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The Penguin Dictionary of Statistics
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The Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames
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The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory
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The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols
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The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition
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The Penguin Dictionary of Economics
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Penguin Dictionary Of Marketing
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Penguin Dictionary of Accounting 2e
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The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes
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The Penguin Dictionary of Law (Penguin Reference)
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The Penguin Handbook of Ancient Religions
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The Penguin Dictionary of Clichés
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The Penguin Latin Dictionary (Penguin Reference)
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry
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3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Penguin Dictionary of Biology
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The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
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4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary
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Rosalind Fergusson (Editor)
4.28 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations
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Penguin Dictionary Of First Names 2e
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3.65 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
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The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology
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The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations
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3.60 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Dictionary of Archaeology
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2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
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New Penguin Dictionay Of Quotations
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The Penguin Pocket Rhyming Dictionary
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The Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre
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The Penguin Dictionary of Human Biology
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The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions
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3.72 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Penguin Dictionary Of English Grammar
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3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography
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The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
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Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (Penguin Reference Books)
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Penguin Dictionary of Electronics
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The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
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Pocket Babies' Names
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Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering
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The Penguin Dictionary of Religions
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Penguin Dictionary of Science
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The Penguin Dictionary of the Bible
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The Penguin Concise Thesaurus
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3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera
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Amanda Holden (Editor)
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Penguin Pocket Jokes
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Penguin Dictionary Game Dictionary
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The Penguin Book of Word Histories
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The Penguin Dictionary of Economics
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The Penguin Pocket Italian Dictionary
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The Penguin Dictionary of Judaism: The Definitive Guide to Understanding the Jewish World
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The Penguin Encyclopedia
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3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Penguin Pocket Spelling Dictionary
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Penguin Pocket German Dictionary: English-deutsch/ German-english (Penguin Pocket Series) (English and German Edition)
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The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Penguin Pocket French Dictionary (Penguin Pocket Series)
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Penguin Press 70s Penguin Pocket Dictionary Of Quotations
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Pocket Facts
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The Penguin Pocket Schools Dictionary
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On This Day
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4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Dictionary of Building
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The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology
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Penguin English Dictionary
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The Penguin Dictionary of Saints
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The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy
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The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes
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The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs
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The Penguin Dictionary of Geology
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The Penguin Dictionary of Geography
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Penguin Complete English Dictionary
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Penguin Family Dictionary
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The Penguin Dictionary of Islam: The Definitive Guide to Understanding the Muslim World
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The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore
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Penguin Dictionary of Media Studies
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The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists
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The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
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The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms
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The Penguin Pocket Spanish Dictionary: Spanish at Your Fingertips (Penguin Pocket Books)
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Penguin Pocket Dictionary
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The Penguin Dictionary of English Synonyms & Antonyms
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The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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The New Penguin Dictionary of Computing: An A-Z of Computing Jargon and Concepts
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Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
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The New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions (Penguin Reference Books)
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Rogets Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases 150th Anniversary E
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Penguin Factfinder
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The Penguin guide to plain English: Express yourself clearly and effectively
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The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths
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